Discuss with Andy: Recent Episodes
Andrew Fields
Do you like sport? Are you fed up with inane banter? Then 'The Discuss with Andy' podcast is for you. It takes a deeper look at modern sporting issues with two former international sportsman and current PE teachers. There might be some science, there might be some sociology, there might even be some history. Most of it will have some supporting evidence, some of it you will disagree with, all of it should make you think.
With the Tokyo Olympics now looking likely to happen this summer Andy and Ollie discuss whether the bloated sports event needs radical reform
This week' Ollie and Andy interview Tom Forster, head of strength and conditioning at Royal Holloway University, discuss athletic development and bust a few myths.
Shoes, spikes, Strava. Ollie and Andy discuss whether technology really makes a difference and if there is any point in regulating it.
Andy and Ollie discuss whether the watching public care about performance enhancing drugs and if their use is really 'killing' sport
Andy and Ollie discuss the myth regarding deliberate practice and and the dangers that come with popular science books.
With the Six Nations starting Andy and Ollie discuss some of the issues around the game and the way it is played. In a shock revelation Andy admits to preferring Rugby League.