🎙️Sport is for Every Body Podcast | Episode drop!
New episodes of the Sport is for Every Body podcast are now live!Hello Reader, It has been a full start to 2026, but I am pleased to drop not one, not two but three new episodes of the Sport is for Every Body podcast! Read on for details about each episode and jump straight into listening! Ep 12 - Adapting through speed of play with Toby KableIn this episode of the Sport is for Every Body podcast I speak with Toby Kable Founder of All Abilities Sports Coaching, about adaptive and disability sport approaches for people with disability. Toby shares his background as a special education teacher, his lived experience of head trauma and rehabilitation, and how it informs his inclusive coaching. We discuss Toby’s All Ability Sports Coaching in the Newcastle region, which delivers seasonal cricket and league tag, connects with mainstream clubs to provide facilities and pathways, and builds wider opportunities through trips and partnerships such as Cricket NSW Baggy Blues. Toby outlines his “speed of play” concept for grouping participants by task complexity and processing speed rather than impairment, and how it guides coaching, adaptations, engagement, and progression. We also cover his University of Newcastle teaching role, mindset shifts for inclusive practice, and Toby’s top inclusion tip: keep seeking answers when something isn’t working.
🗒️ Show Notes​ Ep 13 - Breaking Barriers in Local Sport with Liz GriffithsIn this episode I speak with Liz Griffiths, Community Development Officer at Wingecarribee Shire Council, about the Breaking Barriers Project funded through an Australian Sports Commission PlayWell grant. Liz explains the region’s rural geography, transport challenges, and aging demographics, and how the project shifted from a simple “come and try” plan to building club leadership mindset, capability, and partnerships, including allied health referrals. The project delivered a community seminar with local Paralympian Sam Tate, multi-sport sessions with Disability Sports Australia, club-support webinars, and club-led programs across tennis, netball, soccer, and little athletics, with broader flow-on impacts. Michael also shares his experience leading the delivery of the Bundanoon Rebels Football Club's all-abilities and walking football programs.
🗒️ Show Notes​ Ep 14 - Audacity & Bridging the Cultural Divide with Shayne AlliseIn this episode I talk to Shayne Allise, a Palestinian Irish American former Grand Prix dressage rider and founder of athlete management and investment agency 3XV Sports. Shayne shares her path through multiple sports into elite dressage, describing the rider–horse partnership, the psychology of training, and how equestrian sport’s cost keeps it in an elite space. She discusses navigating sponsorship, media, and representation as a Palestinian athlete, and how audacity helped her secure opportunities despite limited support and people saying she couldn’t succeed. Shayne explains 3XV’s athlete-first, quality-over-quantity approach to brand partnerships, building long-term narrative, brand equity, and post-retirement strategy so athletes are treated as intellectual property holders and cultural voices. The conversation also covers sport’s role in representation, reducing bias, and building cultural bridges through excellence.
🗒️ Show Notes​ How to watch and listenHead to the Podcast page on the ISD Website for links to your favorite platform plus full show notes and transcript. Thanks for your support! Please consider giving the podcast a rating and don't forget to subscribe! It all helps us reach more people. Thanks for making the commitment to inclusion. I appreciate you. Michael Woods Founder, Inclusive Sport Design |
