Resources

We get sport from the inside.

Our resources are specially designed for Christians active in competitive sport. Find what you need here, put it into practice, and watch God at work.

E67 - Mental Health Awareness Week Special with Heather Lewis

Movement, mental health and implications for sportspeople from amateur to elite.

E66 - Jason Romano, the ESPN sports broadcaster

Reflections from an Emmy-Award winning producer in sports broadcasting

E64 - Jan Achterberg, Former Long Track Speed Skater

Reflections from a professional long track and marathon skater

E63 - John Bostock, Ballers in God

The player who started a movement

E62 - Jennifer Tait, The International Volleyball Player

From the Volleyroos to Bible college

E61 - Alison Nicholas, The Solheim Cup Captain

Thoughts from a US Open Winner and Solheim Cup winning captain

E59 - Bertie Kennedy, The Cricket Performance Analyst

Insights from a top-level cricket analyst

E58 - Fanie van der Merwe, The Paralympic Sprinting Champion

Thoughts from a multiple Paralympic gold medallist

E56 - Matthew Joseph, The Arsenal Coach

Thoughts from a top-level academy football coach

E55 - Anastasia Chitty, the Team GB rower

Reflections from an elite rower who chose not to do the Olympics

Ep. 49 - Tom Bates, Performance Psychologist: Killing the EGO

Insights from a top-level sports psychologist

Ep. 44 - Ashley Null: Olympic chaplain | Pastoring elite athletes

Five-time Olympic chaplain Dr Ashley Null joins the podcast to unpack his experience of pastoring athletes.

Identity formation and performance in top level sport

Danno is interviewed by Pete Nicholas about elite sport, identity and mental health. This includes a Q+A.

Why don’t we put famous sportspeople in the public eye?

Jonny Reid interviews Graham Daniels, the General Director of Christians in Sport about the principles behind our decision and how that plays out in practice.

Ep. 23 - Debbie Flood: The unexpected pain of retirement

Danno chats to former rower Debbie Bruwer (née Flood), whose 15-year international career included two Olympic silver medals and three World titles. Like all the former athletes we’ve featured in this series, retirement was far from a smooth process for Debbie

Ep. 22 - Chris Jones and Adam Pengilly: Identity in the midst of retirement

Danno chats to former rugby wildman turned youth coach Chris Jones and ex-Winter Olympian Adam Pengilly about retirement. Chris talks about trying to fill a void in his life left behind by rugby, while for Adam, it was easy to think that part of his identity had disappeared

Ep. 21 - Alison Nicholas: The retirement question

Danno chats to former professional golfer Alison Nicholas about her retirement. Although she achieved great success on the course with 18 tournament wins, Alison found the transition to life after golf far harder than she expected

Ep. 20 - Linvoy Primus: Dealing with retirement as a professional footballer

Having played more than 400 professional matches over a 17-year career, Linvoy shares some of the challenges he faced in making the transition to life after football and offers advice to elite athletes approaching retirement today

Why should elite Christian athletes get stuck into church?

Why should Christian athletes at the top level get stuck into church? Having met a series of elite sportspeople over the course of the year, we now discuss another key issue that comes out of many of the interviews

Can you be an elite sportsperson and a Christian?

Having met a series of elite sportspeople over the course of the year, we now discuss this key issue that comes out of many of the interviews. Maybe it’s something you’re asking yourself as you seek to follow Jesus or are considering doing so?