Total Quadball.

 European Games 2022 Review- Our 50th Episode! Germany's Leander Troll and Norway's Stein Elgethun join us for our 50th episode to talk all about July's IQA European Games 2022 tournament in Limerick, Ireland.  We debrief on the key aspects of the final international quidditch tournament before the sport's rebrand as Quadball and speculate on what's to come at next year's World Cup in Richmond, USA. Thank you to everyone who has listened and supported the pod for the first 50 episodes. It's amazing to have reached this milestone and it's been great to share people's lived experiences of the sport with the global community. We look forward to the future of the sport as we rebrand to become 'The Total Quadball Podcast' for our new series coming soon. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Quadball England Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Photo Credit- Squadball Photos Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Fa...

  Coaching with Gen Middleton We're joined by former Australian Dropbears Head Coach Gen Middleton to discuss all the ins and outs of coaching quidditch at the highest level. Having started her coaching career in Gymnastics, Gen tells us about the skills she learnt which she brought to her role as a quidditch coach and all the hard work that went into putting together the 2016 Dropbears team that won the World Cup. Within the overall topic of Coaching, we discuss the importance of people management, self-evaluation, gender, culture, and personal development both as a coach and as a player. Some excellent insights from one of the sport's highest achieving coaches. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography Thanks to everyone for their mailbag questions, we hope you all enjoy the episode! #LiveTheGame

 Playing to win, Burrito Bowls and A Wild Ride- Luke Derrick For the third episode of series 3, we return to Australia to talk to star beater and Quidditch Australia President Luke Derrick. Luke tells us all about how he got thrown into the deep end when he started playing quidditch with his first tournament being QUAFL (the Australian national championship) with the University of Sydney Unspeakables and the journey he went on from that point. We talk about all kinds of topics from Luke's appreciation for American quidditch and playing over in the States, how he took on an ill-advised crash diet before playing on the 2016 World Cup winning Dropbears team and spent the whole tournament eating nothing but Chipotle, reflecting on the fortunes of his club team (the Sydney City Serpents) and his State Shield team (New South Wales Blue Tongued Wizards), all the way to becoming an NGB president and what challenges he has faced in the role. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Cl...