The FX Factor

Moving up sounds exciting. The next squad. The higher stream. The academy. The better competition. But there’s a difference between wanting the next level and being ready for it. In this episode, we unpack what readiness actually means across all sports — team and individual. We talk about emotional stability, discipline, coping with pressure, and the quiet evidence athletes build over time that c...

This episode is spoken directly to athletes — kids, teenagers, and teams. It looks at how progress actually shows up in sport when improvement isn’t obvious. Not just through performance, but through consistency, control, behaviour, and how athletes handle feedback, frustration, and uncertainty. The episode explores what coaches notice over time, how readiness goes beyond physical ability, and why...

This episode is for athletes — kids, teenagers, and teams who are training and competing without much attention or recognition. It’s about the quiet part of sport: the sessions that feel routine, the work that doesn’t get noticed straight away, and the habits that actually hold up over time. The conversation looks at how athletes build consistency, how quality matters more than intensity, how reco...

This episode is spoken directly to athletes — kids, teenagers, and teams. It’s for the athletes who turn up, train, and compete, but aren’t always the standout or the one everyone is watching. The athletes who sit in the middle, where progress is often quiet and comparison can creep in. The episode looks at why that middle space matters, how team sports and individual sports differ, and why reliab...

This episode is spoken directly to athletes — kids, teenagers, and teams. It’s about the things athletes are quietly trying to make sense of while they’re training, competing, going to school, managing friendships, travelling, and fitting sport into a busy life. Where they stand. What matters. What’s normal. What to focus on. What doesn’t need overthinking. There’s no motivation talk and no big-pi...

Our Season One finale is dedicated to the person who carries more of the sporting journey than anyone else: the parent. Across 20 episodes, we’ve explored confidence, pathways, pressure, development, identity, resilience, enjoyment, coaching dynamics, and family life. But none of it happens without you. In this final episode, we honour the role parents play in supporting young athletes — the unsee...

Episode 19 shifts the focus forward. Once you’ve looked back and seen how much your child has grown, the next question is simple but crucial:  What kind of season do you want to build next year? In this episode, I walk you through the decisions families often rush, the pressure they accidentally absorb, and the practical steps that help you choose a season that actually fits your child — and...

In this episode, we finally slow down and take a proper look back at the season that was. Not the scores, not the ladder, not the chaos — the growth. We talk about how much kids change across a year, how quickly development sneaks up on us, and why parents rarely notice the progress until everything stops. This conversation helps you recognise what actually mattered this season, what shaped your c...

Let’s be honest… everyone is cooked. Parents are exhausted. Kids are flat. The year has wrung families dry — and now we’re all meant to magically relax because it’s December. In this episode, Kelly talks straight about what this time of year  really  feels like for families in sport. The chaos. The emotional hangover. The pressure to switch off after ten months of go-go-go. The guilt aro...

This time of year is heavy. Team lists. Trials. Selections. Emails that make your heart race. Conversations you don’t want to have with your child. And the quiet pressure parents carry trying to work out if they’re doing the right thing — or the wrong thing in the name of “the best”. In this raw and honest episode, Kelly speaks directly to parents living inside the chaos of youth sport. Not as a c...

This week on  The FX Factor , Kelly chats with  Sarah Blom  — PE teacher, qualified nutritionist, mum of two, and founder of  The Consistent Approach . Sarah’s message is simple but powerful: healthy eating doesn’t need to be restrictive, stressful, or perfect. From bodybuilding in Miami to raising a young family, she’s learned that true health comes from small, sustainable hab...

If you’ve ever looked at your week and thought,  “How are we going to do this?”  — this one’s for you. This episode isn’t about finding balance. It’s about being honest enough to admit that sometimes, there isn’t any. Between early mornings, work, travel, sport, school, and family life, Kelly shares what it’s really like trying to keep up with three kids — all in different sports, all co...

We spend so much time trying to make our kids faster, stronger, and more competitive — but what if we’ve skipped the most important step? In this raw and eye-opening episode of  The FX Factor , Kelly Britter unpacks the idea of  “The Prehab Generation”  — a movement to teach kids how to move before they train, and how to prepare before they perform. Drawing on decades of coaching ex...

Every weekend across Australia, you can feel it — the silent tension between parents and coaches. The looks, the whispers, the sideline energy that no one wants to talk about. In this brutally honest episode of  The FX Factor , Kelly dives head-first into  the parent–coach cold war  — the quiet conflict that’s shaping how kids experience sport. With 30 years of coaching and parentin...

Every parent, coach, and kid in sport has felt it — that heavy silence on the drive home after a game. No one’s angry, but no one feels right either. It’s the quiet weight of expectations — the invisible kind we carry into every match, comp, or tournament. Kelly opens up about a moment that humbled her at her son’s soccer tournament. From arriving two hours early, to watching him play flat and dis...

We tell our kids to focus, try harder, be resilient, and give their best — but what are  we  doing to do better? In this episode of  The FX Factor , Kelly gets real about the growing gap between what we  expect  from kids and what we actually  model  for them. From parents who push for performance but don’t show up to support, to coaches who set standards but don...

Nelson Twins - Justin and Chris  From the classroom to the comedy stage,  The Nelson Twins  — Chris and Justin — have built their lives around two things: making people laugh and helping them grow. They’ve performed all over the world, appeared on TV, taught in schools, and now deliver their  Stand Up and Be Counted  program — blending humour, leadership, and wellbeing to...

Strength and conditioning isn’t just for elite athletes — it’s for every child and teenager. Yet myths and fears often hold parents back from introducing it early, leaving kids unprepared, unconfident, and at higher risk of injury when they hit their teens. In this episode of  The FX Factor , Kelly dives into why strength and conditioning is a  non-negotiable  for kids and teens. Fr...

If Part 1 was about why kids walk away, Part 2 is about what we can do to keep them in. Kelly explores the powerful role parents, coaches, and communities play in keeping kids active and resilient — whether that’s in organised sport or simply in movement for life. She unpacks the importance of stepping back as a parent without stepping away, how clubs and schools need to lift their standards, why...

By age 13, nearly 70% of kids have dropped out of organised sport — and by 15, almost half of all girls have quit too. Why is this happening? In this episode, Kelly digs deep into the real reasons kids walk away from sport: burnout, anxiety, the friendship trap, the pull of gaming and screens, poor sideline culture, and even the impact of body changes during growth and puberty. She also explores h...

In this inspiring episode of  The FX Factor , Kelly sits down with 18-year-old athlete  Chloe Leen  — a powerhouse who has balanced tetrathlon, football, swimming, surfing, horses, and show jumping. Chloe shares how her journey in sport began, the role her parents played in shaping her path, and what drives her to keep chasing her goals. She opens up about the highs, the s...

In this episode of The FX Factor, I sit down with former Socceroo and Melbourne Victory captain Adrian Leijer to explore his journey from grassroots football to the world stage — and what life looks like beyond professional sport. Adrian shares what shaped his career, the highs and lows of elite football, and the values that carried him through. But this conversation goes deeper than sport — we ta...

In Episode 4 of The FX Factor , we dive deep into the key developmental stages every child goes through in sport and movement — and why recognising them can be the difference between a kid who thrives and one who walks away. We break down the physical changes, the shifts in coordination, strength, and confidence, and how parents can set clear expectations that evolve as their child’s body and mind...

In Episode 3 of The FX Factor , we get into the art (and challenge) of helping kids set goals that are truly theirs — not just what sounds good, looks good, or keeps parents happy. We talk about what healthy goal setting looks like at different ages, why mini-milestones matter more than big lofty targets, and how to balance ambition with fun. You’ll learn how to spot the difference between a goal...

In this episode of The FX Factor , we dive into one of the toughest questions parents face: Whose goal is it — yours or your child’s? It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of sport — trials, rep teams, academies, pathways to professional levels. But when does healthy encouragement cross the line into pressure? And how do we know if the goals we’re setting are really ours , not theirs? We ex...