The Performance Hour

On today's show the team chat with Richmond AFLW Captain Katie Brennan about her career, what the career of an AFLW player looks like in 2025, her captaincy style, the mindset of a leader and how to fuel your body for performance. (Starts 3mins 16secs) Dra Peter Larkins, Co-founder of the Epworth Sports and Exercise Medicine Group joins the show with insights into the injuries from game 1 round 1...

On today's show the team chat with Molly Taylor, Australian Rally Champion, European Ladies Champion, Peter Brock Medal Winner, winner of the Extreme E Series – the world’s first gender equal motorsport series, and the first woman to ever drive the Dakar Rally! Molly shares insights into her pioneering career literally in the driver's seat and with what makes the 33rd Race of Champions, in Sydney...

On today's show the team chat with Vanessa Caig - Chief Science Officer and Alexis Cooper - Director of Education, Sport Integrity Australia about the science behind doping in sport and athlete education roles and responsibilities. (Starts 4.42mins) NRLW super star athlete Tallisha Harden, Indigenous All Stars Captain and captain of the North Queensland Cowboys provides insights into the significa...

On today's show the team chat with Professor Dick Telford, Sport Australia Hall of Fame member, Australia’s most dedicated marathon running coach and the first sports scientist appointed by the Australian Institute of Sport about coaching champions and how to run a marathon. (Starts 4mins17secs) Ritchie Smith winner of Western Australia's best coach for a second time at the 2024 WA Sport Awards pr...

On today's show the team chat with Associate Professor Rich Johnston, ACU SPRINT Research Centre about the challenges of load intensity in the AFL pre-season and injury as well as concussion and managing the safety of athletes. (Starts 4minutes) AFLW Club Champion West Coast Eagles player Dana Hooker shares her success as an athlete across the AFLW from its beginning in 2017 to the 2025 season whe...

On today's show the team discuss wearable technology in sport with Customer Success Specialist and Sports Scientist Farley Scott from Catapult in the SEN ACU Studio. The technology tracks athlete performance, mitigates injury and quantifies return to play so we'll be drilling down on what that means for the athletes, high performance teams, and clubs especially with all the talk of injuries in the...

On today's show the team chat with Julian Jones, Director Performance Services at the Australian Institute of Sport about Australia’s High Performance 2032+ Sport Strategy with all current Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games sports making the pledge to win well. Julian outlines the roadmap for sustainable success in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond. E...

Tammy Beaumont, Batter with the English Cricket Team joins The Performance Hour podcast to chat about her career as a professional cricketer and how the Women's Ashes Series is unfolding. The multi-format series between Australia and England has been tough for the English team. The Aussies are aiming for their first ever multi-format Ashes whitewash and are 12-nil ahead in the series winning the t...

On today's show the team chat with Nicole Pratt, Former Australian No1 ranked female player, 2 x Olympian - Sydney and Athens, now Women’s Coach Lead and National Teams Coach with Tennis Australia, and commentator at the Australian Open about pressures of being a professional tennis player, injury management, staying at the top of your game and getting more women into tennis coaching. Dr Pip Inge,...

On today's show the team chat with Lisa Weightman Australian long distance runner and four time Olympian who specializes in the marathon event about resilience, how she has managed to record faster times in her forties and incorporating work, motherhood and racing as an elite athlete. Lisa also shares insights into super shoes and how she has run three marathons around the globe in 10 weeks as 202...

On today's show the team chat with multiple world record holder Solo Ocean Racer and Climate Activist Lisa Blair about the science behind solo ocean racing and why she is determined to reach ten world records in her pursuit to rid our oceans of pollution. One of those world records in sight is to be the first person to sail around the Artic Circle. Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick Chief Medic...

On today's show the team chat with Dr Peter Larkins, one of Australia’s most senior sports physicians and co-founder of the Epworth Sports and Exercise Medicine Group, about the pros and cons of altitude training, does it work or is it a fad? Australian track and field Olympian runner Lauren Ryan joins the team to chat about her Australian 10km record and her race at the Zatopek: 10 meet at Lakesi...

On today's show the team chat with former Matilda's goalkeeper Lydia Williams, the longest serving member of the Matildas, Australia’s women’s national football team who had a 19 year international career! We’ll be talking about the science involved in being an elite goalkeeper and Lydia’s work advocating for better pay and conditions for female footballers as a Player Relations Executive Vice Pre...

On today's show the team chat with Australian sporting royalty Layne Beachley - 7 x World Surfing Champion and the only surfer male or female to win six consecutive world titles about her latest book launched this week - Awake Academy - Know yourself, grow yourself and live a happier, more purposeful life. Layne's aim is to normalise mental health struggles, share the message that “Life is an endl...

On today's show Emma Carney chats with Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson about her outstanding career and recently being presented with The Dawn Award at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame for showing courage and bravery and changing sport for the better. We discuss her career highlights, the impact on her body through injury, how she has managed the associated chronic pain using medicinal...

On today's show Emma and Jacs are joined by Professor Louise Burke, Chair of Sports Nutrition at Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. Louise is a sports dietitian with 45 years of experience in the research, education and counselling of elite athletes. She worked as Head of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport for thirty year...

Welcome to the inaugural show of The Performance Hour with Tiffany Cherry and Emma Carney thanks to Australian Catholic University where you can study Sport and Exercise Science Apply now at ACU.edu.au Every Sunday morning between 9am - 10am the show is focused on women and girls in sport, bringing you the performances that matter across the country and around the globe, as well as deep diving int...