Shooting The Breeze

The Caz and Daz Show is a podcast on British Women’s Basketball, and it’s a real treat to chat with them about UK Hoops, the professional women’s league WBBL, and the huge growth in participation rates amongst GB youth. Great Britain narrowly missed out on the Tokyo Olympics. Both our nations, while positioned differently have much in common. We explore this further, including the familiar challen...

Bevan Murray gives us the scoop on the Kiwi Hoops revolution As Auckland Dream General Manager Bevan gives us a look at the seismic shift happening in New Zealand women’s hoops sharing his insights into the opportunities while embracing the uncertainty and challenges they bring for fans in the community. Our closest neighbours are reaching out to youth through their Strength & Adapt program and ro...

We’re back for 2022 and we’re excited to welcome Island Pacific Soap Co. onboard as a valued sponsor. High quality, all natural, handcrafted bath soap made in QLD. Check them out at https://islandpacificsoap.com and each guest on the show this season will receive some of their awesome products. THE best way to not smell like a locker room after a game in summer without air conditioning! It’s Round...

She’s the ultimate big… fierce, loyal to her team-mates and never stepping back from a challenge. Cayla George made an impact at this years Tokyo2020 Olympics for the Opals - but by sharing her truth she lets us peek into how the squad felt through the campaign and afterwards. Cayla showed the kind of leadership needed by her decisive action when team mates Tiffany and Ezi were confronted by racia...

When two stars collide it’s spectacular. Husband and Wife team Tom and Renae Garlepp are phenomenal talents in their own right making an impact on the coaching stage. Just as spectacular was this year's U20’s Nationals when they faced off as opponents coaching the Blue and White NSW Teams. Juggling family life and coaching high stakes hoops with state pride on the line gets you some pretty special...

Legendary Opal Michele Timms jumps on so we can talk about the FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifiers. The new format means we have to compete even though, as host nation, we’re already in. We get into the pool groups, the teams and who’s a possibility of coming to Sydney. But that’s not all - we get into the recently announced Opals 24 ‘fluid’ squad and what could influence the final team. Always cand...

It’s always a treat having young up and coming players from a talent loaded WNBL join us on the show. In this episode we’re thrilled to be joined by Sydney Uni Flames Development Players Sherrie Calleia and Morgan Yaeger. You can’t help but love their determination and they don’t hold back about their desire to be ‘pests’ to the opposition. They get candid on goals and challenges and share their ‘...

In our final Series 2 podcast, Jacqui Dover is a proud Yugambeh women from South East Qld and the first indigenous female referee in the NBL. Jacqui is about to take on Manhattan as the first Aussie women to join the NBA referee development program in a select group of 6 trainees looking to make it in the most visible basketball league on the planet. Jacqui takes us inside the referee’s rite of pa...

In this episode we kick back and take a page out of the Seinfeld playbook… tune in as we chew the fat on our episode about nothing except women’s hoops. We have a whole lot to say about nothing in particular from Jumping Vs Boxing Out to the return of the Sydney #DoubleHeader and a whole lot more!! Who knew there was so much something to nothing? Enjoy! Join us on Twitter and Facebook: @TheBreezeP...

Dynamic Coaching duo Kristen Veal & Sarah Graham play pivotal roles in nurturing the upcoming generation of young promising female basketball talent at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra. They mesh incredibly well in their personalities and roles to create a dynamic pairing charged with developing the next crop of potential Opals in the AIS residential program. Throughout this challenging time f...

WNBL22 will be the season of the super mums. We are grateful to have the chance to talk with new mum Alex Bunton, returning to the sport she loves and ready to show her little girl what mum can do on the court.  Coming full circle and now armed with many life experiences after an early retirement Bunts levels up and rejoins the elite world of basketball where it all began for her at 15 years of ag...

Let’s flip the script and say women’s sports actually deliver the best result for sponsors wanting to make positive connection with fans. Got your attention? Now let’s talk about the data. For more than 10 years Georgie Maynard and True North Research have been on a mission to identify and share sponsorship outcome evidence. Intrigued? Tune in and learn! This is a great podcast for women's sports...

In this bonus episode we’re looking at our Opals amazing FIBA Women’s Asia Cup campaign. Our young guns showed they got game by taking it to Japan and only missing out on the Gold Medal game by the slimmest of margins. The future looks good with the Opals bringing back Bronze after denying Korea 3rd place as we head towards next year’s Women’s World Cup Join us on Twitter & Facebook: @TheBreezePod

David Reid - Chairman of the organising committee for the FIBA Womens World Cup jumps on board to give us a remarkable insight into the 10+ years journey behind the scenes to land this amazing basketball event. At a time when women's sports are finally getting its due, Australia will lead the way with the FIBA Womens World Cup in Sydney in 2022. David shares the vision formed over 10 years ago, an...

It's a short and sweet bonus episode as we take a look at the FIBA Asia Women's Cup. Staged in Amman, Jordon for the first time our Aussie Opals are in Group B with Chinese Taipei, Philippines and China. Time for our young guns to shine. Let's Go Aussies!! Join us on Twitter & Facebook: @TheBreezePod

From Sydney to Kenya via Zambia and Cameroon Coach Liz Mills takes on a lifetime adventure with identical twin Vik. A whole lot of grit, hard work, determination and an openness to learning paved the way to the history books by coaching men's African basketball. She walks the talk of the African philosophy Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’. Coach Liz has opened the door for the next generation of fema...

It’s an in-depth podcast where we get into social media and it’s impact on women’s hoops and the wider world of women’s sports. Hosts' Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind are joined by Siren Sport co-founder Dr Kasey Symons and veteran sports & news journalist Roy Ward in a wide ranging discussion about social media, how it can benefit women’s hoops and other sporting codes as well as the potential f...

We take a quick glance at the current WNBL situation for 21/22 in Part 2 We check-in with clubs’ Perth, last seasons Grand Finalist Townsville, new look Sydney and the UCCaps in our next instalment. Still quite a few unknowns - hub or no hub, and so many free agents! The clock is ticking and the AFLW and now the NRLW will overlap with the WNBL season & compete for eyeballs. It’s crickets with mere...

Tune in with Janna Mizens and Darren Allie as we wrap up the last 2 pool games against Great Britain & Canada, and celebrate the Gliders first Tokyo2020 win against Algeria. We’re looking forward to the Gliders upcoming slate including world qualifiers, AIS camps and the on going quest to educate about wheelchair basketball to attract more players and identify talent nationally. Janna & Daz give u...

Join Janna Mizens and Darren Allie as they review the first 2 Gliders games played between hosts Japan and Rio Silver medallists Germany. Despite losses to both teams, the nerves for our young team have settled and some promising quarters in both games reveal the potential the team has as they keep improving! Janna and Darren also take us through some key insights for the next 2 games and what the...

On the eve of the Paralympics wheelchair basketball action, Gliders insiders and Paralympic Gold medallist Janna Mizens & coach Darren Allie give us a great understanding of the sport, classifications and other fundamentals to help get around this dynamic game. An honest conversation about the challenges, including classifications, funding realities in disabled sport and the excitement for our you...

Let’s take a quick glance at the current situation in WNBL 21/22 Free Agency Part 1 We check-in with Victorian clubs’ reigning Champs Southside Flyers, Melbourne Boomers, and Bendigo Spirit as well as the Adelaide Lightning in our first sneak peek. With quite a few unknowns - hub or no hub, so many free agents with only 2 months out and a competing AFLW season…it’s another shape shifting WNBL seas...

Joining us on Shooting The Breeze this week in an engaging catch-up is Opal Marianna Tolo. Just back from Tokyo we had the opportunity to talk about the Olympics, the highs and the lows in one of the most challenging campaigns and the enduring legacy of the Australian Opals. Tolo gives us an insight on her plans for the future, how that Puerto Rico game was an example of Opals grit, and on a light...

A dominant win by TeamUSA over the Opals closes an emotionally drawn and rimmed out Opals Olympics campaign. There were highlights to be sure, we shoot the breeze on our QF game, whats next and another big event on the Opals horizon in the FIBAWWC 2022. Meanwhile hosts Japan's #AkatsukiFive have played inspired ball and may go all the way or is TeamUSA just invincible? Join us on twitter: @theBree...

BONUS Tokyo2020 with Jacinta Govind Opals Game 3 wrap and USA QF preview A miraculous hard-fought 27 point win for the Opals against Puerto Rico giving them the final QF slot in perhaps one of their most defining games and certainly one for the history books! Next up invincible TeamUSA are looking for their 5th straight Olympic Gold in a sudden death Quarter Finals, our Opals will need to be relen...