The Total Quadball. Podcast

Mexico Coach Ariel Heiblum joins us to share his insights on Quadball in Mexico and the national team. We focus particularly on last year's IQA Pan-American Games in Lima, Peru and what's exciting about this year's Mexico team. #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro Music- Shake by Cultures Logo designed by Nicola Gertler

James Hicks, former USA coach and now a player and coach for African Nations, tells us all about the most unique team at this summer's IQA World Cup. In this episode, James talks us through the inspiration behind the African Nations team, the importance it holds for him on a personal level as well giving us some insight into how the team is getting ready to take on the best athletes in the wor...

German Head Coach Marco Ziegaus is our latest guest on the Road to Richmond World Cup project. Marco tells us all about the development of the German NGB and National Team over the last few years to the point where they are now ready to put up a serious challenge for the world title this summer. We hope you're enjoying the series so far and are excited for our upcoming episodes. Next one drops...

In Part 4, we venture to Australia to hear how the Dropbears are getting ready for this year's World Cup. Sam Chittenden, Australia captain for European Games 2022, shares her views on Quadball in Australia and what she's excited for heading into 2023's showcase event. #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro music- Shake by Cultures Logo designed by Nicola Gertler

Norway Assistant Coach Sjur Ask Bjelland joins us to talk about the Norwegian national team and their preparation for the World Cup including some reflections on last year's EG 2022 performance and how that leads into this year's tournament. #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro Music- Shake by Cultures Logo designed by Nicola Gertler

Belgian Gryffins and Antwerp QC Head Coach Viktor Moortgat joins us for part 2 of the Road to Richmond project to tell us how Belgium is preparing for the World Cup. After Antwerp QC won EQC D1 so emphatically in May, there are hypes once more this team to challenge for the World title. Episodes are coming thick and fast now so make sure you like the facebook page to stay up-to-date! #LiveTheGame...

Welcome to the start of a new 15 episode project covering all the attending teams at this summer's IQA World Cup in Richmond, VA, USA. We start with one of the tournament's newcomers- India. Team Manager Naresh Edala joins us to explain how the team has come together, what their goals and motivations are for the tournament plus which players on the team you should watch out for at the Worl...

Luna Deroo joins us to tell us what to expect from this year's LXG tournament in Ghent, Belgium and why you should sign up and get involved. #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro song- Shake by Cultures Logo designed by Nicola Gertler

London QC Coach Seb Waters makes a long awaited return to the pod alongside newcomer Paul Fander from Ruhr Phoenix Bochum as we dissect the most recent instalment of the European Quadball Cup Division 1 which took place in Heidelberg, Germany during May 2023. We cover many gameplay aspects of the tournament and discuss some of the key trends appearing in the European game at the moment. We're...

Returning to our Coaching mini-series, we take a deep dive into the world of Creighton Quadball with their Head Coach- Curtis Taylor. From accidentally stumbling across the sport on Google, Curtis tells us all about his early years in the sport starting the Marquette University program before switching to play club quadball with Florida's Finest and then creating the Creighton University progr...

Major League Quadball's Events Director Emily Hickmott joins us on the pod to talk all about MLQ Worlds Weekend, an exciting event happening this summer in New York City. We go through what's involved in the event and explain why you should sign up and get involved. Lots more content about this summer's Quadball action coming your way very soon! #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro Music- Shake by...

Anjit Aulakh from Werewolves of London and Lana Naudts from Ghent Gargoyles join us as we look ahead to this year's European Quadball Cup Division 1 in Heidelberg, Germany. We react to the community's predictions and hot takes and discuss issues relevant to the tournament, getting you all hyped up for what promises to be the most competitive European Championships yet. Thank you to everyon...

Ed Brett & Rudi Obasi-Adams join Fraser for a casual chinwag discussing the aftermath of March Mayhem. We talk about many topics including playing with 3 max, tackling, time caps, the performance of our respective teams at the tournament, end game scenarios, value picks and fantasy drafts. Lots to chat about following an enjoyable first tournament in 2023! #LiveTheGame Intro/Outro music- Shake...

Current Boston Pandas, Boston Forge and USNQT player Ian Scura joins us for a dive into his Quadball career. Having first been exposed to Quadball via his brother, Ian tells us how he started out at Middlebury College, the birthplace of our sport, before going on to work his way up through the ranks of the Boston Quadball scene all the way to playing for the US National team on ESPN. We also cover...

Our first people-focused episode of the series, Chris Radojewski becomes the second Canadian guest to join us on the pod. Chris takes us through his lengthy journey in the sport that has taken him across Canada and the US up till his days in London, UK. Chris tells how he has managed to stay motivated in the sport, the early days playing at the USQ World Cup in New York, the development of quadbal...

Suzanne Fischer, Lisa Tietze and Leander Troll join us for an in-depth discussion about women and their role in the sport. We consider multiple aspects on this subject and share our own personal experiences from our time in the sport to help shed some light on what we feel is an important issue in Quadball. This is Part 2 of our discussion. If you missed Part 1, have a listen to last week's episod...

Suzanne Fischer, Lisa Tietze and Leander Troll join us for an in-depth discussion about women and their role in the sport. We consider multiple aspects on this subject and share our own personal experiences from our time in the sport to help shed some light on what we feel is an important issue in Quadball. This is Part 1 of our discussion, Part 2 will be released in next week's episode. Disclaime...

We're back!!!  Kicking off our first episode of 2023 and the 6th series with a new name, new logo and new brand but the same great content about the sport we love.  In this episode, Alex Roberts Ed Brett, Luke Twist and Rudi Obasi-Adams join us to chat about the upcoming March Mayhem fantasy tournament and the draft that took place recently. We go through the various teams and picks incl...

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...

Dr. Ash Cooper joins us for his second appearance on the pod to talk all about psychology. In this in-depth discussion, we look at various aspects of psychology and its impact on life as well as sporting performance. Whether it's understanding the 'why' behind the way you or your teammates behave, learning how to bring a team together, analysing your opposition or staying calm under pressure, ther...

Guests Alice Walker, Luke Twist and Nathan Morton join us for a very special first ever in-person recording of the pod. We look at unpopular opinions from across the sport's community and give our opinions on them. A fun new type of episode which we hope you enjoy listening along to. Thanks to everyone for their submissions for Unpopular Opinion, we greatly appreciated your input! #LiveTheGame Int...

Guests Suzanne Fischer and Emma 'Jandels' Humphrey join us to look ahead to this weekend's European Games 2022. We return to Limerick, Ireland for another international tournament this time with 20 national teams from across Europe (as well as Australia and Hong Kong) competing to win the European crown. We talk about our previous experiences of EG as a tournament, what to expect (or not expect) f...

Miguel Vázquez joins us to talk through his career in the sport. Miguel details his path to quidditch via Fencing & Rugby, the early days of Spanish quidditch, the development of the Spanish national team and its various milestones, club level quidditch with the Madrid teams and the Bizkaia Boggarts, his leadership style, and his move to playing with Berlin Bluecaps and training with the Germa...

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...

Paris Titans beater Etienne Pogu joins us for a catch up following the most recent EQC and to talk about his journey through the sport. During the episode we cover all kinds of topics including- Etienne's new passion for endurance racing and his travels over the past few years, his introduction to the sport and rapid rise to the top, the summer he spent playing for New York Titans in the first MLQ...