Three Feet Radio

We chatted with Central Pulse shooter Te Amo Amaru-Tibble about her return to top-level netball, how she balances being a Mum/teacher away from netball, and the Pulse's 2021 ANZ Premiership season so far.

We chatted with Wasps coach Mel Mansfield about playing this year's Netball Superleague in a hub environment, player development pathways and the recent 32 all goal draw with the Strathclyde Sirens.

Our guest was Northern Mystics assistant coach Rob Wright. We chatted about his coaching philosophies, love of statistics and the Mystics squad ahead of this year's ANZ Premiership Season that kicks off next month.

Former Otago Rebel and New Zealand Silver Ferns shooter Angela Mitchell joined us for the first show of 2021. We covered her playing career, player pathways, coaching, working in education and the current Constellation Cup series.

Ben and Luke chatted with new Collingwood Magpies Netball coach Nicole Richardson. We discussed what's in store for season 2021 of Suncorp Super Netball , her coaching career, the good old days playing with Melbourne Kestrels and representing Australia in softball at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

We were joined by new Queensland Firebirds coach Megan Anderson.

We chatted with former Silver Ferns midcourter Temepara Bailey about the recently completed Silver Ferns v England Netball Roses series, her role as an assistant coach with the New Zealand Under21 team and netball pathways.

We reviewed the first two matches and previewed tomorrow's final game of the New Zealand Silver Ferns v England Netball Roses series with Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio.

We were joined by Netball America CEO and founder Sonya Ottaway to discuss all things netball in the United States.

International netball starts again since COVID-19 broke out with England taking on New Zealand's Silver Ferns in a three Test series in Hamilton next week.We chatted with England Roses co-captain Serena Guthrie while she and her teammates are currently in quarantine.

Our Melbourne Vixens flavour continued today as we chatted with current Netball Victoria board member, AFL Central Victoria Regional General Manager and former Vixens assistant coach Carol Cathcart. We covered netball returning in Bendigo, how COVID-19 has affected community sport, pathways for regional/country netball, the Vixens Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final win and her role at AFL Central Victoria.

Great to have former Australian Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander with us to review last Sunday's Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final. Congratulations to Melbourne Vixens on premiership success.

Issues around mental health in elite sport have been given increased support in recent years and former West Coast Fever player Nikala Smith battled with anxiety/negative self talk across her 56 game career. She chatted with us about Thinking Rewired, a program and mental health diary designed to assist netballers who may also be struggling with mental health issues. We also couldn't help but talk about Sunday's Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final and her former team playing in the big dance.

Our Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final preview continued with 9Netball commentator and former Australian Diamonds captain Liz Ellis this morning.

We continued our preview of the Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final with West Coast Fever shooting machine Jhaniele Fowler.

We previewed Sunday's Suncorp Super Netball Grand Final with Melbourne Vixens co-captain in midcourter Liz Watson and shooter Mwai Kumwenda.

West Coast Fever shooter Alice Teague-Neeld joined us ahead of her team's preliminary final clash against Sunshine Coast Lightning on Sunday.

We chatted all things community netball and facilities with Netball Victoria GM Government Relations and Facility Development Amanda Basu. Great to reminisce about the old Melbourne Kestrels and Commonwealth Bank Trophy days as well.

Great to chat with new Women Sport Australia President Gen Simmons about her role, her previous/current employment working in sport, how she drove social media engagement Netball Australia , her love of dancing and what's in store for women's sport moving forward. Check out her dance teaching Dance with Gen.

We chatted with Leeds Rhinos Netball head coach Dan Ryan about the signing of England Netball midcourter Jade Clarke , building the Rhinos from the ground up as a Vitality Netball Super League franchise, settling into life in Leeds, coaching Netball Northern Ireland and his commentary work with Sky Sports..[Luke's Zoom connection experienced hiccups during the recording of this program.]