Perfect motion. Why run when you can walk?
How many people have their best ideas when out for a walk? Well, Aristotle, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and Steve Jobs would all be in that category. Why ...
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Sporty is your guide to the powerful place of sport and fitness in Australia’s cultural life. Recognising it’s much more than a game, Sporty charts and analyses big-time spectator sports, celebrates the amateur athlete and encourages anyone struggling to get active. You don’t have to get sport, to get Sporty!
Breathing for sport, exercise and life in general
We all do it without thinking about it. We breathe in, we breathe out. How much does the way you breathe, though, affect you physiologically and psych...
Philosophy of surfing; junior sport thru lockdown
What makes surfing a distinctive sport unlike any other? And, how one tennis club has kept its juniors active and engaged through numerous lockdowns.
Green sport, and footy banners
Meet the world's first carbon neutral football club. Plus, a run through AFL footy banners.
Brandon Jack. Does walking keep you fit?
How do you reconcile growing up with expectations that you're going to be a star footballer, but you don't quite make it? It's not the stuff of the us...
Future of the Olympic Games
What needs to change and what needs to stay the same about the way the Olympic Games operate?
A Sporty Father's Day
Jessica Fox won the gold medal at Tokyo in the women's canoe slalom. Her father Richard is a former canoe world champion. The two have a bond forged o...
Cold water swimming. Fitness trackers
Why do people rave about the physical and mental health benefits of cold water swimming? Also, do fitness trackers make you more active?
Early days of the Paralympics
While the Olympic Games were a 19th century invention, the Paralympics didn't get going until well into the 20th century. The stories of three pioneer...
Federer the master; MND and strenuous exercise
He’s just turned 40. He's been a top tennis player for 20 years and it seems hard to imagine the game without him. Why is Roger Federer so good, so en...