🎬IN THIS EPISODE🎬

🎙️ About our guest

In this episode of 'The Sport is for Everybody' podcast, Michael Woods speaks with Caragh McMurtry, a former Olympic rower and founder of Neurodiverse Sport.

🔎 Highlights

Caragh shares her experiences as an autistic athlete, detailing the challenges of misdiagnosis and the lack of inclusivity in high-performance sports environments. She discusses her journey from youth sport to the Olympics and outlines the essential work her organization is doing to foster inclusivity in sports.

The conversation also touches on her life as a new mother and offers insightful inclusion tips. The episode encapsulates her advocacy for equity, the importance of lived experience in driving change, and the pressing need for adaptable sports environments.

00:00 Welcome

01:35 Introduction

01:56 Kara's Early Sporting Journey

03:58 Discovering Rowing

07:57 Challenges and Triumphs in Rowing

13:27 Misdiagnosis and Medication

16:53 High Performance Environment Issues

20:54 Starting Neurodiverse Sport

26:55 Understanding Neurodiversity

32:41 Examples of Sensory Sensitivities in Sports

35:33 Personal Struggles and Delegation

38:23 Importance of Lived Experience

53:23 Final Thoughts and Contact Information

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🎬IN THIS EPISODE🎬 🎙️ About our guest Sunaina is a 2025 Deakin Young Alumni Award finalist and is a sports management professional focused on expanding opportunities for women, girls, and underrepresented groups. Currently the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager at Surf Lifesaving Queensland. She's also a Worked with Tennis Australia and Tennis Queensland as well.

Sunaina moved from India to Australia in 2015 and holds a Masters in Sports Management from Deakin University and a Bachelor in Sociology. Her expertise spans sports development, gender equity and even event management.

🔎 Highlights In this chat, we discuss Sunaina's role as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional in tennis and surf life saving. We explore her journey from India to Australia and highlight the importance of mentors and allies in DEI work.

00:00 Introduction and Acknowledgements 00:29 Guest Introduction: Sunaina Jaswal 02:59 Sunaina's Journey to Australia 06:40 Early Career and Transition to DEI 10:35 Challenges and Inspirations in DEI Work 16:37 Role at Surf Lifesaving Queensland 18:49 Developing a DEI Strategy 26:58 Measuring Success in DEI Initiatives 33:32 Engaging Priority Communities 35:26 Challenges in Promoting Inclusion 39:25 Understanding the 'Why' and 'How' of DEI 43:10 Current State of DEI in Australian Sports 49:06 The Importance of Allies and Mentors 55:43 Quickfire Questions and Top Inclusion Tip 58:32 Conclusion and How to Connect

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🎬IN THIS EPISODE🎬

In this episode I talk with Ryan Redondo to hear about how he has been bringing tennis to diverse communities in San Diego, in the USA.

🎙️ About our guest

Ryan Redondo is the CEO of Youth Tennis San Diego and the Barnes Tennis Center.

Ryan has spent a career in racket sports, first as an all American tennis player, then as a developer of emerging junior American tennis talent. Ryan is also the tournament director of the WTA San Diego Open, and under Ryan's leadership, the Barnes Tennis Center is helping to educate and train future generations of American tennis talent from diverse backgrounds.

🔎 Highlights

In this chat, we talk about Ryan's lifelong love of tennis and how through his work he is creating opportunities for diverse communities to get involved in tennis through low and no cost programs, community outreach, and opening up pathways in the sport for thousands of kids from diverse backgrounds. We also talk about the influence of his cultural background on the work that he's doing. And we touch on the importance of leadership for inclusion to happen. 00:00 Intro

03:11 Ryan's background

09:28 About YTSD and BTC

12:28 What programs are on offer?

17:31 Dealing with diversity

22:44 Building capacity of coaches

26:03 Wheelchair programs

29:39 Impact of scholarships

33:35 Inclusive leadership

36:57 Encountering resistance

45:10 Quickfire questions

50:30 Ryan's top inclusion tip

53:44 Wrap up 🗒️ Full Show Notes

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