15. Spotlight on Sport with Paul Bowell

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the special Spotlight On Sports episode, Either Side of Nhill, two cousins one great chat!⚽ 🏀 🏈 🎾🏓 💪As we return refreshed and relaxed from our summer holidays Ben & Kristy share stories of all the fun things they have been up to in the hometowns of Adelaide and Melbourne.Ben provides and first-hand account on the Tour Down Under from the streets of Adelaide and Kristy gives us the inside scoop on the latest from the Australian Open and her encounter with Lleyton Hewitt in Melbourne!⚽ 🏀 🏈 🎾🏓  💪Our VIP Guest in this episode is Paul Bowell.  Paul has an incredible knowledge of sports and in particular women's sports. His research focuses on data tracking in women's sports which is super interesting, plus we discuss his sports research topic and we chat about some of the latest sporting news from around the world. Including:NFL American Footballer Damar Hamlin and his on-field heart attackWorld Cup winners Argentina & Peles passingMelbourne Victory & Crowd BehaviorWomens World Cup 2023 The Australian Open 2023Tour Down Under 2023Enjoy the episode and thank you for listening.Paul Bowell:@PaulGB77Paul is a PhD candidate within the Sports Innovation Research Group at Swinburne University of Technology. Paul’s research project seeks to understand how women Australian Rules footballers’ experience digital self-tracking, and what impacts these interactions have on the player’s selfhood, identity-making and corporeality. Paul has obtained a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (First-Class) specialising in sociology from The Australian National University. His Honours project investigated the compliance processes of employees who were digitally self- tracked in their workplace. Paul has also lectured at Deakin and La Trobe University teaching different sociology, sports sociology and sports management units.🎧 Listen now on Spotify, BuzzSprout, YouTube, Apple Podcast, or your favourite podcast platform what ever that is.💬 Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Music, and the Great Australian Podcast Directory.Thanks for tuning in ❤️ Ben & Kristy – Two Cousins One ChatInstagram + Facebook + Spotify & BuzzSprout & YouTube & YouTube Music & Great Australian Podcast Directory