This podcast highlights my great passion for sport as a spectator and a participant and my favorite sporting memories over 5 decades. I have experienced live sport here in Australia and overseas. I have played sport and coached at a representative level. I have a great interest in Cricket, Rugby League and Football and have played cricket at a representative level in Australia and England. I also speak to some guests about their memories and their sporting career. I also talk about historical and cultural events from each year.
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This podcast highlights my great passion for sport as a spectator and a participant and my favorite sporting memories over 5 decades. I have experienced live sport here in Australia and overseas. I have played sport and coached at a representative level. I have a great interest in Cricket, Rugby League and Football and have played cricket at a representative level in Australia and England. I also speak to some guests about their memories and their sporting career. I also talk about historical and cultural events from each year.
Paul and Glenn are back for another super episode. This week we discuss some of the strange and bizarre tactics used by athletes or sporting teams over the years. Some of what will be discussed include:-What tactics are, what they are used for and their aim.-A controversial Aussie cricketer who has had a distinguished career in all three formats and was involved in the infamous “Sandpaper Gate” saga.-An NFL game in 1982 where a John Deere tractor entered the field of play and cleared the path for a winning place kick.-The Bodyline tactics used by Douglas Jardine in the 1932/33 Ashes series, -Mankad dismissal-Parramatta Wall in the early 80’s and Ray Price’s praying mantis pose-Underarm serving in tennis and chip/charge by Paul Annacone-Bazzball and the England cricket team-Bombing kicks in Rugby League and kicking duels-Bizarre pre-game rituals eg, Wests Magpies in the late 70’s-Deliberately wasting time tactics eg, 2009 ASHES, Iga Swiatek-One in all in eg, 1974 British and Irish Lions-Funny tactic names e.g., the cattle dog and flea kicker.We have our weekly awards e.g. top sportsperson, ratbag and our Quiz. We also have our segments Sporting Spotlight and Then and Now and Glenn has another cracking joke.Strange/Bizarre Tactics in Sport Sources1.pitchvision.com ‘controversial cricket tactics’, MCC spirit of cricket 2008.2.quora.com ‘What bizarre strategies did Captain's use to win matches in cricket?’, ojas srivastava, 3.Cricket.com, ‘Bizaar tactics tipped for T20 final’, Louis Cameron, 21/2/184.espn.com ‘what to make of Gail monfils borderline outrageous tactics?’, Peter bodo, 10/9/165.News.com ‘iga Swiatek’s dirty tactic causes Australian Open furore’, Tyson Otto, 24/1/256.mirror.co.uk ‘South Africa's unusual Rugby World Cup tactic splits opinion- that has simple explanation’, by Tom Victor, 10/9/237.Fox sports.com ‘Battle of the odd high jump tactics as Champs sleeping bag Aussies notebook steal show’, Matthew Sullivan from news.com.au, 5/8/248.Sport bible.com ‘American hurdler’s bizarre tactic of jogging during his heat pays off as he is praised for 200 IQ move’, Rory o'callaghan, 5/8/249.ESPN Cricinfo’ ‘chappells Ashes captains: Douglas Jardine’, 11/12/201010. Shorts#rugby#rugby union ‘rugby's most unusual team strategy’, 29/8/2411.quora.com ‘Why would placing all players in a soccer team in a wall on the goal’s line be a bad tactic? wouldn't they be virtually impassable? James keenley, 2212.Jobs in sports.com ‘weird moments in sports: Unforgettable and bizarre events’, by jobs in sports in sports jobs sports news, 22/5/2313. cricket.com ‘baz-ball buzzword is silly, says McCullum’, Cricket Australia, 9/7/2215. bulldog dynasty ‘geoff Robinson knocks down Peter Sterling and the Parramatta wall’, 17/12/1116. r/nrl ‘fbj-parramatta wall-peter sterling’, melbha_101, 1817. Sportz yogi.com ‘what is tactics in sport?’, by deependra parihar, 202518. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Warner_(cricketer)19. Test match special ‘the Cowdrey lecture part 1: what is the spirit of cricket?’ Michael Vaughan, 2025 mcc cowdrey lecture20.quora.com ‘What are the most interesting football play names?’, assistant bot 2421. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowplow_Game23. sj-r.com ‘25 years ago, patriot's won infamous snowplough game’, Glenn Farley, 7/12/2007, the state journal register24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Meyer25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxboro_Stadium26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shula27. Boston Herald.com ‘a foothold on history 25 years later: Mark Henderson still remembered for role in Pat's snow plough game’, by Steve Buckley, 17/11/1828. willow talk podcast ‘mark taylor:the one sledge that shook shane warne’,listnr, 13/8/2430. T1ger ‘kicking duel’, 9/6/0831.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mankading_incidents_in_cricket32. The roar.com ‘The church of wazzaball: Warren Ryan's rugby league Legacy’, Red cap roar guru, 27/1/22
Sport Shack
This podcast highlights my great passion for sport as a spectator and a participant and my favorite sporting memories over 5 decades. I have experienced live sport here in Australia and overseas. I have played sport and coached at a representative level. I have a great interest in Cricket, Rugby League and Football and have played cricket at a representative level in Australia and England. I also speak to some guests about their memories and their sporting career. I also talk about historical and cultural events from each year.
