Sally Barkow's guest appearances

Sally Barkow

Tough Girl Podcast

WiSP

News Desk

Kate Leeming

Emily Chappell

Jenna Downing

Hannah Stodel

Cathy O’Dowd

Rebecca Lowe

Paula McGuire

Beth French

Naomi Kutin

Renee McGregor

Elise Wortley

Kathryn Bertine

Karen Darke

Holly Budge

Juliana Buhring

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On our weekly news show with Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen we have the top stories from around the world of women’s sport. Plus Sally Barkow, US Sailing Coach and Performance Manager, talks about how she found herself in a top team coaching position following her Olympic career and ocean sailing. Sally’s explains how the team is adapting to the restrictions imposed by the Covid Pandemic to prepare for the 2020one Toykyo Olympic Games. Stories covered this week: Former Dutch coach admits abusing as gymnastics scandal widensIOC Honorary Member Flor Isava Fonseca, dies age 99Commonwealth Games:Gymnastics abuseFIS gender neutral languageEster LedeckaSouth Korean golf stars missing British OpenSuper Netball fixturesTurkish wheelchair basketball team Sponsor: @Hyland's Homeopathic Earache DropsPodcast length: 67 mins For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 50 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

On our weekly news show with Chris Stafford and Nancy Gillen we have the top stories from around the world of women’s sport. Plus Sally Barkow, US Sailing Coach and Performance Manager, talks about how she found herself in a top team coaching position following her Olympic career and ocean sailing. Sally’s explains how the team is adapting to the restrictions imposed by the Covid Pandemic to prepare for the 2020one Toykyo Olympic Games. Stories covered this week: Former Dutch coach admits abusing as gymnastics scandal widensIOC Honorary Member Flor Isava Fonseca, dies age 99 Commonwealth Games: Gymnastics abuse FIS gender neutral language Ester Ledecka South Korean golf stars missing British Open Super Netball fixtures Turkish wheelchair basketball team Sponsor: @Hyland's Homeopathic Earache Drops Podcast length: 67 mins For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit <a href="http://wispsports.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wispsports.com</a>. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 50 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at <a href="mailto:info@wispsports.com">info@wispsports.com</a>.

WiSP Sports Desk: S2E29 - Sally Barkow, US Sailing Coach & Performance Manager

On this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler chats to World Champion Sailor Sally Barkow, who has recently been appointed to US Sailing, as Team Coach and Performance Manager for the Olympic Squad. Sally brings to this role a wealth of sailing experience both on and off the water and covering every facet of the sport, having herself competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in the Yingling keelboat event, leading a team in the M32 World Match Racing Tour and more recently competing in the Volvo Ocean Race with Team SCA and Team Brunel, as well as serving as an active member of the US Sailing Board of Directors. Abby &amp; Sally discuss the role of an Olympic Coach and the challenges &amp; ‘benefits' that the Olympic Squad face with the delay in Olympic competition and the time in lockdown.Host: Abby EhlerGuest Co-host: Chris StaffordPodcast length: 44 minsFor more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 25 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 45 shows and a global audience of over 6 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at info@wispsports.com.

On this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler chats to World Champion Sailor Sally Barkow, who has recently been appointed to US Sailing, as Team Coach and Performance Manager for the Olympic Squad. Sally brings to this role a wealth of sailing experience both on and off the water and covering every facet of the sport, having herself competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in the Yingling keelboat event, leading a team in the M32 World Match Racing Tour and more recently competing in the Volvo Ocean Race with Team SCA and Team Brunel, as well as serving as an active member of the US Sailing Board of Directors. Abby &amp; Sally discuss the role of an Olympic Coach and the challenges &amp; ‘benefits' that the Olympic Squad face with the delay in Olympic competition and the time in lockdown. Host: Abby Ehler Guest Co-host: Chris Stafford Podcast length: 44 mins For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit <a href="http://wispsports.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wispsports.com</a>. WiSP Sports is the World’s Largest Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 25 hosts, 1200+ episodes across 45 shows and a global audience of over 6 million. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at <a href="mailto:info@wispsports.com">info@wispsports.com</a>.

The Sailing Show: S5E5 - Sally Barkow's Olympic Mission

Show notes  Sally shares how she first got into sailing and the pathway shetook to get to the Olympics in Beijing Sailing at university and how she moved from being a new memberof the crew to leading the team Deciding to become a professional sailor and how she followedher passion What was involved in the 6 year campaign of getting to theOlympics. How she kept motivated over the years   The type of sailing she was doing and how it works in scoringfor the Olympics What she’s learnt about teamwork from sailing as part ofcrews Heading over to China, and dealing with the differentchallenges before the games even started. What happened in the the final medal race The learning Sally took away from that experience Taking a break from sailing and getting over the sense offailure and loss “The hardest sailing you will ever do” being a member of thefirst all female team for SCA in the Volvo OceanRace  What it was like being out on the boat; the day to day routine,working for 4 hrs on, 4 hrs off, dealing with the pressure ofracing while out at sea and keeping the focus on driving the boatforward Learning as much as they could while sailing, and dealing withthe highs and lows while out at sea Dealing with set backs, never giving up and fighting all theway to the finish line The training they needed to do, to get as fit and strong aspossible before the race starts. Getting respect from the guys for the job they were doing The reasons behind the MagentaProject and what their aims are The challenges going forward especially around gainingsponsorship  Why you should give sailing a go!  “Thank you for showing girls and women around the worldthat we can accomplish anything and to dream big. Your perservence,drive and commitment to this gruelling competition is inspiring.” Billie Jean King  The MagentaProject - aims to increase the participation of women atthe highest level of sailing and promote inclusion, diversity andpositive female role models in society at large. The Tough Girl Blog was highly commended at the UK Blog Awards2016!  Check out the Tough Girl blog to learn more about theinspirational women on the Tough Girl Podcast

Show notes <ul> <li>Sally shares how she first got into sailing and the pathway shetook to get to the Olympics in Beijing</li> <li>Sailing at university and how she moved from being a new memberof the crew to leading the team</li> <li>Deciding to become a professional sailor and how she followedher passion</li> <li>What was involved in the 6 year campaign of getting to theOlympics. How she kept motivated over the years  </li> <li>The type of sailing she was doing and how it works in scoringfor the Olympics</li> <li>What she’s learnt about teamwork from sailing as part ofcrews</li> <li>Heading over to China, and dealing with the differentchallenges before the games even started.</li> <li>What happened in the the final medal race</li> <li>The learning Sally took away from that experience</li> <li>Taking a break from sailing and getting over the sense offailure and loss</li> <li>“The hardest sailing you will ever do” being a member of thefirst all female team for SCA in the <a href="http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Volvo OceanRace</a> </li> <li>What it was like being out on the boat; the day to day routine,working for 4 hrs on, 4 hrs off, dealing with the pressure ofracing while out at sea and keeping the focus on driving the boatforward</li> <li>Learning as much as they could while sailing, and dealing withthe highs and lows while out at sea</li> <li>Dealing with set backs, never giving up and fighting all theway to the finish line</li> <li>The training they needed to do, to get as fit and strong aspossible before the race starts.</li> <li>Getting respect from the guys for the job they were doing</li> <li>The reasons behind the <a href="http://themagentaproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MagentaProject</a> and what their aims are</li> <li>The challenges going forward especially around gainingsponsorship </li> <li>Why you should give sailing a go!</li> </ul> “Thank you for showing girls and women around the worldthat we can accomplish anything and to dream big. Your perservence,drive and commitment to this gruelling competition is inspiring.” Billie Jean King  <a href="http://themagentaproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The MagentaProject </a>- aims to increase the participation of women atthe highest level of sailing and promote inclusion, diversity andpositive female role models in society at large. The Tough Girl Blog was highly commended at the UK Blog Awards2016!  Check out the <a href="http://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/#!tough-girl-blog/c24sc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tough Girl blog </a>to learn more about theinspirational women on the Tough Girl Podcast

Sally Barkow a former Olympic sailor, most recently on board the all-female Team SCA in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race