Track & Ball with Ellen White and Richard Whitehead

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

We're going to take you into the world of elite sport and give you a real insight in to what it's like to step over the white line and compete against the best. The athletes, the coaches, the support staff. So who are we? Ellen White is a footballer with Manchester City and England. Ellen's got three world cups to her name and his England's leading all-time goal scorer in that competition. Richard Whitehead MBE is a double gold winning athlete at the Paralympics, including a memorable day at the London Games in 2012. He's also set the world record for a double leg amputee in the marathon and half marathon. Follow us @trackandballpod and let us know what you think! Ellen and Richard

Location:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Sports & Recreation Podcasts

Description:

We're going to take you into the world of elite sport and give you a real insight in to what it's like to step over the white line and compete against the best. The athletes, the coaches, the support staff. So who are we? Ellen White is a footballer with Manchester City and England. Ellen's got three world cups to her name and his England's leading all-time goal scorer in that competition. Richard Whitehead MBE is a double gold winning athlete at the Paralympics, including a memorable day at the London Games in 2012. He's also set the world record for a double leg amputee in the marathon and half marathon. Follow us @trackandballpod and let us know what you think! Ellen and Richard

Twitter:

@trackandballpod

Language:

English

Website:

https://track-ball-with-ellen.captivate.fm

Episodes

Paralympics re-run - another chance to hear David Weir

8/21/2021

Here's another chance to listen to Richard and Ellen's chat with Paralympic legend David Weir recorded in May 2021

Duration:00:40:22

Tom Huddlestone - The Euros, initiation songs and football insight

5/20/2021

Tom Huddlestone began his career in the youth set-up at Nottingham Forest before moving on to Derby County, Spurs, Wolves and Hull. A brilliant passer of the ball who made it to the England squads at age group and senior level. Tom shares his insights from inside the world of football...from the European Super League to VAR. Tom's had a tough year - for the first time every he's not had a club and had to train alone and for a time even stopped watch the game. But he's fired up and getting...

Duration:00:37:16

David Weir CBE - the mental health challenges from childhood of a 6 x Paralympic gold medal winner

5/13/2021

David Weir is one of the Paralympic greats. He won six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 games as well as an 8 times winner of the London Marathon. His ten Paralympic medals have come at a range of distances in his racing chair...from 200m to marathon. He talks about his career and some of the tough mental battles he's had and his suicidal thoughts. He's outspoken on the way he feels he was treated by the sports rulers at the last Paralympics. Through counselling he discovered he'd been...

Duration:00:40:22

Bonus: Carl Froch - the winning mentality

4/16/2021

In another bonus episode here's Richard talking with Carl Froch MBE, former world champion boxer and one of Britain's finest boxers in the last two decades. Carl "The Cobra" had an amazing career with a series of world title fights and a record of 33 wins from 35 bouts including a sell out win over George Groves at Wembley Stadium(in front of 80000 people), his final fight. He's now a pundit and poker player as well as a successful businessman, husband and dad. Carl takes us behind the...

Duration:00:49:31

Bonus: Holly Bradshaw - working with her backroom team, more coverage for Pole Vault and a fear of spiders!

4/11/2021

Pole Vaulter Holly Bradshaw is an Olympian, a British champion and hoping for a medal at Tokyo. Holly's had a challenging few weeks after catching Covid following the European Indoor Championships. Today's podcast is presented by Richard Whitehead, Paralympic gold medal winner at London and Rio. Ellen White's away with the England squad so she's not around today. Holly talks about her favourite moments, her relationship with her coach and reveals her big fear! Spiders. You can see the...

Duration:00:35:56

Alistair Brownlee - the making of the double Olympic champion triathlete

3/22/2021

Alistair Brownlee gives Ellen and Richard a real insight into life as a triathlete. He won gold in Rio and London and has a whole sackful of other medals at World, European and Commonwealth level. There's his brutal training schedule, his and his obvious passion for the sport. He talks about the pressures of London 2012, the hell of a bad injury just before the Games and the joy of gold. Alistair reveals he's aiming to be in Tokyo and has his sights set on the up and coming qualifying...

Duration:00:36:38

Alistair Brownlee - the making of the double Olympic champion triathlete

3/19/2021

Duration:00:57:33

Darren Bent - transfers, training and having good mates

3/14/2021

With us today is former England footballer Darren Bent. Darren first played for Ipswich and went on to sign for Charlton, Spurs, Sunderland, Villa and Derby amongst others. He's now a broadcaster for Talk Sport. Darren was an England standard long jumper as a schoolboy - but when he signed for Ipswich at 14 he followed his passion. He tells us how he learnt by watching lots of football on TV with Ian Wright one of his biggest influences. Ellen asks him what his first big purchase was when...

Duration:00:57:33

The switch from football and dealing with a tough 2020 - Adam Gemili

2/25/2021

We loved having Team GB sprinter Adam Gemili on the podcast. What a story he has. He loved sport as a kid and played everything from cycling and cricket to rounders and netball. Adam found his love in football and spent 8 years at the Chelsea Academy before moving to Dagenham and Redbridge. He became a full-time track athlete in 2012 and has some great stories about his experiences at the London Olympics. He spoke to us from his training camp in Florida but also revealed how tough he found...

Duration:00:45:29

Q and A(part 2) from motivation to our favourite chocolate

2/11/2021

Some brilliant questions! And we do our best to answer them all. From our influences, our favourite sports people, the challenges we face, our we motivate ourselves and even what sort of chocolate we eat. This is a follow up from last week's edition with all the questions we didn't have time to answer. Thanks everyone for your support! Follow us at @trackandballpod @marathonchamp @ellsbells89

Duration:00:36:57

February's Q and A (part 1 from our live recording)

2/4/2021

This a recording of the Live Q and A we had. Wow! Thank you for your response. We're recording a bonus episode to answer all the questions we didn't get time for - and we'll be publishing it soon. Thanks for the support! Richard and Ellen @trackandballpod

Duration:00:46:48

Iwan Thomas with some great stories and sobering thoughts

1/21/2021

Iwan Thomas is one of the characters of athletics....with his distinct hair as flamboyant 400m runner and now as a TV and stadium presenter. There is so much to Iwan Thomas and he freely talks about all aspects of his life - from his days competing to his post-athletics life. He talks about how he lives his life, surrounding himself with good friends and good people. He won silver at the World Athletics Championships in the 4x400m relay but this was eventually upgraded to gold because two...

Duration:01:08:10

Sprinter James Ellington on being a fighter and never giving up

1/14/2021

James Ellington is one of Britain's finest sprinters. In this chat he's relaxed and brutally honest. And he's got a story to tell! He fell in love with athletics as a toddlers watching on TV. But the real change happened when his mum grounded him for 6 months when he was 12 years old for getting in to trouble with the police. James joined the local athletics club at Crystal Palace and never looked back. He was national champion at 12 and went on to compete internationally. But it has been...

Duration:01:01:29

Learning a lot from Sir Chris Hoy

1/7/2021

So what can we learn from Sir Chris Hoy, MBE? 11 times World Champion, 6 x Olympic Champion. The answer is.. so many things as you'll find out in this fascinating 45 minutes. We learn about his physical and mental approach to becoming a champion. He didn't believe he was world class until his mid-20's, so what changed? It's something that's led him to believe everyone has the chance to be amazing....find your passion and put in the hard work. A lot of hard work. Chris talks about the...

Duration:00:50:09

Max Whitlock on a champion’s mindset

12/24/2020

We loved chatting with Max Whitlock - a phenomenal gymnast with 5 Olympic medals, 2 of them gold. Max was hoping to add to his haul in Tokyo in 2020 but has now got 2021 in his sights. Here's a chance to hear about the mindset of a champion, how fatherhood has changed him and how he won two golds in under an hour in Rio. Max is the final guest in 2020 for Ellen White and Richard Whitehead. If you're reading this on the day of publication - Happy Christmas! We'd love you to subscribe to...

Duration:01:16:20

A chat with Tom Daley

12/17/2020

So here's double world Champion, Olympic medal winner and YouTube vlogger Tom Daley. And this is a fascinating listen. Everything from knitting to fatherhood, building a coaching team to what it takes to be the best in the world. There have been many ups and downs in life and his sporting career and Tom freely talks about them all. Tom was just 14 when he took part in his first Olympic Games. But his build-up to the London Games were highly pressurised and emotionally difficult, after his...

Duration:00:52:54

December's live chat

12/10/2020

This is a recording of December's live podcast where Richard and Ellen answer your question and preview the next month Tom Daley, Max Whitlock and James Ellington. So what are the secrets of Tom Daley's success? How did Max Whitlock overcome setbacks to win double gold at the Rio Olympics and what does James Ellington feel the Black Lives Matter campaign is offering to sport and society. Richard and Ellen also talk about their many pre-event rituals and their views on the BBC Sports...

Duration:00:39:03

Being Ronnie O'Sullivan

12/3/2020

What a brilliant guest Ronnie is! Relaxed and honest, the six-times world snooker champion speaks from the heart. His dad was his rock until he was jailed for murder when Ronnie was a teenager and his mum was sent to prison a few years later. Ronnie admits that he lost the plot and went off the tracks. He loved sport growing up - tennis, cricket, football...but it was snooker that grabbed him when his dad bought a table. But these days he doesn't have a practice table at home to stop him...

Duration:00:54:36

The remarkable story of Tatyana McFadden

11/26/2020

Her 17 Paralympic medals tell only a small part of the story of Tatyana McFadden. Not many athletes have had such a profound affect on daily life. In America, she's changed the law. Tatyana was born in the Soviet Union with spina bifida and talks about her early life in an orphanage and the hardships she had to live through. She talks about being adopted and building a new life with her parents in the United States. She developed a love of sport and at just 14 she was determined to make...

Duration:01:16:02

The winning mindset of Greg Rutherford, Olympic gold medal winner

11/19/2020

This week's guest is Greg Rutherford - gold medal winner on that incredible Super Saturday night at the London Olympics in 2012. Greg takes us on his sporting journey - from football and badminton to the long jump. He talks about his winning mindset and the hard work he put in to get to the top of his sport. And also the importance of choosing the right people to be around you - in Greg's case, his coach. It's a great hour with lots of thing we learnt and are going to apply to our...

Duration:01:21:01