Sport ExtendED is built by someone who has been inside high performance sport — as an athlete, and as someone who has spent years working to make it better.
The risk I keep returning to isn’t physical. It’s the risk of loving something so completely it becomes you. Of building an identity so fused with a sport, a team, a role — that when it ends, and it always ends, you don’t know who’s left.
"I was in the room in September 2025. I was part of the consultation process. So when I read this report, I'm not just reading recommendations — I'm reading something that reflects what people actually experienced. That matters."
"A teenager is cut from a team without warning. When they ask why, the answer they're given is about their body — their size, their weight. That kind of moment lands hard. Especially at 16, when sport isn't just something you do — it's part of how you understand yourself, how you value yourself."
