She's Got Game
She's Got Game is the podcast for people who want more than the highlight reel. Every week, Nike Trainer Tess Glynne-Jones sits down with the world's best athletes, coaches and health experts to uncover stories you haven't heard and insights you can use. Recorded at Nike's London HQ.
Episodes
68 episodes
Dr. Sharon Chirban: Confidence is Overrated
Dr. Sharon Chirban has spent decades working with elite athletes and high performers on eating disorders, body image and performance psychology. In this episode she explains why confidence might be the most overrated skill in sport...
Millie David: When Speed and Smarts Collide
Millie joins Tess to talk about life as England rugby's rising star. From the origin of her nickname "Millie-Whizz" to the reality of playing alongside the players she once idolised. She opens up about why she puts more pressure on ...
Carmen Del Mastro: Lift The House
Carmen grew up around boxers before entering the world of pro baseball and now coaches some of the best athletes in the world, from WNBA players to pro soccer and golf. He and Tess get into why he often ditches flashy training for the basics an...
Ren Bonner: Rugby's Rising Star on Pay, Pressure & Proving Herself
Rugby star Ren Bonner opens up about the gender pay gap, body image and nearly getting cut in her first season at Bristol Bears.At just 18, Ren made her senior debut and is now one of the PWR's most exciting rising names. This episode c...
Rakhee: The Physics of Yoga
Rakhee, yoga teacher and founder of Superari, joins Tess for a conversation that goes far deeper than the mat. They get into what yoga actually means beyond the Instagram aesthetic and why the practice is rooted in physics and mathematics just ...
Meg Jones: "Pretty Wild 12 Months, Innit!?"
Rugby World Cup winner, Six Nations Grand Slam captain, newly engaged, Meg Jones has had the wildest 12 months of her life all while carrying the grief of losing both her parents the year before.Meg joins Tess to talk about how grief and...
Stu McMillan: Superpowers, Kryptonite & the Science of Human Performance
Stu McMillan is one of the most respected sprint coaches in the world, having worked with over 70 Olympians across 12 Olympic Games. In this week's episode he joins Tess to unpack a coaching philosophy that goes way deeper than the physical and...
Gary Maitland: Basketball Isn't About Talent
Basketball coach Gary Maitland has spent decades developing players from grassroots to NBA level. In this episode, he challenges everything you think you know about talent and why environment, culture and curiosity are what actually build great...
Michael Gyambibi: The Male Loneliness Epidemic
Michael Gyambibi is the founder of For Brothers That Talk, a community creating space for Black men to connect, open up and find belonging. In this episode, we talk about why men are lonelier than ever, what vulnerability really costs and how a...
Dan Hyman: How to Actually Optimise Your Health
Men's health coach Dan Hyman joins Tess to talk about what it actually takes to build a routine that lasts. In this episode he unpacks why age isn't the barrier most men think it is, how to spot the signs of over-optimisation, what really drive...
Jeremiah Azu: Welcome to The ZoomieVerse
Olympic medallist, World Indoor Champion and one of the best energies in British athletics. Sprinter Jeremiah Azu sits down with Tess to talk his comeback in Paris, becoming a dad and what's driving the best year of his life.
Courtney Fearon: Why Adults Should Sprint
Nike trainer Courtney Fearon joins us to talk about why sprinting might be the most powerful thing missing from your training and the journey that brought him here. From chasing the 2012 London Olympics to building one of fitness's ...
Phebe Bekker: Us Against the World
Olympic ice dancer Phebe Bekker joins She's Got Game to talk about leaving home at 15 to chase her dream in America, what it took to become the youngest Team GB ice dancer at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games and why thriving under pressure is a sk...
Davina Perrin: Faith, Flow State & The Hundred Century
Cricketer Davina Perrin joins She’s Got Game to talk about signing professionally at 15, scoring a century in The Hundred, handling pressure, flow state, faith, representation and becoming one of the most exciting young players in women’s crick...
Steve Cram & Laura Weightman: Why Not You?
Recorded live at Nike Oxford Circus during London Marathon week, this special episode of She’s Got Game brings together two of British athletics’ most respected names: Steve Cram and Laura Weightman.They share honest insights on adapting...
Gracie Smith: From School to Super League
Gracie Smith is one of the most exciting young talents in netball right now. Signed to the Netball Super League at just 15, the London Pulse star is balancing school, elite sport and the pressure of performing at the highest level.
Mel Lawson: What Women Need to Know About Supplements
The supplement space has never been louder but what do women actually need?In this episode, Mel Lawson, founder of Bare Biology, joins the show to unpack the role of supplements in supporting energy, brain health and hormones.We e...
Alice Dearing: Retirement, Identity & Life After Sport
Alice Dearing returns to She’s Got Game to talk about life after elite sport. From Olympic pressure to retirement, identity and self-worth beyond performance, this is an honest conversation about what happens when the thing that defined you end...
Melanie Woods: More Than a Comeback
Melanie Woods joins She's Got Game to share her journey from a life-changing accident to becoming a Paralympian. We talk wheelchair racing, independence, the reality of Paralympic sport and what it takes to rebuild your identity on your own ter...
Jeanette Kwakye: From Olympic Finalist to BBC Broadcaster
Jeanette Kwakye went from Olympic 100m finalist to one of the UK’s leading sports broadcasters. We talk about the pressure that comes with both, Olympic highs and heartbreak, life after sport and what it really takes to perform live...
Adele Nicoll: Two Sports. One Olympic Dream.
What does it take to compete at an elite level in two completely different sports?Team GB bobsleigh athlete and three-time British shot put champion Adele Nicoll joins She’s Got Game to talk about chasing the Olympic dream in both.
Amanda Tassoni: Making the Olympics as an Ice Hockey Official
What does it mean to make it in sport when you’re not the one in the spotlight?This week on She’s Got Game, I’m joined by Amanda Tassoni, an elite ice hockey official heading to the 2026 Winter Olympics. A former player turned referee, A...
Kirsty Muir: Putting it Down
At the Olympics, it all comes down to whether you can put it down when it counts.Fresh off the Winter Olympic Games, Team GB freeski star Kirsty Muir joins She’s Got Game to talk Slopestyle, Big Air, pressure, risk and what it really fee...