4TG
4TG (For The Girls) is the podcast empowering the next generation of female athletes to build confidence, break barriers, and thrive — in sport and in life. Through real, raw conversations with elite athletes, coaches, and changemakers, we share the stories, tools, and inspiration young women need to chase bold goals and shape the future of women’s sport.
Episodes
51 episodes
#50 Why Female Athletes Face Higher ACL Injury Risk | Dr. Brooke Patterson
WHY ARE FEMALE ATHLETES MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER ACL INJURIES?In this episode of the 4TG Podcast, Kylie Lynch sits down with physiotherapist, researcher, former AFLW player, and injury prevention expert Dr. Brooke Patterson to unpack...
#49 What Does True Male Allyship Look Like In Women's Sport? | Damo Hopper from Prune Masters
WHAT DOES REAL ALLYSHIP IN SPORT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE?In this episode of the 4TG Podcast, Kylie Lynch sits down with Damian “Damo” Hopper, creator of Prune Masters and one of the strongest public supporters of women’s football in...
#48 From Self-Funded Athlete to World Champions | Taylah Gregory on Saving Indoor Cricket History
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#47 From 16 Surgeries to Paralympic Gold | Nikki Ayers on Resilience, Identity & Retirement
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#46 World Number One at 16 and the Mindset Behind It, With Indra Brown
At just 16, Indra Brown is already competing at the highest level in freestyle skiing, reaching World #1 status and representing Australia at the Winter Olympics. In this episode o...
#45 - Leaving Corporate Life to Chase an Olympic Dream, With Britt Furlanis
Watch & subscribe now on 4TG's YouTube 📺What do you do when the thing that makes you you is suddenly gone? For Britt Furlanis, the answer took fifteen years to find.Britt grew...
#44 From Refugee Camp to the WNBL, With Nya Lok
Nya Lok was born in an Ethiopian refugee camp after her South Sudanese parents fled civil war. She arrived in Australia at age five, speaking no English, with nothing but her family and a quiet, unshakeable belief that she could figure it out.<...
#43 What It Really Takes to Win an Olympic Gold Medal, With Josie Baff
She finished 17th in her seeding run. She had the flu. She won Olympic gold anyway.Josie Baff is a 23-year-old snowboarder from Jindabyne and Australia's first ever Olympic gold medallist in women's snowboard cross. But this episode is n...
#42 Women's Sport Is Booming – So Why Are Semi-Elite Athletes Going Backwards?
A woman just ran 253 miles through the Arizona desert, through the night, through the mountains, for 56 hours straight – and beat every single man in the race. Her name is Rachel Entrekin, and her mantra was simple: "Why not you?"Women a...
#41 Why More Women Are Joining Run Clubs (And It's Not About Fitness), With Eliza Boyd
Watch and subscribe to 4TG now on YouTube 📺 Run clubs are having a moment. And it's being driven by women!Membership in Australian run clubs increased by 59% in 2024, and res...
#40 Spinal Surgery to Comeback: Competing When the System Wasn’t Built for You, With Meredith Young
Watch & subscribe to 4TG on YouTube 📺 Meredith Young has achondroplasia – the most common form of dwarfism. She grew up in a family that lived and breathed sport, represented Au...
#39 Disordered Eating in Female Athletes, With Chelsea Blissett
Watch & Subscribe on YouTube 📺Chelsea Blissett is a professional footballer for Melbourne Victory and founder of Style TrackHer. In this episode, she speaks honestly about disordered...
#38 First Game Back: Managing Nerves, Comebacks and Selection Pressure
Winter sport is back – and if you're sitting with a stomach full of nerves this week, this episode is for you.In this solo episode, Kylie Lynch opens up about returning from an ACL injury and what she's learned about the gap between phys...
#37 What Sport Builds That No Contract Can Take Away, With Claudia Nielsen
Watch now & subscribe on YouTube 📺 Claudia Nielsen has played elite hockey, represented Australia in Rugby Sevens, and signed with the NRLW's Wests Tigers. She is also completin...
#36 Motherhood, Elite Sport and Postpartum Performance, With Alicia Lucas
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#35 Stop Overthinking This Season + My 4TG Announcement
This week is a solo episode with me, Kylie Lynch, and it is a proper life update plus a mindset reset for anyone heading into a new season. If you are feeling selection pressure, nerves in a new team, or that heavy fear of judgement, you are no...
#34 Mental Health and Injury in Elite Sport – Janelle Cuthbertson on Asking for Help
Watch and subscribe on YouTube 📺 Janelle Cuthbertson is a former AFLW player and elite tennis athlete who has lived the part of sport most people never see – the lon...
#33 Why Female Athletes Are Done Being Grateful, With Marnie Vinall
Watch and subscribe on YouTube 📺In this special International Women's Day episode, we aren't just celebrating how far we've come in women's sport, we're challenging ...
#32 The Breathing Secret Athletes Don't Know, With Liz Ho
Watch & subscribe now to 4TG on YouTube 📺 If you’ve ever felt gassed in a game and assumed it means you’re “unfit”, this one’s for you.In this episode of 4TG (For The ...
#31 Self-Funded Olympian To Self-Taught Software Engineer: Tori West on Building Peak
This week on 4TG, we chat with the incredible Tori West – Olympian heptathlete, self-taught software engineer, and founder of Peak.app. Tori shares her candid journey navigating the realities of women's athletics, where passion often outweighs ...
#30 Retirement From Sport, ACL Comebacks & Performing Under Pressure, With Piepa Cleary
What happens when the sport that’s been your whole life suddenly stops?Former Western Australian women’s cricket fast bowler Piepa Cleary shares the real story of retirement from professional sport, athlete identity loss, and what life a...
#29 Connection Beats Structure: Building Teams That Perform When It Matters Most, With Tom Cashin
Have you ever been in a team where the structure looks perfect on paper… but the connection is missing?This week I’m joined by Tom Cashin – Collingwood VFLW Head Coach and Head of Academy (AFLW) – for a raw, honest c...
#28 5 Pre-Season Tips to Get Noticed & Level Up
Pre-season is where reputations are built — but it’s not about flogging yourself to prove a point. It’s about building trust, training with intent, and staying consistent long enough to actually improve.In this short, sharp solo episode,...
#27 Ayeisha McFerran UNBOXED: Person First, Athlete Second – Irish Hockey Goalkeeper on Confidence and Culture
In this episode of the 4TG Podcast, Kylie sits down with Ayeisha McFerran, Irish international hockey goalkeeper and Unboxed podcast host, for a real-talk conversation about confidence, identity, and the environments that either k...
#26 Fix the Mindset or Lose the Athlete: Why 90% of Performance is Mental, With Jacqui Louder
In this episode of the 4TG Podcast, Jacqui Louder shares her insights from a 25-year career as one of Australia’s leading sport and performance psychologists. Having worked with elite teams like Collingwood and Melbourne Storm, Jacqui discusses...