This is not a drill! We repeat - this is not a drill! After 12 months of podcast radio silence, there is finally a new Fistball Australia podcast episode in the house!

Fresh off manning the mics at an immensely successful Men's Fistball World Championships in Mannheim, USA Fistball's Kyle Ejsmont joins the FiFA boys for a second attempt at recording an episode, after a previous attempt last December was unceremoniously, silently binned (due to lack of dedication from our editing team).

This time reigning Australian men's captain Rod "Inanimate Carbon" Matthews joins co-host Chris 'Super Mario' Milne to rhapsodise all things world fistball, filling in at late notice for the calendar clashing Malcolm "Mister Fister" Donnellon.

In this episode we dive in headfirst to discuss the recently completed 2023 IFA Fistball World Championships, discussing all the hot topics, dissecting the biggest stories, and reminiscing about the experience itself on a personal level.

We then turn the camera towards Mr Ejsmont himself, peeling back the curtain to talk about what goes on behind the scenes when you're an integral part of the IFA Media team (in this case, commentating the majority of the 52 games at this tournament), before turning the discussion towards the future of fistball in the USA and the impending difficult decisions surrounding the national team.

Of course, we don't finish there. Super Mario then shoots "Seven Quick Questions" about future World Championships at the boys (which of course are anything but "quick" conversations), before putting forward the submitted listener questions for responses and then finishing up with the standard (but a potentially record number of) shout-outs.

As always, a huge thank you to Rafael Dobler for the theme music to this podcast series.

Fist on!

Timestamps: @3:07 Beers @7:37 Fistball World Championships wrap up @40:33 Behind the curtain of fistball commentating @58:11 The future of USA fistball @1:10:32 Seven Quick (?) Questions @1:42:40 Listener questions @1:50:22 Obligatory shout-outs

Recorded on Saturday, 2nd of September, 2023.

We're back! Sort of!

With the 2022 European Fistball Championships kicking off today, there is simply no better time to get an in depth insight into European fistball, and so with no further adieu we present the return of The Fist, The Whole Fist And Nothing But The Fist, So Help Me Pod - The Official Fistball Australia Podcast!

In this podcast we will take you on a journey back in time... transporting you back to the year 2021 - Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are just another failed Hollywood marriage, lettuce is a regular food that could be afforded by average citizens (not a status symbol for just the rich and famous), the most concerning global political situation is in Afghanistan, not the Ukraine... and due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restricting international travel, the IFA has postponed the 2021 European Championships and in it's place the smaller EFA 2021 Fistball Men's European Nations Cup has just been run and won by Austria in a thrilling 6 set final over Switzerland.

Does it feel like you're there?

Ok, now picture this - the following week after this historic win, our regular host Mal 'Mr Fister' Donnellon sat down at his professional microphone, and was promptly joined by special guest host Lee 'The Power Station' Morony, as they discussed all things Italian Fistball and reviewed the aforementioned European Nations Cup. And nobody was better to share this moment with them than special guest Moritz Menz of Italy, with an over-qualified cameo appearance from Nicolas Fehr of Switzerland

And so it was, a mere 9 short months later, that Mr Fister finally got off his backside and finished editing the nearly 3 hour chat down to a bite sized 1 hour 46 minutes. Enjoy!

As always, a huge thank you to Rafael Dobler for the theme music to this podcast series. 

Fist on! 

Recorded on Tuesday, 8th of October 2021.

As the great Oscar Wilde was once misquoted: ‘When I was Young I thought that fistball was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.’ 

Our guest in this episode always has been a Young man, and even as he gets older, always will be a Young man. Laurence ‘Fistburne’ Young is the only person to have represented Australia in Fistball as a player, coach and assistant coach. 

A member of two World Championship tours, Laurie was initially introduced to the Australian Fistball coaching ranks as a result of a misinterpretation of another quote, this one by Angela Bassett; ‘It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, Young people, Young ideas.’ However in a happy coincidence Laurie’s training as a physical education and outdoor education teacher actually made him an excellent choice as the Australian Fistball Team’s first head coach. 

His passion for youth development had also seen him become one of the pioneers of teaching fistball in schools in Australia. Introducing our great sport to kids in Far North Queensland and starting to develop what is hopefully the next generation of Australian Fistballers. 

Join Mal ‘Mr Fister’ Donnellon and special guest co-host Ralph ‘The Godfister’ Peterfile as we recap Laurie’s Fistball journey so far and discuss what hopefully lies ahead for Aussie Fistball, as well as their review of the critical USA v Czech Republic positional match from the 2019 Men's World Fistball Championships. 

As always, a huge thank you to Rafael Dobler for the theme music to this podcast series. 

Fist on! 

Recorded on Tuesday, 28th of September 2021.