#20 Only The Good Fist Young

The Fist, The Whole Fist And Nothing But The Fist, So Help Me Pod - The Fistball Australia Podcast

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.