MY ADVICE FOR YOUNG ATHLETES

The main advice that I always give is to find the people in your life who are super-supportive, whether you’re at the top of your game or at the bottom. You need people who, when you walk into a room, are going to have you leave it feeling happy. Find the people who are going to bring positivity and support to your life and surround yourself with them. If things get tough, you always have those people to turn to, who allow you to have your personal values and accept what you stand for.

(Photo by Narelle Spangher)

I’m lucky that I get to do what I love every day, from playing professional netball to NETFIT and other areas of my life – it motivates me and it keeps me inspired. I actually play better when I’ve got those things keeping me focused and engaged and I’m sustaining that level of being positively engaged across my life. So my other piece of advice is to find the things that you love and keep doing them, in whatever ways you can. Not just in sport, but in life.