Three Questions in Forty Seconds Rarely Produce Anything
The sideline interview format gives an interviewer forty seconds, three questions and an athlete still running on adrenaline. Here is why that rarely works.
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A Goalkeeper and a Striker Need Different Questions
Interviewing athletes by position: why a goalkeeper answers a wide question well, why a striker needs a named moment, and the question that fails with both.
Twenty Questions to Ask Instead of How Do You Feel
Twenty sports interview questions grouped by situation, the reason each one works, and the three that should never be asked right after a whistle.
Bridging, Flagging and the Pause: Spotting a Coached Answer
What athlete media training teaches, from bridging and flagging to the deliberate pause, how each one reads in a transcript, and what none of it proves.
Five Story Types Come Out of Every Media Day
A preseason media day produces the same five stories every year. How the room is built, who controls the clock, and how to spot the genuinely new.