Welcome back to The Sports Influence - where we explore how sport and coaching shape who we are, both on and off the field.

In this episode, we sit down with Phoenix Muir, a UK-born basketball player making waves at Kaiser University in the USA. From the pools of Derby to the courts of Florida, Phoenix shares his story of resilience, transition, and self-belief.

We talk about:

🏀 How Phoenix went from swimming in the UK to chasing basketball dreams in America

🇺🇸 What it's really like transitioning from British grassroots sport to the US college system

💪 His hardest-ever training session - and how it nearly broke him

🖐️ The wild story behind how he lost his finger and what it taught him

🌍 How sport gave him structure and identity

This episode dives deep into t ...