#13 You Better Not Pout, We're Telling You Why - Sander Koyen Is Coming On The Pod

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

Fear not, listeners, we have not forgotten to record episodes of this podcast - this one just, uh, took a little longer than normal to edit.

Originally recorded just over 2 weeks ago, returning Malcolm 'Mister Fister' Donnellon joined co-host Chris 'Super Mario' Milne back in the "Studio" as they welcomed Belgian international fistballer, and current President of the Belgische Vuistbal Associatie (i.e. the Belgian Fistball Assocation) - Sander Koyen!

It's a rare occurrence in which we would need to issue a warning for "adult content" on our podcast episodes... but for anyone familiar with Belgian fistball and their Facebook posts, this may come as no surprise. Ironically enough the "adult content" warning is due to some rather juvenile, childish humour from all parties involved. You've been warned!

But it's fair to say that no stone was left unturned this episode, as the boys responded to an unexpected challenge from the South Africans, before Sander recapped the somewhat unexpected birth of Belgian fistball (in Australia, no less!), his first introduction to the Jona Obersee Masters, and the cloudy immediate future of the sport for the newer fistball nations. He was then hit with some hard-hitting questions involving the origins of their team mascot, his recommendations regarding hangover sushi and whether phallic inflatable hats are aerodynamic enough for fistball.

And then by popular demand, we have brought back the Game Review segment! This time around, the boys analysed and discussed (with some mixed feelings) the now-iconic 15th Place Positional Match from the 2019 Men's World Fistball Championships, the one where plucky underdogs Belgium managed to overcome fistball powerhouse Australia (with a bit of luck or whatever) in a 5-set epic that nearly pushed 2 hours of playing time and caused havoc for the tournament scheduling crew.

Oh, and congratulations to Sander, as he is now the guest on the longest single episode released of TFTWFANBTFSHMPTOFAP, topping Christoph Oberlehner's episode by a mere 12 seconds to come in at 1 hour, 59 minutes and 5 seconds (after extensive editing, of course).

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

Fist on!

Timestamps:
@2:40 Beers
@7:53 News
@20:41 Interview with Sander Koyen
@58:23 Listener Questions for Sander Koyen
@1:21:46 Game Review - 2019 Men's World Fistball Championships, 15th Place Positional Match (Australia vs Belgium)
@1:51:04 Shout outs
@1:56:59 Sign offs

Recorded on Sunday, 7th of February, 2021.