“Creating a New Sport: From Functional Fitness to Olympic Ambition
What you will learn:
- How to identify gaps in the market and reimagine them as opportunities:
- Building a new sport from the ground up — concept, testing, traction
- The overlooked value of skill-based physical challenges in fitness.
- Lessons in community-led growth and grassroots adoption.
- Why modern audiences crave competition, gamification, and innovation in fitness.
More about Matt & Florence
Matt has been embedded in the fitness industry since 2002. His career has spanned elite sport and grassroots coaching, including serving as a physiotherapist and assistant coach at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Florence Kum is a gym owner. With a background at Sony PlayStation and a lifelong love of both fitness and first-person shooters, Florence combined her two worlds to create something entirely new.