PUSHING JOSH BROWN

The Journey to BBL15

This documentary we’re filming about Josh Brown isn’t just about cricket. It’s about becoming — and not in some flashy Instagrammable way either. This is the real stuff. The late nights, the mental battles, the internal voice that says I can’t be bothered today — and learning to push past it.

I want to be clear — this is my view. Rod Grey. The bloke who's had a front-row seat to Josh’s journey, and someone who believes in him more than he probably believes in himself some days.

See, most people look at professional athletes and assume they’ve always had it together. That they were born running hills and lifting weights and counting macros. But that’s not Josh. Josh has always just played cricket. He’s a big, strong unit — built for power — but “fitness” in the traditional gym-junkie sense? That was never part of the picture.

He’s never been lazy, but training for the sake of it? That’s never been natural to him. Like a lot of talented sportspeople, he’s stayed “cricket fit” — moving when cricket’s on, burning calories at training and on match days — and like most of us, when the season’s over, the movement slows down, the weight creeps in, and the cycle continues.

So when people look at Josh and say, “He doesn’t look like an athlete,” they’re half right — and also completely wrong. Because we’ve come to expect athletes to look a certain way. But that expectation forgets where someone comes from. Josh didn’t grow up inside a professional system. He wasn’t handed a high-performance program at 16. He didn’t have a dietitian, a strength coach, or a mentor mapping out his life.

He just played cricket. Because he bloody loves it. And he happens to be phenomenal at it.

 

 

But now the game has changed. He’s 31. And sure, most people might say, “He should have figured it all out by now.” But age doesn’t equal readiness. Some people just need the right voice in their corner — someone to say, “Mate, I’ve got you. Let’s go this way. Let me show you how.”

That’s what this documentary is about. It’s not just Josh getting ready for BBL15. It’s about helping him figure it all out — fast. Because he doesn’t have the luxury of a decade to adjust. He’s got to learn everything that others spent their teen years absorbing: how to train, how to fuel his body, how to manage pressure, how to deal with expectations, how to bounce back from failure, how to stay focused when the world around you is telling you what you should be.

The truth is, no state system or BBL setup is going to build this support network for Josh. They’re designed for the kid who’s been in the system since 14, not the bloke who smashed his way into the spotlight in his late 20s. But Josh doesn’t fit the mould — and I reckon that’s his superpower.

So we’re building that support crew around him. We’ve got his back. We’re holding him accountable. We’re challenging him. Because we believe in him.

No one said it’s going to be easy. But imagine this — a Josh Brown fitter than he’s ever been. Not just physically, but mentally. Sharper. More focused. Backed by people who genuinely care about where he’s going.

He already hits the ball like no one else in the country and holds the BBL record for most 6s in an innings. And he’s not just a batter — he’s a weapon in the field, and when he’s locked in mentally, he’s unstoppable.

So here we go. From now until the first ball of BBL15, we’re rolling the cameras. The highs, the lows, the breakthroughs, the setbacks — you’ll see it all.

And when he walks out in BBL15 — not just swinging hard, but ready — you’ll know exactly what it took to get there.