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Two sports and exercise psychologists (in training) chat with Olympians, professional athletes, esports players & coaches to better understand the crucial role the mind plays in (e)sport performance and how they cope with the mental demands of competing at the elite level. Providing high-level competitors with a voice and inspiring listeners.
Episodes
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Today we welcome the brilliant double Olympian and mental health ambassador Jack Green, to our podcast! TW- this episode does mention suicide, we encourage you to seek help if you are affected by anything mentioned in this podcast.
Topics discussed:
💭 Olympic dream vs Olympic reality
⚖️ Making choices and sport-life harmony
The 2012 and 2016 Olympic games
🏅 Sustainable success
🧠 Being a mental health ambassador for Mind, YoungMinds and CALM
📖 Coaching the person before the player and developing trust
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Today we welcome British artistic swimmer and Olympian, Kate Shortman, to the podcast.
Topics discussed:
🏊🏻♀️ Getting into artistic swimming
🙌🏻 Benefits of sport psychology
🧠 Mental challenges of the sport
📚 Balancing student life as an athlete
📣 Advice to young swimmers
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Today we welcome the founder of the Slow AF Run Club, Martinus Evans, to the podcast!
Topics discussed:
🐢 Creating the Slow AF Run Club
🏃 How to stay motivated
🎯 Goal-setting
🪜 Prioritising habits over motivation
🧠 Psychological themes from his book
🤯 Coping with the mental demands of running
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Today we welcome netball super league player and coach, Lucy Herdman, to the podcast.
Topics discussed:
👩🎓 Being a student-athlete at university
🏥 Coping with injury and fears of reinjury
🤼 Battling against comparison during rehabilitation
🪞 Focusing on yourself and what you can control
🧠 Being open to sport psychology support
📈 Taking small steps rather than thinking bigger picture
📖 Finding enjoyment in new experiences outside of your sport
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Today we welcome strength and conditioning researcher and coach, Nico Kolokythas, to the podcast.
Topics discussed:
Forming relationships and being memorable on initial meetings
Being open to opportunities that are presented to you
Looking after your wider identity
Prevalence of overuse injuries in dance and implementing proactive prevention
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Today we welcome clinical sport psychologist, Dr. Hillary Cauthen, to the podcast.
Topics discussed:
Why clinical sport psychology?
How the current generation is evolving the way we talk about mental health
Ways we can get athletes to open up about their mental health issues
The six core life skills
How parents can best support their children in their sport participation
How to navigate being both a parent and a coach
Toxicity of sport culture
Dealing with toxic work environments as a practitioner
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Monday Jan 01, 2024
Today we welcome high-performance mental skills coach, Seth Pepper, to the podcast.
Topics Discussed:
- Gratitude
- Pattern recognition
- Human being vs human doing
- Pressure
- Curiosity
- Self-awareness
- Unlimited potential
- Identity.
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Today we welcome England 7s and Harlequins rugby player, Lauren Torley, to the podcast.
Topics discussed:
- Importance of process and performance goals
- Her first Commonwealth Games
- Backing herself and super strengths
- Use of self-talk and reflection
- Preparing for the 2024 Olympics and being part of Team GB
- Learning from teammates
- Post-game blues and shifting focus
- Stress response to pressure and communicating with others
- Social media comments
- Importance of self-care
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Today we welcome professional polo player, Kristina Karailieva, to the podcast.
✅Topics discussed:
❓What is Polo?
👫Team dynamics
🐎Working with horses
🧠Mental skills & mental demands
🙋♀️Female stigma
🏇The polo handicap system
😓Work-life balance
💡Qualities of a good polo player
🤕Coping with injuries
🧠 A need for sport psychology in polo
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Today we welcome English field hockey player and co-founder of ‘Beyond Our Game’, Darcy Bourne, to the podcast.
✅ Topics discussed:
💪The Beyond Our Game initiative
❌Racism in sport
🏅Paris 2024
🤕Coping with injury
🏑The importance of resilience and confidence as a hockey player
🧠The benefits of working with a sport psychologist
🔥Quick fire round