Exploring Resilience and the 'Hot Hand Effect' in Sports

When we watch professional sports people, we’re no doubt in awe of their physical prowess. But how are their performances affected by what’s going on in their minds, how do they get their headspace ready to perform at their best and what can us mere mortals learn from them?

In this episode, we catch up with Tim Woodman, a professor of performance psychology based at Bangor University.

He tells us what role motivation plays in our ability to perform, how anyone can benefit from practising visualisation and breath work, and how we really all are performing in one way or another on a daily basis.

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