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Sleep And Athletic Performance (feat. Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling)

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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Sleep: Research, Performance, and Challenges

This chapter explores the speaker's dual role as an academic teaching about sleep and their work in sleep-related research and services. It discusses the different ways sleep is studied for research, the importance of sleep in athletic performance, challenges of sleep in a competitive environment, and the impact of sleep on athletes' performance during travel and dealing with jet lag.

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