Performance People Inside Team GB’s Winter Olympic Master Plan | Pat Sharples
On this episode of Performance People, Georgie Ainslie sits down with Pat Sharples, Head Coach of GB Snowsport, for a rare behind-the-scenes look at how Olympic teams are built.
Pat reveals what really happens inside a Winter Olympic campaign, from the moment the previous Games end to the final weeks before competition in Milan-Cortina. He explains how Team GB manages 12 very different snow sport disciplines, balancing creativity in freestyle athletes with the intensity of alpine racing, all while keeping athletes confident, healthy and competition-ready.
The conversation dives into mindset, risk and preparation in extreme sports, where athletes rehearse dangerous tricks hundreds of times before executing them under Olympic pressure. Pat also discusses how confidence, fear management and decision-making can be the difference between medals and missed opportunities.
Away from the slopes, Pat shares how recovery, sleep, nutrition and smart performance planning have become critical, especially when competing against nations with far larger budgets. Despite those challenges, he explains why British Snowsport is entering these Winter Olympic Games with optimism, and highlights the athletes to watch as Team GB targets its strongest Winter Games yet.
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