The Performance Psychcast

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with David Smith.  David is a PhD student in sport/exercise science and sport/exercise psychology at the German Sports University in Cologne. He is a ASP licensed Sport Psychology Professional, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sports Diversity Leader with an M.Sc in sport/exercise psychology and B.Sc in sport/exercise science. As a sport scientist, David's research focus includes; visuomotor calibration, motivational climate, dynamical systems, diversity/inclusion, LGBTQ+ discrimination and more. Professionally, David currently works as a Sport Psychology Consultant for the Pride Cheerleading Association and Vancouver Curling Club - Team Ritchie, Strength and Conditioning coach for FC Düren, TuS Brauweiler Basketball, and SC Janus where he is also the head coach for the “performance group'' competitive swim team. David also works in educational and professional development as the Community Manager for Virtual Sport Psych and as the Managing Editor and Director of Education for Compete Sports Diversity. On top of all that, David hosts his own podcast, “Drag Race Psychology” examining RuPaul’s Drag Race through the lens of sport psychology. David is a competitive swimmer himself, having won five medals at the USMS National Championships and 16 medals at the Gay Games, as well as set several national records. He also does amateur videography that he utilizes to develop and promote content centered around inclusive sports, helping inspire people to get involved and discover the social, physical, and mental health benefits of sport. He is a fierce advocate for utilizing sport as a platform to empower authenticity and confidence within his athletes, teams, and communities; achieving this through his work and brand, Stonewall Performance. As Greg was unable to make this episode, we invited Kate Walsh to co-host. Kate is a Masters's student of Sport and Exercise Psychology at Bristol, UWE, and her main interests lie in athlete mental health, performance and how the two go hand in hand.  Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bttrflyr/  & https://www.instagram.com/fitwithpride/  & https://twitter.com/StonewallFit  Stonewall: https://www.instagram.com/stonewallperformance www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on Sporting Bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Dr. Jon Rhodes, a chartered British psychologist and performance consultant, shares insights on 'choice points'—critical moments that shape our decisions. He discusses the evolving landscape of performance psychology, especially in corporate and military settings. The impact of self-talk and imagination in enhancing performance is highlighted, along with the concept of 'thought worms' influencing our choices. Jon emphasizes the dual nature of resilience, advocating for the importance of self-coaching and the nurturing of creativity in youth for overall growth.

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Associate Professor Tom Webb and Professor Camilla Knight. Dr Tom Webb is an expert in the global management, leadership, operational environment and working practices of sports officials. Dr Webb has published extensively on sports officials, including two books and over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Tom's research interests concern the role of match officials in sport. Specifically, Tom founded the Referee and Match Official Research Network and has been awarded grants and funding from agencies such as UEFA, the Premier League, World Netball and the European Commission. Dr Camilla Knight has been working at Swansea University for the last few years, after completing her BSc and MSc at Loughborough University, and PhD and postdoctoral position at the University of Alberta in Canada. She is also the lead of the Welsh Research Advisory and Evaluation group for the Child Protection in Sport Unit, a member of the Welsh Safeguarding in Sport Strategy Group, and the Youth Sport lead for the Welsh Institute of Performance Science. Camilla's research interests are concerned with understanding and enhancing the psychosocial experiences of children in sport, with a particular focus on the influence of parents. Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10413200.2023.2286952?scroll=top&needAccess=true  Dr Tom Webb: https://twitter.com/DrTomWebb & https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-tom-webb/ Dr Camilla Knight: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camilla-knight-cjk/  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on Sporting Bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how Sporting Bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Kieran File.  Kieran's research explores how professional athletes, coaches and managers use language when engaged in team and media communication. His current research focus is on how athletes, coaches and managers build team culture through their communication choices. Kieran also applies his research to help professional athletes, coaches and managers with their communication needs. Kieran has written a fascinating book entitled “How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports Teams” which examines the role that coach and athlete language plays in shaping relationships. The book looks at how every day, authentic language patterns used by coaches, captains and players influence these relationships and how they can mediate factors such as power and threat and teamwork. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/how-language-shapes-relationships-in-professional-sports-teams-9781350044258/  X - @KieranFile  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kieranfile?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Ben Sharpe and Dr Phil Birch.  Benjamin is a lecturer and a researcher in cognitive psychology at the Institute of Psychology, Business, and Human Sciences of the University of Chichester. Ben is currently a member of the Universities Academic Board and the Research and Innovation Committee, and staff CPD coordinator and technology officer within his institute. His PhD research, developed at the University of Chichester, in collaboration with Kings College London, the Royal Life Saving Society and Royal National Lifeboat Institute, focused on exploring psychological factors and neurocognitive processes involved in drown detection performance among lifeguards. His current research applies cognitive psychology to gain insights into the factors contributing to successful and sustained performance in various contexts. Phil is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology in the Institute of Applied Sciences. After completing his PhD in 2014 which developed instruments to measure mental toughness in sport, Phil joined the team at the University of Chichester. Phil is currently a member of the Research Ethics Committee and the Institute of Applied Sciences CHASER research planning group for the Research Excellence Framework submission in 2028. Ben - X: https://x.com/benjamintsharpe?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w  Phil - X: https://x.com/philbirch02?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w Paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375825043_Performance_Breakdown_Under_Pressure_Among_Esports_Competitors  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Amy Whitehead and Jenny Coe. Amy is a Reader in Sport Psychology and Coaching and teaches across the Sport Coaching, Physical Education and Sport Psychology programmes at Liverpool John Moores University. Amy is a BPS accredited sport and exercise psychologist and has worked for organisations such as St. Helen’s RFC, British Cycling, the FA, Professional league and non-league football and European Tour Golfers.  Jenny is head of performance and well-being at West Ham United Women’s Team. Jenny has been involved with elite sport for most of her life, having played as a guard in basketball for Ireland and WIT Wildcats before joining UK Coaching in 2018, where she supported coaches across multiple high-performance Olympic sports on their respective journeys.  Jenny and Amy have edited the book called ‘Myths of Sport Coaching’ and it’s this fascinating book that we will talk about on this episode. Book: Myths of Sport Coaching: 2 (Sequoia Myths) https://amzn.eu/d/08THLli   Jenny: https://x.com/jennycoady10?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w Amy: https://x.com/a_whitehead1?s=21&t=PzxOOVXwQNXq8vmIVQ_W3w www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on Sporting Bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how Sporting Bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!     

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Andy Borrie, Dr Charlotte Chandler and we welcome back Dr Andy Miles. We have 3 out of the 4 editors from the book - The Applied sport and exercise Practitioner.  Andy Borrie is a Senior Lecturer in Coaching and Professional Practice at the University of Derby. UK. He has 30 years of experience as an applied practitioner in high performance sport. In that time he has been BASES accredited in two different disciplines and has filled multiple roles as an applied sport scientist, performance manager, and NGB Board member. He has worked as a consultant on Olympic and home country performance programmes and supported the preparation of athletes and coaches for more than 100 international test series, tours or major games. Most recently, his work has focused on enhancing practitioner development in sport, the military and education. Charlotte Chandler is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Derby. She has worked in Higher Education for more than 10 years and has a wealth of experience leading post-graduate programmes and modules within sport and exercise science with a focus on practitioner development. Through this, she has gained extensive experience supervising and supporting many developing practitioners. Charlotte's research also focuses on the professional development of practitioners, primarily within sport psychology. She has contributed to many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters relating to topics such as practitioner attributes and effectiveness, practitioner identity and supervisory processes. Andy Miles, PhD, FBASES, is a part-time Principal Lecturer in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University where he previously managed the School's enterprise activities. He continues to engage with a wide range of stakeholders through his own education and training company, which provides products and services to a variety of sectors including sport, the military, the NHS, and the private sector. Andy Borrie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyborrie/ Andy Miles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-andy-miles-41633163/  Charlotte Chandler: https://twitter.com/CLChandler86  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Erin Prior and Dr Tim Holder.  Erin Prior is a BPS Chartered, HCPC registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist. As an applied practitioner, Erin works with a range of individuals, teams, and organisations across various sports. Alongside her applied practice, Erin is completing her PhD which is focused on athlete mental health, at Loughborough University. Tim Holder, PhD, is an HCPC Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist, BPS Chartered and a BASES Fellow. He is an applied sport psychology consultant and supervisor to students working towards practitioner status in the UK. Tim is the Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Sport Psychology at the University of Winchester, UK. In recent years, more students have chosen to study sport and exercise psychology with a view to building careers as applied practitioners. While sport and exercise psychology master’s graduates leave university with the necessary theoretical knowledge to inform their practice, they are often left wanting to know more about creating and navigating a career within the field. Navigating Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology provides readers with an honest and contemporary insight into the work and experiences of trainees and early career practitioners. This book delves further into the more complex and nuanced experiences of being an applied practitioner. Using case studies and reflections, the chapters explore key topics including working within multi-disciplinary teams, maintaining ethics and integral practice during challenging conversations and supporting mental health in high-performance environments. This book is written by trainees and early career practitioners and is vital reading for students, early career practitioners, and anyone interested in sport psychology. Routledge:  https://www.routledge.com/Navigating-Applied-Sport-and-Exercise-Psychology-Reflections-and-Insights/Prior-Holder/p/book/9781032205014 Erin:  Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsportpsych/  Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/EPSportsPsych  Tim Holder: https://twitter.com/TimHolderPsych   www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Assistant Professor, Dr Jamie Taylor. His background is in high-performance sport as a coach and coach developer. His previous roles include coaching at Leicester Tigers and pathway coaching lead at the English Institute of Sport. He also works as a coach developer with a portfolio of work across Olympic sport, professional football and rugby union.  His research focuses on performance enhancement in sport, specifically in coaching, coach development, high performance and talent development. jamie.taylor@dcu.ie  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!   

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast.  Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Eleanor Ward. Eleanor is a PhD researcher with a focus on trainee sport psychologist development and how the supervisory relationships can be better understood to facilite trainee change. She is also anticipating BASES SEPAR accreditation and is in the early stages of developing a coaching/performance psychology consultancy business with an aim to support athletes, performers and researchers in the future. " https://instagram.com/elpt.coaching?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== - Eleanor’s Insta  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleanor-ward-92b5721a5  www.arcope.co.uk  www.focuperform.co.uk  www.sportingbounce.com  The online directory of sport performance specialists. Sportingbounce helps connect specialists in sport psychology, nutrition, sports massage, injury rehabilitation, coaching, and fitness training s with clients. With a daily spend on Google Adwords, social media advertising, and excellent organic rankings on search engines your business will get found on sporting bounce. Visit sportingbounce.com to find out how sporting bounce can help you. Don’t forget that listeners of this podcast can get 50% off the Premium membership package by entering the code performance, that’s “PERFORMANCE” meaning you get the best possible coverage for less than 20 pence a day!    #focusperform #arcope #sport #performance #pressure #psychology #stress #anxiety #motivation #confidence #coaching #podcast #podcastsofinsta #business #performance #ThePerformancePsychcast #support #toughconversations #mind #sportingbounce    #reflectivepractice #reflection #science