The Performance Psychcast

Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of The Performance Psychcast with George Mitchell, Greg Parry and David Smith MBE, Paralympic champion. This episode is an incredibly meaningful one, it is a full existential exploration of what is important, how and what we pursue and the focus on what really does matter in our lives. We had the truly humbling, moving and inspiring experience of speaking with David who tells us his utterly incredible story of sporting endeavour, fighting cancer and choosing to live life.   Who are you, what's your purpose and what defines you?  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  https://davidsmithathlete.com  https://davidsmithathlete.com/the-journal  https://www.instagram.com/davidsmithmbe/?hl=en  https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-108a0719/ 

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Performance Psychcast! Today we are extremely delighted to welcome Rebecca Chidley! Rebecca is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and founder of Life-in-Sport, which predominantly supports those participating in youth sport and student sport with a focus on positive wellbeing, personal development and performance improvements.  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk https://www.life-in-sport.com  Email: rebecca@life-in-sport.com   

Today we are delighted to welcome Daniel Walker to the Performance Psychcast. Dan is a current PhD student at Edge Hill University investigating the impact that concussion can have on mental health, cognition, and quality of life. He has published work in the Sport and Exercise Psychology Review on “The impact of injury and physical pain on depressive symptoms in student-athletes.” Daniel has also written website articles for both The Psychologist and Psychreg regarding many aspects of sports psychology and was recently elected as PsyPAG rep for The Division of Health Psychology. www.arcope.co.uk    www.focusperform.co.uk https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-walker-0706991a3/  https://www.psychreg.org/temporary-concussion-substitutes-football/ 

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Zoe Taylor is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! Zoe is a chartered sport and exercise psychologist who has worked in both high-performance sport and business, having enjoyed a period at Harlequins rugby club and is now working at a boutique consulting firm. Zoe enjoys both the applied and theoretical aspects of sport psychology, having also enjoyed a period as an associate lecturer at UWE, Bristol. Here we discuss professional rugby and players' experiences of contract termination as well as a practitioner's philosophy and performance psychology in the business world.  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Urja Mehta is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! We talk about the perception and routes in sport psychology from a recent graduate student from Mumbai. Urja works as an intern from a consultancy called Grit and mentions the work that Grit does.  www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk 

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Jodine Williams is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! We explore the psychological impact and support of injury. In this conversation, we talk about the normalisation of emotions whilst going through the injury phase, how best to help athletes cope with an injury and discuss real practical strategies and techniques which athletes and sport psychologists can use!   www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk www.mindadvantage.co.uk  www.instagram.com/mind.advantage/?hl=en-gb 

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Dr Eleri Jones is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! She is a lecturer and researcher in Sport Psychology, at Bangor University. Her interests lie in mechanisms of anxiety and conceptualization of the anxiety response in sport. She also conducts research investigating the psychological determinants of rugby union athletes, disability sport and the impact of multilingualism in sport. We talk to Eleri about her latest research in competitive anxiety, the application side of working with athletes and the supervisory role.  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk Twitter: @elerijonesPhD eleri.s.jones@bangor.ac.uk 

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. This week’s guest is Maddie Fry, a former gymnast, who is going to talk to us about the pressure she faced as a young gymnast, and how this affected her performance and wellbeing. Recently, British gymnastics has had a few athletes speak out about the mistreatment they faced as youth athletes, with the Guardian mentioning Beckie and Ellie Downie, Louis Smith, and others. We are staying away from the names of coaches and associations but wanting to shed more light on the gymnast-coach relationship and the cultural issues in gymnastics.   www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. I’m Greg Parry from Arcope and I’m George Mitchell from FocusPerform. This week’s guest is Lewis Pratten i.e Coach Pratts. Coach Pratts talks to us about his journey to becoming a rugby 7’s coach and a gym owner. He shares with us his thoughts, mindset, and experiences in coaching and as a PT. Coach Pratt is incredibly passionate about personal development and the path to self-mastery. We have made sure to stay in our lanes with regards to our professions and not giving advice that is beyond our expertise.  www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk https://coachpratts.com  https://www.instagram.com/coachpratts/?hl=en 

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. I’m Greg Parry from Arcope and I’m George Mitchell from FocusPerform. This week’s guest is Jim Boyd from The Pressure Zone, Right Eye, and the Rajasthan Royals. Jim talks to us about the importance of vision in sport, how the quiet eye can be trained as well as his thoughts, beliefs, and experiences in applied sport psychology.  www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk www.thepressurezone.com