The Performance Psychcast

Welcome to episode 15 of the Performance Psychcast with myself, Greg Perry and Mr Phil Cocks. Phil is a deputy headteacher at a school in Bristol and is a sportsman, coach and sports enthusiast. Today we will be looking at how sports influenced his beliefs, his approach to teaching and creating a culture in schools. Additionally, we will be looking at techniques from the classroom and how they could benefit sport psychology workshops, coaching and sporting culture.  ww.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  

Welcome to this episode on The Performance Psychcast. We are really excited to talk to our guest today, Dr Zoe Black and we look forward to discussing this very important topic in sport psychology. If you are in training or thinking about training to be a sport and exercise psychologist then this is the podcast for you. It offers some insights and ethical considerations for you to consider.  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk   www.zoeblacksportpsychology.com  Twitter: @zoesportpsych  Insta: @zoesportpsych  

Welcome to this episode of The Performance Psychcast and today we have the pleasure of being joined by Dr Jon Rhodes. Jon is an Associate Lecturer in  Sports Psychology at Plymouth University. Jon is also a Chartered Cognitive Psychologist and is co-developer of Functional Imagery Training (FIT) which is a relatively new approach to behaviour change by using mental imagery to motivate change. FIT teaches people new ways of thinking about their immediate future to help them maintain their motivation as they achieve their next steps towards their goal.  www.focusperform.co.uk www.arcope.co.uk  jonathan.rhodes@plymouth.ac.uk   www.imagerycoaching.com 

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