Mastering the Mind Podcast

Hello everyone! Today we welcome our 5th guest to the podcast, Emily Borthwick. Emily is a professional GB high jumper and is currently 8th in Europe.

💎Emily’s thoughts on competing in her first diamond league in the coming weeks.

Today we welcome our 4th guest to the podcast who is professional footballer Kenji Gorré.

🔴What it was like to be told by Sir Alex Ferguson that he would be released from Manchester United's Academy at the age of 18 after having spent 11 years at the club.

WOW what an episode! Today we welcome pole vaulting Olympian, Holly Bradshaw to the podcast. Holly is the current British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors and has competed at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Holly is currently training for the upcoming Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games whilst finishing off her MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Loughborough University. This episode was packed with super interesting topics where Holly shared her experience of being a professional athlete. Holly shed some light on the sometimes negative aspects of the (social) media, how she got into pole vaulting, her injury experience, dealing with lockdown, her biggest inspirations, issues related to athletic identity in athletics and her ambitions of helping upcoming young pole vaulters best adapt to the elite level.

Hi guys, in today's episode we welcome our second guest to the podcast; Charles Miller from Montreal, Canada. Charles has competed at the highest level of basketball in the United States, Canada and in the UK. In this episode we talk about Charles' journey as a basketball player competing at D2 level, the effects of social media on sports performance, his experience with sports injuries, what it is like competing in the UK and about his journey of becoming an accredited mental performance consultant. We can honestly say he is one of the most friendliest and approachable person we've met so far and it was a pleasure to have him on. We're definitely going to collab more and have him back on in the future as we feel that we've only scratched the surface. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Hi guys, just wanted to start off by saying that this was one of the best podcast episode we've recorded yet, we just had a blast honesty! But today's topic is about self-control which is quite an uncommon topic in sport psychology. We discussed what self control is, the ways in which people can fail at self-control in every day life and in sport. We then go onto talk about a proposed theory which suggests that our self-control abilities can deplete over time. We finish the episode off by discussing some strategies researchers have suggested which could help improve self-control and avoid it from depleting. We hope you enjoy it, see you soon!

Hi guys, just wanted to start off by saying that this was one of the best podcast episode we've recorded yet, we just had a blast honesty! But today's topic is about self-control which is quite an uncommon topic in sport psychology. We discussed what self control is, the ways in which people can fail at self-control in every day life and in sport. We then go onto talk about a proposed theory which suggests that our self-control abilities can deplete over time. We finish the episode off by discussing some strategies researchers have suggested which could help improve self-control and avoid it from depleting. We hope you enjoy it, see you soon!

Today's episode is an exciting one as we welcome our first guest to the podcast. Seb is from Belgium but has Irish origins and has played rugby union pretty much all his life. He has represented his country at youth level and plays in one of the best teams in Belgium (ASUB). Despite his experience with injury putting a hold to his career and, therefore his progression to potentially making it to the next level, he finds great interest in sharing his knowledge of the game through coaching. He is currently in the process of fully recovering from his injury and regaining the level he once had as well as coaching various youth rugby teams around the Brussels area. Here is his story.

Hi guys, we're super excited to share this episode with you! It's a topic we both really enjoy and is something which we believe is crucial to talk and raise awareness about. More and more stories are coming out in the media and in research about young footballers' negative experiences upon getting released from their respective academies. If this transition is negative it can lead to numerous psychological distress which in turn can have numerous negative impact on their health and wellbeing. However, being released is not always negative and athletes can experience a positive transition. We also discuss some other examples of stressors young athletes may face! Enjoy!

Today Oliver and I discuss the important role motivation plays in our every day lives and in sport. Previous initiatives have been developed in order to help people become more physically active to lower the rates of health problems around the world. However, these fail to account for the complexity of behaviour change and what we now know about human psychology. Motivating people to exercise is more complicated than we think and rightly so! Hope you enjoy this one!

In today's episode we talk about the importance of mindset. Although what we talk about is extremely useful for coaches and parents, athletes can also benefit from listening to what we talk about and of the importance of adopting a GROWTH MINDSET in sports!