Sport within the mind Podcast

World record breaker in long distance running, Two time gold medalist and Olympic finalist in the 5000m, David Moorcroft OBE shares the mental challenges he faced in professional sport well over 30 years ago to give us a perspective of how mental health in sport has changed in society.

Current professional deaf Football England International Henry Bowe shares his experiences of growing up in sport with his hearing disability, the opportunities in disabled sport, the effects of social media towards disabled athletes and dealing with the mental pressures when representing England for tournaments such as the recent 2024 European deaf championships in Turkey.

New and upcoming professional Irish Heptathlete Anna McCauley talks about her time growing up in female sport, the support around mental health for athletes, backlash from social media, body image and eating disorders within elite female sport.

A professional Sports Psychologists perspective on the importance of physical activity to your mental health. Robert Copeland discusses the positive impacts physical activity can have

On the very first episode we take a deep dive into the talent behind the talent of the Performance Athlete support programme(PASP)at Sheffield Hallam. Manager of the programme James Blencowe and S&C coordinator Kieran Burke discuss all things behind the scenes of how to mentally and physically prepare these professional athletes to perform on and off the track.