TAP Talks

This episode with Abigail Irozuru has it all, regardless of where you are on your athletics journey, you'll take something away.

We hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

Introduction
02:21 - The importance of recovery
04:45 - Coaching and training setups
07:25 - Career-ending injuries
08:50 - Missing an Olympic Games
12:20 - Using optimism as fuel
18:45 - Reflecting on Abi's junior career
27:30 - Burnout
31:15 - Being a student-athlete
37:15 - Going to "Non-Sport" universities as athletes
43:15 - Importance of things outside of sport
48:00 - Business and sport crossover
54:40 - Motivating yourself after a bad season
57:15 - Tense training group dynamics
1:04 - What is next for Abi?

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NOTE: In this podcast, we inadvertently refer to Matt as a sports psychologist when in fact he is a psychological performance coach. The discussions in this podcast relate to performance and NOT mental health. If you are to seek mental health support, please ensure you contact an accredited health professional (Click here for FREE Mental Health Support via Sporting Wellness)
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It's not every day you get to listen to an international athlete speak with their psychological performance coach.

In this episode of TAP Talks, we sat down with Great Britain 400m hurdler Seamus Derbyshire and Matt Roberts, AKA Psychological Performance.

Here's what you can expect from the chat:

00:30 - 01:45 Introductions

01:45 - 07:40 How COVID impacted Seamus and Matt

09:50 - Sacrifices you make as an athlete

12:00 - What being on funding is like

14:50 - Seamus’ parents supporting him at his lowest points

19:00 - What Seamus is most proud of

21:50 - Missing out on team selection

32:00 - False starting at Nationals ON PURPOSE

34:00 - The power of speaking out

38:50 - What is your ‘why’?

41:15 - Mindset Magic Trick

43:15 - Agony Athlete

49:30 - Finding the most significant gains

52:50 - How to deal with self-doubt


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In this episode of TAP Talks, we chat with Joel Clarke-Khan about what it's like to train in one of the best groups in the world, career-threatening injuries, and so much more...

Joel is a British high jumper boasting a personal best of 2.27m. He broke onto the scene in 2016 when he made the European U18 GB team. Following this, he cleared 2.20m minutes before rupturing his ACL...

We discuss how difficult this was mentally, how it shaped his career and his advice to young athletes who are injured.

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Welcome to The Athlete Place (TAP) Talks, peer-to-peer guidance for athletics athletes.

At The Athlete Place, we aim to innovate athletics and improve your performance and wellbeing in new and exciting ways.

This show discusses real-life athlete experiences and guidance to make your time in the sport more straightforward and enjoyable.

In this episode, Joe introduces himself, the show and how it will work going forward. 

We can't wait to get this going! 🎉

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In this episode, we introduce ourselves, Joe and Caroline Fuggle, what we are doing and how this will benefit the sport of track & field athletics. 

We are on a mission to make the lives of athletes and parents in track & field athletics easier and more enjoyable. We're here to support you. 

In the first episode of the new series, Joe & Caroline discuss the importance of parental support, its benefits and how it can be implemented. 

Raising an athlete can be difficult, a whole heap of guesswork. We're on a mission to reduce this trial and error nature, whilst facilitating peer-to-peer support to benefit all in the sport of track & field athletics. 

In today's episode, I caught up with Zak Skinner, a long time friend and former housemate, GB International athlete, DJ and entrepreneur. 

We discussed a wide variety of topics from our views on the funded and non-funded training camps in Dubai to his younger self's celebrity crush (check it out to see if you agree with him!?). Additionally, we covered our thoughts and views on if the Olympics and Paralympics will go ahead and what could be done to make it safer. 

For those of you who know Zak, he isn't shy, know he will happily express his views on anything. Now an Adidas athlete, he explains the highs and lows of what COVID-19 has brought him (and us) regarding both sport and lifestyle. How having something in your life other than your primary focus, be it sport or work, so that you don't get consumed by it, so you can keep a fresh mind and focus; this is especially important in a year of uncertainty such as 2021. 

For those of you who enjoy laid back discussion, laughter and some jokes here and there, this episode is perfect for you! 

Keep up the support, reviews and feedback on the podcast and theathleteplace coming, it really is appreciated. 

Ever wondered what it is like to train for 3 sports in one day? In Episode #6 we sit down with Sophie Coldwell & Olivia Mathias, two of Great Britain's top triathletes respectively. 

We cover topics from their experiences at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018, the lessons they learned and their favourite memories from the competition down under. As a multi-sport competition, the Commonwealth Games is known as one of the most fun to compete as an athlete, with high-level competition and infamous after-parties. Not to mention one being held in Australia. 

Additionally, Sophie and Olivia open up about the highs and lows of their experiences during the lockdown in the summer, how their training was impacted and how the triathlon competition season was ruined. Did the interruption of COVID-19 mean they got away with not doing the standard long (sometimes ~5 hours!?) rides? NO CHANCE!

If you want to get to know how they do it, what they get up to outside of sport, along with some advice they would give to their younger selves and much more... then check out the episode on all top streaming platforms! 

Episode #5 brings us Saracens Rugby hotshot and academy graduate Dom Morris, we speak about the lives we are living amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and how we are doing all we can to keep sane. Alongside the importance of "switching off" once you are home from work or sport - what are your thoughts on mindfulness and meditation? 

Dom talks about how Saracens, International rugby powerhouse, look after their players but most importantly as human beings and by making sure they have skills besides rugby to fall back on, very smart. From team-building and cohesion events to simply talking to one another about troubles and touching subjects to their favourite Christmas movie (give the podcast a listen to hear Dom's!). 

Not only do we talk about International Rugby, but we also talk about the importance of sport as a kid and the best way to go about this, in our opinions. 

We give an insight to some of our ideas as to how we can make some exciting events for sports fans and athletes. 

In this podcast, I talk to Hannah England and Ashley Bryant from the UKA Athlete Commission, set up to give athletes a “respected voice” to influence decisions made within track and field athletics. The commission seeks to address an undercurrent of frustration, in areas such as team selection, rule changes, reduced tv coverage and ineffective marketing, by ensuring a dialogue between athletes themselves and those making the decisions that affect them. We talk about the importance of having this good, positive working relationship with the governing bodies, in order to bring about this much-needed change.