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Top ten sport psychology moments of 2024
What were the standout feats of focus, resilience and self-awareness - to name just a few traits - from the last 12 months?
John Amaechi: 'Athletes are ripe for exploitation'
Listen now (27 mins) | Ex-NBA star and organisational psychologist John Amaechi talks about the pressure facing players, the 'body count' of a…
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John Nassoori
27:23
Inside the rise of unregulated mental health apps
I was approached by an unaccredited provider targeting young athletes. Here’s what I learnt (and why I turned them down)
News, views and vacancies
Your monthly round up of sport psychology stories, opinions and openings
Does sport psychology have an access and inclusion problem?
Jonathan Harding speaks to Sofie Kent, Shakiba Moghadam and Shameema Yousuf about the challenges facing women & BAME sport psychologists - and how the…
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John Nassoori
48:37
'I had an opportunity to redefine what I do': the para rower and architect designing a route to the Paralympics and accessible sports…
Jake Woods battled bone cancer and an amputation to row for Great Britain. Now, he's setting his sights on Los Angeles 2028 - and redesigning the way…
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John Nassoori
31:17
'Coaching is more challenging than it's ever been'
Golden State Warriors performance psychologist Scott Goldman on the tidal wave of social and interpersonal challenges currently facing coaches
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John Nassoori
32:03
Why are we failing to provide the right psychological support for young athletes?
Financial, educational and structural barriers are blocking early development of skills such as self reflection and emotional regulation
'A lot of athletes have a skewed perception of what it is to be a person versus what it is to be a commodity'
Mind Room columnist Jonathan Harding speaks to German national team psychologist Julia Eyre about the need to develop athletes' understanding of…
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John Nassoori
28:37
Q&A and where to go for sport psychology news and views
It's the monthly Mind Room Q&A (plus a rundown of the sport pysch sources I'm reading, watching and listening to)
'When you have 5 minutes and $50m on the line, 'it depends' doesn't work'
Alex Auerbach, the Toronto Raptors' ex-Director of Wellness and Development, on the sport psychology advice that helped shape the side's NBA Draft…
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John Nassoori
40:32
'Athletes don't have to be super competitive, super ruthless and win at all costs'
The full interview with Nottingham Trent researchers Laura Healy and Joseph Stanford, exploring the way in which narcissism, Machiavellianism and…
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John Nassoori
32:55
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