Ross Dewar and strength and conditioning with more than 20 years experience having trained some of the worlds leading cricketers. Cricket has a unique relationship with strength & conditioning. How does a sport go from where it wasn’t uncommon for players to be smoking and drinking, to now where the players are becoming elite athletes? How do we try to slow the injury rates within the sport? Are we training cricketers correctly? Should they be in the gym lifting weights? Expect to learn, why...
Aug 17, 2024•55 min
Dr Jim Taylor psychologist of performance, sport and parenting, an author and an elite level triathlete. The most number one challenge I see with both athletes, coaches and teachers talk about in sport is parents. So I wanted to get Jim back on the show to talk to him about a range of different aspects to parenting not only in sport but in everyday life. Expect to learn, how parents can get caught up in comparison, why you shouldn’t label your kids, the impact of shaming your kids, what positive...
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Adam Kelly is a Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise at Birmingham City University and Director of the RAYSDLab . How do we identify talent, how do we then nuture it and are we letting talent slip through the cracks without us being aware? Adam is at the forefront and wealth of knowledge in the mechanisms of talent identification research and strategies to help us develop talent. Expect to learn; why we put the individual first, why being born in the start of the year can give you an advant...
Jul 21, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Chris Mesagno is a senior lecturer at Victoria University whose research focuses on anxiety and choking in sport and exercise. Why do we choke under pressure? What are the causes for choking under pressure? How do we reduce our chances of choking under pressure? Chris is one of the leading voices on anxiety and choking under pressure and if you’re an athlete that wants to perform in the clutch moments and get out of your own way Chris is a wealth of knowledge and gives some really helpful insigh...
Jul 13, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Geir Jordet holds a PhD. in soccer and psychology and teaches and conducts research on psychology and elite performance at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Expect to learn; the fundamentals to a good penalty taker, are different personalities are suited to penalities, why the style of the kick doesn’t matter, why teams should have enforcers around the penalty taker, mental strategies for improving penalty performance, and much more. X - https://x.com/GeirJordet Geir's Book - https://www.a...
Jul 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min
To celebrate 200 episodes of Raising Your Game I break down some of the lessons I've learnt form the past 100 episodes. Expect to learn; how the support/challenge matrix helps build resilience, the difference between failure and mistakes, why not all self talk is created equal, why to strive for excellence and not perfection, why your emotions aren't bad, how to surround yourself with great people, how to trust your decisions, and much more. Extra Stuff: Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscript...
Jun 30, 2024•41 min
Dr Julie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University who also competed in international swimming for Ireland and Northern Ireland for ten years, participating in three Commonwealth Games and three World Championships. Her research focuses on behavioural, social and environmental influences on children and adolescent psychosocial development, health and wellbeing, and more recently on Gen-Z athletes and how best to support them. Expect to learn;...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Peter Hurley is an elite sailor for the US and portrait photographer who is regarded as the industry leader in headshot photography having shot world wide athletes and celebrities. Expect to learn; how to find your drive, how to avoid complacency, the importance of character and effort in sports, the impact of social media on self-image, embracing and accepting your appearance, the role of trust in photography, and much more. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter_hurley Website: https://pet...
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Adam Meakins a Specialist Physiotherapist, Sports Scientist, and Strength & Conditioning Coach. Expect to learn why bad posture doesn’t causes back pain, deadlifting won’t get you injured, your weak core doesn’t cause your pain / injury, why muscle imbalances are normal, why how you move or do exercises doesn’t always predict your injury risk, and much more. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adammeakins/ X - https://x.com/AdamMeakins Extra Stuff: Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscript...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Patrick Gaudreau is a professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa. Patrick’s work has spanned form achievement, motivation, performance, and perfectionism into the realm of excellencism. Expect to learn, why we have a desire for perfection, why perfectionists make good cheats, what excellencism is, the difference between excellencism and perfectionism, how to set goals for excellence, how coaches and parents can learn to embrace mistakes, how character can shape your idea of success, and...
May 23, 2024•2 hr 12 min
Ben O'Keeffe is an international rugby referee. Expect to learn: what some misunderstood qualities of rugby referees are, how to deal with criticism, how to not let mistakes stop you from making decisions, how to trust your intuition, why respecting referees is so important, how football's new blue card is a good thing, and much more. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/okeeffe.ben Extra Stuff: Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout...
May 15, 2024•53 min
Joe Welstead is a former commonwealth swimmer turned entrepreneur and creative. Expect to learn, why athletes make good employees in business, how to set unbreakable goals and rules, why others should set your goals for you, how his new brand Oshun simplifies hydration, how to learn to delegate and let go of control, why swimming can be made more exciting for the viewer, and much more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeWelstead Oshun: https://drinkoshun.co Extra Stuff: Get 20% of MindStrong Sport ...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Dr Duncan Simpson is Director of Personal Development at IMG Academy, Mental Performance Coach, and a podcaster. IMG Academy is one of the largest and most well regarded sports facilities on the planet, with 1500 athletes coming through every year, it’s a place where some of the very best have made it in college and professional sports in the US and around the world. Expect to learn the best characteristics to be successful in an academy, how you form a mental performance program for an athlete,...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Jack Green. Jack is a former two-time Olympian, coach, and mentor. Jack has been one of my favourite sources of content on LinkedIn, especially having been an elite athlete, with his insights into mental health, performance, and wellbeing. Expect to learn, the dangers of having potential, why you should have a comfort zone, the value of clarity, overcoming the fear of asking for help, creating horizontal relationships in coaching, the power of quality over quantity, defining what success is to y...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Sam Ward is a professional hockey player for England and Great Britain. Sam is known as one of the most prolific goal scorers in British hockey, as well as having overcome some of the most horrific injuries that threatened his career. No one enjoys being injured. But what if you could turn the setback into an opportunity? How can you stop comparing your own journey to that of other athletes? Can you come back even better than before after thinking everything was over? Well, luckily, the answer l...
Mar 12, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Richard Cheetham is a senior fellow in Sports Coaching at the University of Winchester. He received an MBE for his contribution to education and community sport in the 2017 New Years honours list Richard is both nationally and internationally recognised within the world of coach education, having worked with the likes of Sarcens, British Fencing, British Cycling, England Cricket Coaches Association, and the UCI World Cycling Elite Coach Education Programme since 2014. Expect to learn: How to fin...
Feb 23, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Martin Offiah is a former professional rugby player who scored 500 tries during his rugby league career, making him the third-highest try scorer of all time. Expect to learn: how you can use storytelling for resilience, how to blend adversity and support for your kids, why you should be setting a good example for your kids, and much more Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martin_chariots_offiah/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinoffiah Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstro...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Simon Dent is a Founder, Investor and an Ultra Endurance Athlete. Expect to learn, why Simon is challenging himself in endurance events, how to embrace failure to find answers, how uncomfortable environments get easier over time, lessons learned from elite sports figures, and much more Follow Simon on Twitter and Instagram Sponsor Simon’s Dragon Back Race here Visit Bol Foods here Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame) Get yo...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 28 min
Tom Curry is an England and Sale Shark Rugby player. Expect to learn what Tom is currently obsessing over with his time off post-hip surgery, his role models in his career, how to deal with negativity in social media and staying positive, the power of close connections, forging your own unique path, why you should be embracing change, and much more. Follow Tom on Instagram Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame) Get your Free 4-...
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 26 min
Sean Baker is the founder of PEAQ Performance and Head of Strength and Conditioning Coach at Adelaide Lightning and Australian Men and Women’s Lacrosse teams. Expect to learn, how the culture of a gym can make all the difference; how strength and conditioning coaches can be open to being wrong; breaking old methods and trying new forms of training; being consistent as an athlete; the art and science of strength and conditioning; how S&C’s can be a part of the culture of teams; why athletes s...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 35 min
Sophia Jowett is a Professor of Psychology at Loughborough University whose research work mainly revolves around interpersonal relationships in sports, with an emphasis on coaching relationships. Expect to learn; the 3+1C model of athlete-coach relationships, how athletes and coaches should like each other to work well, whether culture can play a role in athlete-coach relationship, why coaches shouldn’t have biases over their players, how to potentially move away from an athlete only centred app...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Carla Molinaro is an Ultra Runner, 50km World Champion, World Record Holder for LEJOG and Founder of SCY for Runners. Expect to learn how having a race plan can prepare you for challenges, how to control your controllables, using play within your performance and much more. Follow Carla on Instagram - @carlamolinaro Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame) Get your Free 4-Minute Self-Confidence Course by clicking here Connect:...
Jan 03, 2024•55 min
Adam Nicholls is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Hull and an Author. Expect to learn what Brazilian Ju Jitsu can teach about performing under pressure, preparation and psychological focus in competition, coping strategies for athletes during season and in competition, knowing when to use information and emotional support in coaching, developing leadership in athletes, and much more. Follow Adam on Linkedin Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (U...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Dan Abrahams is a sports psychologist and host of The Sport Psych Show. Expect to learn the importance of understanding the human in high-performance dance, the biopsychosocial model, the importance of coaches buying into psychology, Dan‘s opinion on what makes an effective practitioner, and much more Follow Dan on Twitter and Linkedin Listen to The Sport Psych Show Get 20% of MindStrong Sport subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame) Get your Free 4-Minute Self-Confi...
Dec 03, 2023•58 min
Tim Harkness is the Head of Sport Science and Psychology at Chelsea Football Club and an Author. Expect to learn what we can learn from the Springboks and All Blacks, balancing ego and purpose, performing under pressure, understanding fear, mental health in sport, teaching resilience and mental strength, and much more. Tim's Recommendation: Never Split the Difference Book Buy Tim's book - 10 Rules for Talking Free 4-Minute Self-Confidence Course - Click Here Connect: Instagram: ...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Oliver Lam-Watson is a British Paralympic Silver and Bronze Medalist in wheelchair fencing. Expect to learn: what makes an athlete elite, the different levels of being an athlete, perceptions and challenges of disability athletics, masculinity and disability, acceptance and appreciation of disability, and much more. (01:01) - From Disability to Paralympic Athlete (07:60) - Athletics Asymmetry Management and Recovery (21:07) - Levels of Athletes (24:39) - Defining Athleticism and Results (28:42) ...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 33 min
Luke Sutton is a former professional cricketer, agent, and host of the Understanding Men Podcast. Expect to learn: whether athletes can be too nice to the opposition, how sledging in cricket can be a good thing, understanding men, how young men need role models, how to show vulnerability with strength and courage, the importance of how vulnerability from a man is received, and much more. Follow the Understanding Men Podcast here Follow Luke on Instagram (01:49) - The Summer of Cricket (09:53) - ...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Tom Mitchell is a former England Rugby 7 captain and commentator. Returning to the podcast for a second time, expect to learn: the pain and beauty of tight matches, how to build culture and motivation as a team, how adversity motivates athletes, the importance of shared experience, understanding your personal motivation, why leaders should own their mistakes, the importance of creating enough challenge and support, and much more. (00:01:40) - England vs South Africa Rugby Analysis (13:38) - The ...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 55 min
On World Mental Health Day, Lewis talks about a recent journey of starting therapy and his experiences navigating the process of finding the right therapist, battling societal stereotypes and prejudices, and the transformation he underwent in starting to uncover parts of himself. This candid discussion hopes to shed light on the importance of mental health and the role therapy can play in our personal growth and becoming the best version of yourself for you and those around you. 00:13 - Explorin...
Oct 10, 2023•15 min
What do Novak Djokovic, LeBron James, Erling Haaland, and the late Kobe Bryant have in common? They all practice mindfulness. In this episode, Lewis discusses mindfulness and how being present can greatly improve the mind-body connection, allowing you to tap into your optimal performance zone. Expect to learn: ● Getting started on mindfulness ● The benefits of practicing mindfulness ● How to start your mindfulness journey as an athlete ● Ways to cultivate curiosity in your mindfulness practice ●...
Sep 19, 2023•31 min•Ep. 176
