The Performance Psychcast

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Gordon MacLelland. Gordon created Working with Parents in Sport which supports organisations, parents and coaches in working together to provide children with the best possible sporting experiences. He is the author of three books, 'Two Hats' – a book for parent coaches who a...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode from The Performance Psychcast. We are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Mike Rennie (FBPsS, FICPEM, FISRM, MSyI, MInSTR). Mike is a consulting military psychologist and lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He is skilled in Crisis Management, Negotiation, Intelligence Analysis, Coaching, and Government. Recently he acted as an advisor...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode from The Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Phil Clarke from Derby University.   Phil's area of expertise is in performance under pressure, the psychological predictors and mechanism's associated, specifically for 'choking' and 'the yips' within sport and this is exactly what this podcast episode is all about.  ht...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode on The Performance Psychcast. Dr Lucie Clements is a Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society) who provides evidence-based psychoeducational workshops and consultancy for training and professional performing artists. She now works part-time as a Lecturer in Dance Science at London Contemporary Dance School and continues to supervise PhD st...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode on The Performance Psychcast. We are very fortunate to Welcome Scott Kyle or otherwise known as Ross from Outlander.   We talk to Scott about the role of psychology and identity in his performances. This truly is a tale of determination and resilience. What I liked most about this conversation was the humbleness from Scott and his clear and powerful ph...

Welcome to episode 15 of the Performance Psychcast with myself, Greg Perry and Mr Phil Cocks. Phil is a deputy headteacher at a school in Bristol and is a sportsman, coach and sports enthusiast. Today we will be looking at how sports influenced his beliefs, his approach to teaching and creating a culture in schools. Additionally, we will be looking at techniques from the classroom and how they cou...

Welcome to this episode on The Performance Psychcast. We are really excited to talk to our guest today, Dr Zoe Black and we look forward to discussing this very important topic in sport psychology.  If you are in training or thinking about training to be a sport and exercise psychologist then this is the podcast for you. It offers some insights and ethical considerations for you to consider.  www....

Welcome to this episode of The Performance Psychcast and today we have the pleasure of being joined by Dr Jon Rhodes. Jon is an Associate Lecturer in   Sports Psychology at Plymouth University. Jon is also a Chartered Cognitive Psychologist and is co-developer of Functional Imagery Training (FIT) which is a relatively new approach to behaviour change by using mental imagery to motivate change. FIT...

Hello everyone and welcome to this episode of The Performance Psychcast with George Mitchell, Greg Parry and David Smith MBE, Paralympic champion. This episode is an incredibly meaningful one, it is a full existential exploration of what is important, how and what we pursue and the focus on what really does matter in our lives. We had the truly humbling, moving and inspiring experience of speaking...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Performance Psychcast! Today we are extremely delighted to welcome Rebecca Chidley! Rebecca is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist and founder of Life-in-Sport, which predominantly supports those participating in youth sport and student sport with a focus on positive wellbeing, personal development and performance improvements.  www.focu...

Today we are delighted to welcome Daniel Walker to the Performance Psychcast. Dan is a current PhD student at Edge Hill University investigating the impact that concussion can have on mental health, cognition, and quality of life.   He has published work in the Sport and Exercise Psychology Review on "The impact of injury and physical pain on depressive symptoms in student-athletes." Daniel has al...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Zoe Taylor is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! Zoe is a chartered sport and exercise psychologist who has worked in both high-performance sport and business, having enjoyed a period at Harlequins rugby club and is now working at a boutique consulting firm. Zoe enjoys both the applied and theoretical aspects of sport psychology, having also enjoyed...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Urja Mehta is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! We talk about the perception and routes in sport psychology from a recent graduate student from Mumbai. Urja works as an intern from a consultancy called Grit and mentions the work that Grit does.  www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperform.co.uk  

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Jodine Williams is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast!  We explore the psychological impact and support of injury. In this conversation, we talk about the normalisation of emotions whilst going through the injury phase, how best to help athletes cope with an injury and discuss real practical strategies and techniques which athletes and sport psycholo...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast! Dr Eleri Jones is our guest today on The Performance Psychcast! She is a lecturer and  researcher in Sport Psychology, at Bangor University. Her interests lie in mechanisms of anxiety and conceptualization of the anxiety response in sport. She also conducts research investigating the psychological determinants of rugby union athletes, disability sport and the...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. This week's guest is Maddie Fry, a former gymnast, who is going to talk to us about the pressure she faced as a young gymnast, and how this affected her performance and wellbeing. Recently,  British gymnastics has had a few athletes speak out about the mistreatment they faced as youth athletes, with the Guardian mentioning Beckie and Ellie Downie, Louis Smith,...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. I'm Greg Parry from Arcope and I'm George Mitchell from FocusPerform. This week's guest is Lewis Pratten i.e Coach Pratts. Coach Pratts talks to us about his journey to becoming a rugby 7's coach and a gym owner. He shares with us his thoughts, mindset, and experiences in coaching and as a PT. Coach Pratt is incredibly passionate about personal development and...

Welcome to The Performance Psychcast. I'm Greg Parry from Arcope and I'm George Mitchell from FocusPerform. This week's guest is Jim Boyd from The Pressure Zone, Right Eye, and the Rajasthan Royals. Jim talks to us about the importance of vision in sport, how the quiet eye can be trained as well as his thoughts, beliefs, and experiences in applied sport psychology.  www.arcope.co.uk www.focusperfo...

We are really excited this week to welcome Ben Worle from CrossFit Chew Valley. We had a conversation that delved deeper into the mental side of CrossFit which perhaps doesn't get the attention it deserves.  CrossFit is described as "constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity". All CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements, and these movements reflect the best asp...

Welcome to our podcast around the mental side of performance, both in sport and business. Your hosts are Greg Parry from Arcope and  George Mitchell from FocusPerform.  Here we will speak to a variety of guests such as sportspeople, sports psychologists, members of the army, businesspeople, so basically anywhere where psychology can be applied to mental health and performance. We are hoping to she...