The Sport Psych Show
This is a link to Dan Abrahams’ Sport Psych Show podcast. In it, we discuss the Great British Medalists project, and the difference between super-elite and elite athletes.
Developing Athletic Talent
This is a link to a Soundcloud podcast produced by Bournemouth University. The University has also created a corresponding web page for Developing Athletic Talent In it, I’m asked about my REF 2021 Impact Case…
Is sporting success down to your DNA, how hard you train or something else?
This is a link to a BBC World Service programme “Sportshour – Nature vs Nurture”. Essentially, it centres on the debate between genetics and environment, your DNA and your training. In it, I’m asked about…
Busting three myths around elite sports performance
Creating high performance sportspeople is something like alchemy, and comes with the same baggage of half-thoughts, assumptions and quasi-quackery. But the research has moved on, and we can put to bed three powerful myths about…
10 Things You Absolutely Must Know About Developing (Sporting) Talent
How do you navigate the literature on talent? A google search with the term “talent development in sport” brings up “about” 1,420,000 results. These range from opinion pieces to academic articles. Everyone, it seems, has…