This week’s guest on the Pacey Performance Podcast is sports psychologist Dan Abrahams. Dan became a psychologist following a stint as a professional golfer with an interest in the mental side of the sport. After calling time on his playing career, he became a coach and followed that up by gaining a master’s degree in sports psychology. He’s been working in this capacity for 16 years now, including for England Rugby, England Golf, and numerous Premier League football clubs.
Following the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games, sports psychology has been in the spotlight more than ever. Dan discusses the impact this has had on the subject, including how an athlete’s mental state can be rated on a three-stage ‘traffic light’ system depending on their current needs. He also addresses the theory that you cannot coach attitude, effort and energy - although the athlete is responsible for their own attitude, Dan explains how coaches and sports psychologists can create an environment that engages athletes and helps them maintain all-important intensity when training. If you’re interested in the mental side of coaching and sports science, then this week’s podcast is for you.
This week’s topics:
What does a UFC fighter's programme really look like with Duncan French (Vice President of Performance at UFC Performance Institute)
Making an impact in collegiate sport, measuring impact and the art of communication with Andrew Murray (Director of Performance and Sports Science at the University of Oregon)
Using gymnastics for injury risk reduction and skill acquisition in team sports with Nick Ruddock (Performance Gymnastics Coaching Consultant)
Selling a message to a head coach to maximise the impact of S&C with Huw Bevan (Head of Performance and Rugby Operations at Dragons Rugby)
Agility and change of direction; training, testing, and programming with Sophia Nimphius (Associate Professor at Edith Cowen University)
Training large groups of sprinters and periodising of jump training with Ryan Banta (Teacher and Coach at Parkway Central High School)
Landing and deceleration training, gymnastics and return to play from ACL with Bill Knowles (Director of Reconditioning and Athletic Development at HPSports)
Athlete tracking and athlete management systems in ice hockey with Doug McKenney (Sports Performance Specialist at Coach Me Plus)
Screening and return to play protocols for physiotherapists with Nathan Mill (Head of Medical Services at St Helens RFC)
Training rotational power and the importance of strength outside the sagittal plane with Eric Cressey (President of Cressey Performance)
Strength and conditioning in the NBA and the influence of sports science with Bill Burgos (Head of Strength and Conditioning at Orlando Magic)
'No d*ckheads'. Building the best rugby players in the world with Nic Gill (Strength and Conditioning Coach at the All Blacks)
Hamstring rehabilitation, the acute: chronic ratio and return to play principles with Matt Taberner (1st Team Sports Scientist at Everton Football Club)
'Contrived metrics', applied biomechanics and all things force plates with Phil Graham-Smith (Head of Biomechanics at Aspire Academy)
The negotiables and non-negotiables of the return to performance process with Mick Byers and Luke Heath (Athletic Performance Specialist and Rehabilitation Physiotherapist)
Bio-banding, monitoring growth and maturation, and youth development with Sean Cumming (Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Bath)
Asking the right questions and data visualisation with athlete tracking with Ruud van Elk (First Team Sports Scientist at PSV Eindhoven)
From Australian rugby league to the NBA. Lessons learned with Lachlan Penfold (Director of Performance at Melbourne Storm)
The impact of growth and maturation on youth performance with Rhodri Lloyd (Senior Lecturer in Strength and Conditioning at Cardiff Metropolitan University)
Working with world class golfers and the danger in an uninformed reliance on technology with Dr Liam Hennessy (Coach and Director of Setanta College)
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