Laura Walsh (sport psychologist) - The mental side of sport - Are you training it?

Laura Walsh (sport psychologist) - "The mental side of sport - are you training it?"

The S&C Shoptalk Podcast

Episode 3

0:00 –  Introduction Laura

1:30 –  Choking and how to prevent it/staying present

7:30 –  Focus and concentration are finite (how to switch on and off)

8:50 –  Tools for athletes that are overthinking

10:43 - Visualization

13:15 – The emotional brain always wins - catch your breath

17:00 – The state of flow

20:35 – Team sport dynamics - tribal! You have to be able to control your emotions

23:00 – The Washington Capitals and the Golden State Warriors

25:32 – How to deal with failure?

30:52 - The rocky road to success - learning the hard way

34:46 - Results driven vs. Process driven

36:13 – Do male/female athletes compete differently?

40:00 - mentally coming back from an injury

46:50 - Elite athletes do not have balanced lives

51:40 – Life balance and recovery

56:45 – The OCD/ADHD athlete

1:00:00 - intrinsic learning//motor skill

1:01:01 - Mirror neurons - don't watch someone performing a skill badly

 

 

Laura's contact detail: 

//www.linkedin.com/in/laura-walsh-b96b608/

Laura's email: 5088law@gmail.com