Eighty Percent Mental Dr Peter Olusoga

There’s no denying the strategy, the undeniable levels of skill, and the precision involved in American Football, but it’s also a sport, a little like rugby, where a good part of your time is spent picking yourself up off the floor after being knocked on your ass. In this episode of Eighty Percent Mental, Dr Pete Olusoga explores the psychology involved in collision sports. What are the unique mental challenges of taking (or dishing out) massive hit after massive hit? Joining Pete on this episode are special guests, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being at the University of North Carolina, Dwight Hollier, and Performance Consultant and Therapist, Dr Adrian Ferrera.
Follow Dwight Hollier on Twitter: @Dfin50
Check out Dr Ferrera’s website:dradrianferrera.com
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Follow Dr Ferrera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-ferrera-phd-lpc-8a01724a/

Earlier this series (Episode 3.13), Dr Pete Olusoga spoke to  Laura Langton and Kit Windsor, from Team Ace of Blades, just before they set off on their quest to row across the Atlantic. Along with the other two members of the crew, Lizz Watson and Beth Motley, they set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 13th December, 2023. Forty-seven days later, they rowed their 25ft boat into English Harbour in Antigua having successfully navigated all 3000 miles of the World’s Toughest Row.
In this extra-special episode of EightyPercentMental, Laura, Kit, Lizz, and Beth are all here to talk about their incredible achievement, their magnificent voyage, and of course, about the role that psychology played on their adventure.
Visit Team Ace of Blades: teamaceofblades.com
Donate to the Team’s incredible charities: teamaceofblades.com/charities
Follow Team Ace of Blades on Instagram: @teamaceofblades
Follow the team on Twitter: @TeamAceOfBlades
Finish Line Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmWOcfUsQss

Ever fancied strapping yourself to a plank and throwing yourself down a snowy mountain? In this episode of Eighty Percent Mental, Dr Pete Olusoga explores The Psychology of The Slopes with snowboarding legend, Stevie Bell, and the Founder of the Mental Performance Center for Action Sports, Alēc Herbert. Such a great conversation around the mental aspects of action sports, preparation, professionalism, and doing things you immediately regret!
Follow Stevie on Intagram: @steviebell801
Check out Stevie’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwGRWqUsePRplN3jh2gFRVw
Follow Alēc on Twitter: @MPCActionSports
Check out these incredible organisations:
https://www.hoodstowoodsfoundation.org/
https://www.shredfoundation.org/
https://stoked.org/
https://sharewinterfoundation.org/
https://yeskids.org/
https://www.snowdaysfoundation.org/
This the National Brotherhood of Skiers, it is a community-based organization for adult or already avid riders.  https://www.nbs.org/

Experiencing pressure is something we can all identify with. In this episode of the EightyPercentMental podcast Dr Pete Olusoga talks with Sport Psychologist and UK Sport Institute Technical Lead, Dr Mike Stoker about what exactly pressure is, the impacts that it can have on how we think, feel, and perform, and how Pressure Training can help us manage pressure more effectively.
Follow Dr Mike Stoker on Twitter: @DrMikeStoker
Find Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mike-stoker-01795330/?originalSubdomain=uk
Read Mike’s research here on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mike-Stoker

In this episode of Eighty Percent Mental, Dr Pete Olusoga is joined by Dr Mark O’Sullivan for a deeply insightful conversation on youth sport. We talk about the nature and evolution of coach education and the impact on coaching practice in youth sport, and we discuss the very purpose of youth sport itself. Who is it for? What is it for? And how does that impact on the kids who want to play!
Follow Mark on Twitter: @markstkhlm
Read Mark’s latest research article here: There is no copy and paste, but there is resonation and inhabitation: Integrating a contemporary player development framework in football from a complexity sciences perspective https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2023.2288979
Salisbury Rovers FC website:
salisburyroversfc.co.uk


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After taking a few weeks off Dr Pete Olusoga is back with another episode exploring the psychology of performance. We’ve had actors, singers, dancers, strength athletes, coaches, speed demons, and endurance masters on the podcast this series, but one thing we haven’t really considered yet this series is the psychology of The Team. How do we get a group of individuals to start performing as a high functioning team? Do we need to get along to survive? Is it all about the job at hand? What are the factors that bring people together to work as an efficient unit? Dr Pete explores all this and more with Performance Psychologist, Dr Alex Auerbach, and Coach to the coaches, Cody Royle.
Follow Alex Auerbach on Twitter: @AlexAuerbachPHD
Follow Cody Royle on Twitter: @codyroyle
Buy Cody’s book - Second set of Eyes: codyroyle.com
Visit Alex’s blog… perform.substack.com
Cody’s album recommendation: Wolf Mother by Wolf Mother
Alex’s album recommendation: DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar
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