Going Upstair‪s‬ Opening Up Cricket

Rich Hudson, managing director of Buckinghamshire Cricket and author of 'Perform Beyond Pressure' discussed some key themes from his book with Mark.Key topics include:How pressure as a concept is inhibitingConnecting with why we play the gameThe natural...

The importance of talking to maintaining good mental health is well established. What about how we listen to enable those conversations? Mark has a think about this in the final episode of the year.

Former Jamaica spinner Ryan Cunningham chatted with Mark about mindfulness, particularly using coffee to refine his practice. Alongside this we covered the mental approaches to cricket in the West Indies, dealing with setbacks as a bowler and adapting...

Former Scotland batsman turned podcast host Qasim Sheikh was our guest as we talked about:* His experiences in international cricket* The differences between playing in the UK and Pakistan* Dealing with mental ill health* The power of talking for...

We look at the power of vulnerability and how this term can be looked at differently to benefit sport and life.Links from the episode:How vulnerability became sport's winning weaponBrene Brown: The power of vulnerabilityHeadfirst- Wellbeing & Rugby

Dr Hassan Mahmood, a consultant psychiatrist and part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Sports and Exercise Special Interest Group, has contributed a cricket chapter to the recently published 'Case Studies In Sports Psychiatry'. We chatted about the...