Laura Walsh (sport psychologist) - The mental side of sport - Are you training it‪?‬ S&C Shoptalk Podcast

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: 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-walsh-b96b608/
Laura's email: 5088law@gmail.com