Episodes
Dec. 21, 2024
#214 - Dr Peter Olusoga - Masculinity, Grind Culture & Burnout
Dr Peter Olusoga is a sports psychologist, lecturer, and podcaster. Pete has dedicated his career to understanding the mental challenges faced by athletes, coaches, and even the conversation of young men navigating today’s c…
Dec. 14, 2024
#214 - Jemima Montag - How Do We Fix Confidence In Young Girls?
Jemima Montag is an Olympic Race-walker, having won 2 bronze medals at the Paris 2024 games, two-time Commonwealth Games champion, and founder of the Play On initiative. Is there a crisis in confidence with young girls? What…
Nov. 25, 2024
#213 - Lola Anderson - How To Turn Your Dreams Into Reality
Lola Anderson is a rower for Great Britain and Olympic Gold Medalist. Expect to learn why you should be confident in speaking your dreams aloud, how athletes find time to socialise, the sacrifices made by young elite athlete…
Nov. 13, 2024
#212 - Andrew Steele - Contrarian Views, Authenticity and Personal Branding
Today I’m joined by Andrew Steele is a former Olympic medalist, turned health tech founder. Andrew holds a much more contrarian view and is not afraid to speak his mind, which is refreshing because it’s so often that athlete…
Nov. 4, 2024
#211 - York-Peter Klöppel - Red Bull's Head Of Mental Performance On Mental Training
York-Peter Kloppel the head of mental performance at Redbull. What are some of the challenges with a vast range of different athletes? What sorts of technology can help us develop our mental performance and mindset? Or does …
Oct. 27, 2024
#210 - Prof Joe Baker - Should We Be Calling Athletes Talented?
Professor Joe Baker from the University of Toronto. He’s author/editor of 13 books including the Tyranny of Talent, he has authored more than 300 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. What is talent? Why are we using thi…
Oct. 3, 2024
#209 - Dr Laura Healy - How Do We Actually Set Goals Effectively?
Dr. Laura Healy is an associate professor at Nottingham Trent University who’s research focuses in motivation, goal pursuit, and mental health/well-being across the sport and physical activity spectrum Expect to learn; the i…
Sept. 22, 2024
#208 - Prof Alun Williams - Can Science Solve The Transgender And DSD Athlete Debate?
Prof Alun Williams of Manchester Metropolitan University who’s research focuses on the genetics of human physical performance, injury risk, health and it’s relation to sex categories in sport. The transgender athlete and DSD…
Sept. 15, 2024
#207 - Dr Alex Auerbach - Why Don’t Athletes Take Mindset Seriously?
Dr Alex Auerbach, performance psychologist having worked with the professional sports teams such as the Toronto raptors, NBA, NFL, MLB, and Olympians. We’re living in a world where mindset, psychology is getting more and mor…
Sept. 7, 2024
#206 - Dr Erin Hoare - How Does ADHD Affect Athletes?
Dr Erin Hoare is an honorary fellow at Deakin University, a former professional netballer and Australian rules footballer. The conversation around neurodiversity and especially ADHD is growing and Erin’s work has begun to lo…
Aug. 17, 2024
#205 - Ross Dewar - How Do We Actually Build Strong Cricketers?
Ross Dewar and strength and conditioning with more than 20 years experience having trained some of the worlds leading cricketers. Cricket has a unique relationship with strength & conditioning. How does a sport go from where…
Aug. 10, 2024
#204 - Dr Jim Taylor- Do Parent's Get Too Involved In Sport?
Dr Jim Taylor psychologist of performance, sport and parenting, an author and an elite level triathlete.
The most number one challenge I see with both athletes, coaches and teachers talk about in sport is parents. So I want…
July 21, 2024
#203 - Dr Adam Kelly - How Do We Identify Great Talent?
Adam Kelly is a Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise at Birmingham City University and Director of the RAYSDLab . How do we identify talent, how do we then nuture it and are we letting talent slip through the cracks wit…
July 13, 2024
#202 - Chris Mesagno - Why Do We Choke Under Pressure?
Chris Mesagno is a senior lecturer at Victoria University whose research focuses on anxiety and choking in sport and exercise. Why do we choke under pressure? What are the causes for choking under pressure? How do we reduce …
July 6, 2024
#201 - Geir Jordet - The Psychology Of Penalty Kicks
Geir Jordet holds a PhD. in soccer and psychology and teaches and conducts research on psychology and elite performance at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Expect to learn; the fundamentals to a good penalty taker, ar…
June 30, 2024
#200 - 10 Lessons From 200 Episodes
To celebrate 200 episodes of Raising Your Game I break down some of the lessons I've learnt form the past 100 episodes. Expect to learn; how the support/challenge matrix helps build resilience, the difference between failure…
June 22, 2024
#199 - Dr Julie Johnston - 8 Strategies For Coaching Gen-Z Athletes
Dr Julie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University who also competed in international swimming for Ireland and Northern Ireland for ten years, participating in three Commonwe…
June 15, 2024
#198 - Peter Hurley - The Importance of Drive, Character, and Trust
Peter Hurley is an elite sailor for the US and portrait photographer who is regarded as the industry leader in headshot photography having shot world wide athletes and celebrities. Expect to learn; how to find your drive, ho…
June 1, 2024
#197 - Adam Meakins - 5 Myths of Physiotherapy
Adam Meakins a Specialist Physiotherapist, Sports Scientist, and Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Expect to learn why bad posture doesn’t causes back pain, deadlifting won’t get you injured, your weak core doesn’t cause your …
May 23, 2024
#196 - Patrick Gaudreau - Why We Should Aim For Excellence & Not Perfection
Patrick Gaudreau is a professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa. Patrick’s work has spanned form achievement, motivation, performance, and perfectionism into the realm of excellencism. Expect to learn, why we have …
May 15, 2024
#195 - Ben O'Keeffe - How To Take Criticism & Trust Your Decisions
Ben O'Keeffe is an international rugby referee.
Expect to learn: what some misunderstood qualities of rugby referees are, how to deal with criticism, how to not let mistakes stop you from making decisions, how to trust your…
April 25, 2024
#194 - Joe Welstead - The Benefits Of Having Athletes In Business
Joe Welstead is a former commonwealth swimmer turned entrepreneur and creative. Expect to learn, why athletes make good employees in business, how to set unbreakable goals and rules, why others should set your goals for you,…
April 16, 2024
#193 - Dr Duncan Simpson - What Does It Take To Succeed In An Academy?
Dr Duncan Simpson is Director of Personal Development at IMG Academy, Mental Performance Coach, and a podcaster. IMG Academy is one of the largest and most well regarded sports facilities on the planet, with 1500 athletes co…
March 26, 2024
#192 - Jack Green - 10 Tough Lessons On Athlete Mental Health & Performance
Jack Green. Jack is a former two-time Olympian, coach, and mentor. Jack has been one of my favourite sources of content on LinkedIn, especially having been an elite athlete, with his insights into mental health, performance,…