#323 Prof Mike Wilson - Breaking Through Self-imposed Barriers
Release Date: 07/07/2025
#342 Dr Séamus Harvey & Dr Chin Wei Ong - Assessing Mental Well-Being in Sport
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Dr Séamus Harvey and Dr Chin Wei Ong in this week’s episode. We discuss a mental well-being screening process which was implemented at an elite youth football academy developed by Séamus, Chin and colleagues. Séamus is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the NetwellCASALA research centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology. Séamus researches digital health and health psychology as well as sport and exercise psychology. Séamus also lectures on Dundalk Institute of Technology's (DkIT's) Health and Physical Activity programme. Séamus completed his MSc. in...
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#341 Daniel Coyle - Flourishing
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Daniel Coyle in this week’s episode. Daniel is the award-winning author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including The Talent Code and The Culture Code. Daniel’s work explores how people and groups grow, perform, and thrive. He combines immersive field reporting with behavioural science to create practical frameworks for building skill, culture, and meaningful connection. Daniel has worked as a consultant with the Cleveland Guardians since 2013, and as an advisor to military special forces, professional sports teams, schools, and...
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#340 Declan O’Connell - Adaptive Expertise
The Sport Psych Show
I speak with Declan O’Connell in this week’s episode. Declan is a coach and performance consultant with over 20 years working with elite sports, global executive teams, and high-performance environments across the world. Declan is currently finalising his Doctorate in Elite Performance Psychology at Dublin City University. His doctorate research focuses on developing adaptability in individuals, teams and organisations. In this episode we discuss a paper Declan co-authored with Dr Robin Taylor “What got me here, won’t get me there – how the world's best sports coaches...
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#339 Dr Andreas Küttel - Exploring Mental Health and Performance Dynamics
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Andreas Küttel in this week’s episode. Andreas is a Swiss former who won five competitions from 2005 to 2007, and placed third in the overall World Cup in 2006. He won a gold medal in the individual large hill event at the . Andreas also competed at three , earning his best finish of fifth in the individual normal hill event in . After his competing days, Andreas entered academia working in the field of at the . In this episode we discuss a research paper he led on which explores mental health and...
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#338 Dr David Moran - Grouping by Ability in Youth Sport
The Sport Psych Show
I speak with Dr David Moran in this week’s episode. David is a coach and coach developer in Gaelic games. He is a post-doctoral researcher with the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics and the School of Health and Human Performance at Dublin City University. We discuss a paper David led which examines grouping players by ability. Following the introduction of formal competition structures, youth sport often features ability grouping, referred to as streaming, for training and competition. In Gaelic games, a set of participatory sports indigenous to Ireland, streaming is...
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#337 Katja Rewitz - Exploit or Explore: Decision Making in Sport
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Katja Rewitz in this week’s episode. Katja is a second year PhD student at the Dynamics of Human Performance Regulation Laboratory at the University of Hamburg. Her research focuses on human sensations and their influence on decision-making and performance behaviour. In this episode, we discuss a fascinating paper led by Katja which examines the explore-exploit framework related to decision making in sport and exercise. The explore-exploit framework has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of decision-making across fields such as cognitive...
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#336 Dr Simon Quick - Balancing Athlete Welfare with the Pressure to Perform
The Sport Psych Show
I speak with Dr Simon Quick in this week’s episode. Simon is a lecturer in Sport Coaching at the University of Essex, specialising in sport pedagogy, coaching ethics, and holistic athlete development. Simon previously taught Physical Education in high schools holding leadership roles including Head of Physical Education, Athletic Director, and Deputy Headteacher. Simon is an active researcher and collaborator, with recent publications in leading journals such as the International Sport Coaching Journal, Quest, International Journal of Sport Science and Coaching, and Journal of Teaching in...
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#335 Dave Webb - Preparing for the Pressure of Tournament Play
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Dave Webb in this week’s episode. Dave is a leading manager and coach who has been at the forefront of elite international and club football for more than two decades. Dave has held various sporting director, coaching, and recruitment roles at the highest levels of the game both in the UK and abroad. He is currently the Georgia National Team Assistant Manager where he helped Georgia make history with qualification to a first-ever tournament as well as reaching the knock-out stages at the European Championships in 2024. Dave holds a master's degree in sport...
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#334 Simon Gelsthorpe - Emotionally Informed Coaching
The Sport Psych Show
I speak with Simon Gelsthorpe in this week’s episode. Simon is a clinical psychologist who specialises in emotions. He works with sports coaches and sports organisations to help them be more psychological in their coaching, thereby improving athlete emotional well-being and performance. Simon is a visiting fellow at the University of Bradford with the Psychology Centre. He is also the developer of Emotionally Informed Coaching.
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#333 Dr Robin Owen and Prof Shuge Zhang - The Impact of Anxiety on Performance
The Sport Psych Show
I’m delighted to speak with Dr Robin Owen and Prof Shuge Zhang in this week’s episode. Robin is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Psychology at Liverpool Hope University. His research aims to advance our understanding of anxiety, attentional focus, motor control, skill acquisition, statistical prediction, cognitive functioning, and talent identification/development. Shuge is currently a research Professor in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Hunan University of Technology in China. He previously lectured at the University of Derby. Shuge is a chartered psychologist of...
info_outlineI’m delighted to speak with Prof Mike Wilson in this episode. Mike has over 16 years of dedicated expertise in the mental health field. Serving as both a professor and mental performance coach, Mike has collaborated with international governments, leading international bodies like the United Nations and the World Bank, law enforcement agencies, and a diverse range of global sports organisations. Their impactful work includes championing mental health as a human right, providing psychological capacity building for refugees and lower-income communities, facilitating essential support through hygiene distributions for marginalised groups, engaging in post-war peace-building via sports initiatives, and advancing community development through potable water projects.
Mike shares his knowledge and experiences as a sport psychologist touching on areas such as growth mindset, challenge and threat states, resilience and explanatory styles.