EP14: Dan Abrahams (Sport Psychologist)

Renowned sport psychologist Dan Abrahams is this week's guest on the podcast. Dan has worked with athletes across many different sports but with a particular focus on football and golf. An ex-professional golfer himself, Dan is also the founder and host of the hugely popular Sport Psych Show podcast.  In this episode, Dr Katie Sparks and Dr Paul Mansell tap into Dan's vast experience in the domain of sport and performance psychology. Dan describes what he understands by performing under pressure. Dan offers some practical techniques that he applies with athletes, such as the idea of adopting a 'Game Face'. Dan describes his thoughts on helping athletes to deal with mistakes and how emotion might be managed in the moment. Useful advice for practice is also shared on how to prepare for an important event, and how ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) might play a role in this. Dan is also a prolific writer and his books can be accessed via this link: https://danabrahams.com/books/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices