A Load of BS on Sport: The Behavioural Science Podcast with Daniel Ross and Liam Botham
104 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -A Load of BS on Sport: The Behavioural Science Podcast dives deep into the psychology of what makes elite performers tick; how they think about success and failure, how they find and maintain peak performance, how they manage fear and adversity, how they make decisions under pressure, how they deal with risk and uncertainty.
Daniel is a behavioural science and sports fanatic while Liam is an ex-professional Rugby Union and cricket player, part of a family dynasty of sporting greatness. Together, we talk to top athletes, coaches and psychologists.
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004: Tshepo the Jean Maker - If it’s ok for Meghan Markle, it’s ok for me
August 03, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBI originally published my written story about Tshepo the Jean Maker in June. It had one of the best responses of all my pieces so far. And no wonder, because Tshepo Mohlala is inspiring and he speaks from the heart. Tshepo Mohlala’s story, values and life philosophy are a perfect match for everything that I am striving to show in this podcast series. From the most humble beginnings, Tshepo (meaning hope), the self-taught stylist and designer, has built his business from the ground up, and i...
003: James O'Malley and his arrest on Everest
July 30, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBIn this episode, I talked with James O’Malley who spent 15 years in the Royal Navy: · Leading counter-piracy operations in Somalia on behalf of the European Union · Leading a major project dealing with the Ebola crisis · Working as EU medical operations planner in volatile situations in Iraq, the Far East and Afghanistan “So we helicoptered in and within 10 minutes there were rounds flying, we got shelled, we had to move our positions. I remember thinking, you know what, this is proba...
002: George Calhoun on the strange disappearance of Alibaba's Jack Ma
July 15, 2021 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBToday my guest is George Calhoun. George is the Executive Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Research Centre at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey where he focuses on Quantitative Finance programs. He is now also the co-Principal for a recently awarded planning grant from the National Science Foundation to create an Industry/University Research Centre focused on FinTech. George is also the author of several books, and writes frequently for Forbes magazine on finance, wi...
001: Ollie Phillips: Rugby, wreckage and redemption
July 05, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBIn this episode, I talked to ex-England rugby Sevens captain Ollie Phillips’s about elite sport, great adventures and battles with mental health. To understand how Ollie rose to the pinnacles of his sport, played for the biggest rugby club side in the world, captained his country but then veered off into addiction and depression, listen now... Click here to read the article and to subscribe to my newsletter so you will receive more inspiring stories into your inbox automatically. Please ...