What Elite Performers Do When The Pressure Hits

About this episode

The episode explores how elite performers handle pressure, featuring insights from various sports figures.

Pressure isn't coming... it's already here. This week Jake and Damian go deep into the High Performance archives to ask: what do the very best actually do when it arrives? Featuring Chrissie Wellington on racing imperfect races perfectly, Tom Aspinall on why admitting fear beats denying it, Dan Carter on the All Blacks' hardest lesson, James Milner on what Klopp did after losing two finals, and Yaya Touré on the video Pep showed Barcelona the night before the 2009 Champions League final. Listen to the full episodes: Chrissie Wellington https://pod.fo/e/103df1 Tom Aspinall https://pod.fo/e/2d3d2e Dan Carter https://pod.fo/e/f5fc4 James Milner https://pod.fo/e/20a01e Yaya Touré https://pod.fo/e/3f55a1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jake, Damian

Guests: Chrissie Wellington, Tom Aspinall, Dan Carter, James Milner, Yaya Touré

Topics covered

• elite performance
• pressure management
• sports psychology
• overcoming fear
• team dynamics
• resilience

Keywords

• elite performers
• pressure
• sports
• psychology
• resilience
• fear
• team dynamics

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Organizations: Acast

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