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This podcast is sponsored by a University of Portsmouth Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant.
Music: "Unity" by Kevin MacLeod from Film Music
License: Creative Commons
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With growing emphasis and attention on sporting organisations, Dan interviews Dr Chris Wagstaff, Chartered Psychologist and one of our Course Leaders, about the emergence of organisational psychology in sport, and where he thinks the field is going next.
Chris is our Course Leader on the BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology, MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology, and Professional Doctorate in Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Key research covered in this episode:
- Woodman and Hardy’s paper on the demands associated with a sport organisation
- Graham Jones’ reflections as an applied practitioner in sport and business
- Fletcher and Wagstaff’s six lines of inquiry
- Larner and Wagstaff’s four areas of organisational psychology in sport
- Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight – Larsen’s experience of applying sport psychology
- APA Div 47’s white paper on sport psychology as a branch of performance psychology
Technology and labour saving devices mean humans spend an increasing amount of time sitting and being sedentary. In this episode, Dan talks about exercise psychology to Professor Stuart Biddle, Director of the Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
They discuss how to untangle the difference between physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour, and explore the barriers to encouraging people to move more.
Key research covered in this episode:
- Morris’ famous study on bus conductors and drivers
- Does physical activity attenuate the association between sitting time and mortality?
- Recent publications of the Health Survey for England
- UK-based cluster randomised trial to reduce occupational sitting time using standing desks
- Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines
We all feel pressure and strain from time-to-time, but why do some of us find certain situations more stressful than others? In this episode, Dan interviews Dr David Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Performance Psychology at Loughborough University. Their conversation explores what stress is and the possible explanations for different experiences.
Key research covered in this episode:
We all need to be more physically active, but what can we do to promote and encourage exercise and movement? Dan talks to Professor Nanette Mutrie MBE, Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh, about the research studies and practical initiatives she’s been involved in to get people up and moving.
Key research covered in this episode:
- Title IX Legislation in the USA
- Dorothy Harris’ seminal book on the somatopsychic rationale for physical activity
- 2010 Toronto Charter
- Nanette’s research into Football Fans in Training conducted in Scotland and across Europe
- Transferable walking programme successfully applied to older adults and breast cancer patients
- Morris and Hardman’s paper providing the foundation for walking in health
- Morris’ famous study on bus conductors and drivers
It’s all well and good talking about academic research, but what does it really take to be a dual career athlete? In this episode, Dan interviews Dr Zoe Saynor about her experiences as a Harlequins Ladies player in the Tyrrells Premier 15s, and about her career as an international renowned academic. How does she manage to balance the two?
Dan and Zoe also explore topics from the early implications of professionalism in women’s rugby union, to injury rehabilitation and the role of the sport psychologist.
In this podcast, Dr Daniel J. Brown, one of our lecturers in Sport and Exercise Psychology, hosts a series of interviews with world-leading experts to understand the psychology behind participation in physical activity and performance in sport.
Each episode covers key aspects of psychological research and knowledge, offering insight into the career journeys of leading sport and exercise psychologists.
Find all the episodes below and links to research mentioned in the podcast.