Sport psychology – inside the mind of champion athletes: Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth
Martin Hagger is Professor of Psychology at Curtin University. His areas of expertise are social, health, sport and exercise psychology. He is involved in numerous research projects nationally and internationally with a focus on motivation and behaviour change. He is currently leading projects in drugs in sport, promoting physical activity and healthy diet, understanding the mechanisms of willpower and self-control, and reducing binge drinking and the prevalence of smoking.
At the highest level, athletes are well-matched in terms of their physical abilities, conditioning, and skill level. But often that is not enough to win and perform on the biggest of stages like the Olympic games. Developing strategies and techniques to get athletes minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance is increasingly important for sports teams and coaches.
Martin will provide an overview of the kinds of techniques that elite athletes use to prepare psychologically for their sport, give details of the scientific research into these techniques and how they work, and how the techniques might be used by competitive athetes and coaches to maximise performance.
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TEDxPerth 2012 took place on Saturday 8 December 2012 at the Octagon Theatre at the University of Western Australia. Over 500 people attended in person and listeners all over the country enjoyed the day by tuning in to the live broadcast on digital radio.
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That's was a great game btw
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3. Fight sports: Learn fight sports of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), boxing, Muay Thai, kickboxing, wrestling, Judo, etc and actually spar, roll and compete on any level. Fight sports are wonderful for teaching both self-confidence as well as humility.
4. Challenge yourself, always.
what i learned was this from playing basketball i lossed i score like 2 or 3 point in a game but the whole time in that game i found my weak spots i went online found a denfinsive drills and did it everyday i think the mindset is to find where you did wrong and work on it like kobe said you got to look at your weakness and fix it
Cockiness can end in defeat.
Sports psychology broken down nicely.. good explanation under 12:00mins with vivid examples
people find happiness in criticizing people on internet this is a new form of achieving self esteem .self esteem is the people’s self belief in them achieved through their will power
man this guy's got studs in his ears but he's got no earlobes. . .
Sorry I've got scatter focus a lot these days
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felt like a college lecture
So….Phelps has a cerebral approach as opposed to Bolt. Very whyte statement…typical.
Feedback is important
Self talk
And this ladies and gentleman was my professor this semester and we all almost failed his class. That is all.
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Video starts at 5:33 . Thank me later!!
Nice. 4:18
What a terrible public speaker
Boring talk, terrible speaker, all packaging no content.
Succinct and in 12 mins managed to keep me engaged and as always learned a few little nuggets, thanks.
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7:25
Anyone else hear the voice cracks?
Didn't tell,me nothing about coping with pressure! He got £10k for this! Rubbish
powerful.
Perhaps
Sadly half these athletes have now been shown as drugs cheats.
3:40 in and he is still on his introduction; I still don't know what sports psychology is 3 minutes into a 12-minute video; my God.
Panem et circenses.
Done
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i know that this is super late but this is so good for young athletes like me, this helped so so so much.
This is great for in my future t think about this is awesome thankyou.
Let's be honest…, He carries bananas and apples all the time…
He gave a TedTalk on the basic sports psychology which I learn at gcse and a level.
Shows how much the field has progressed in 12 years as this was once the in depth sports psychology analysis and now this is just surface level.
His voice is all over the place
His voice died and came back to life XD 2:22
Golf is a terrible example. It's not a proper sport. It's hitting a tiny ball in a hole.
Why does he keep repeating himself?
Sports psychology may have the answers…
Too abstract and wildly generalizing…
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This seems like a lecture from the first days of Sports Psychology 101 class. It’s factual content…but it’s really not a fascinating Ted talk.
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The mental aspect is indeed the hardest part about sports. Pushing yourself physically is no biggie in comparison. Dealing with pressure from an organisation who constantly reminds you that they have invested a lot of money and resources in you is what broke me. I badly needed a sports psychologist.
O Brasil ainda não tinha sido campeão olímpico, até 2012, informação incorreta.
sports is deeply connected with Darwinism, just think about it for a sec and you’ll understand why
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4:18 big voice crack there bud.