He became a producer of history programmes after university, working from 2005 on programmes such as Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich, The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith and Abraham Lincoln: Saint or Sinner? Dr Pete Olusoga is joined for a fascinating conversation on the psychology of performance by the queen of British soul, Beverley Knight, MBE. David Olusoga, age 49 was born to a Nigerian father and a British mother. The couple has an adorable daughter together. 3.05 - EPM Special: Live from AASP in Fort Worth, Texas! After working for several years as a basketball coach, he completed an MSc in Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University in 2006, and then stayed on to study for his PhD entitled "Stress & Coping: A Study of Elite Sports Coaches." Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Social Science: If we are all so woke why are we still so stuck with the status quo? Let us know More in BBC We'd like to send you some notifications Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 11 (2), 96-110. http://doi.org/10.1891/1933-3196.11.2.96. I think thats what happened to me. Bennett, J., Hays, K., Lindsay, P., Olusoga, P., & Maynard, I. = 360 hours. Its exhausting. Also featuring in this episode: Duncan Simpson, Director of Personal Development atIMG Academy, Dr Amber Shipherd from Texas A&M University Kingsville, Dr Adam Naylor, Leader of Performance Psychology at Deloitte, and a bunch of other amazing people! What are the mental processes involved in preparing for and taking on an acting role? A short course to avoid burnout and achieve a more sustainable coaching career, BLOG: Slavery was bad, okay? I was brought up on a council estate in Gateshead. More of a moment that started my career than a defining moment within it, but an important moment nonetheless. With fees at about 9250, that's about 25 per hour of taught content. Sports Psychologist Peter Olusoga on the Dark Side of the Mamba Mentality and Why Athletes & Coaches Burnout. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, David Olusoga is a 49-year-old historian and presenter, David has appeared on a number of historical documentaries, David Olusoga stars in BBC documentary series A House Through Time, Inside Ed Sheeran's secret struggle to make new album with pregnant wife's health shock and death of best friend, Kerry Katona reveals shock change of career as she bags random new job at BBC, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). 1.07 How do we set goals that really stick?. Dr Peter Olusoga is a senior psychology lecturer at Sheffield Hallam university, The 23-year-old sports star is a fully fledged national hero. When I did work experience in London, I slept on my sister Yinkas sofa. In some ways my entire career has been shaped by insecurity, that feeling that Im not part of that inner club with the old school ties. http://doi.org/10.1177/17479541221099641, Rumbold, J., Dunn, J.G.H., & Olusoga, P. (2022). David is currently hosting the third series of BBC Two show A House Through Time. 21st Century Conversations on Race, Leave Your Mark Podcast with Scott Livingston: Great, Good, and Good Enough with Peter Olusoga, Sports Psychologist Peter Olusoga on the Dark Side of the Mamba Mentality and Why Athletes & Coaches Burnout, Rugby Coach Weekly - Roundup Rodeo Ep84: Reviewing the best content, Health Connect Hub Podcast S2: Conversation #4 Dr. Pete Olusoga, Appearance on UK Coaching's Coach Developer Podcast (Jul '21), Appearance on Wright on the Nail Podcast - Tokyo 2020 (Jul '21), Becoming an Anti-Racist - Season 1, Episode 10: A year on how far have we come? For the new series of A House Through Time, we look at an 18th-century sea captains house in Bristol and uncover stories of piracy, slavery and doomed romance. Olusoga, P., Maynard, I., Butt, J., & Hays, K. (2014). Attitudes towards protective headgear in UK rugby union players. "I have," he admits, "a habit of . I know its only anecdotal evidence, but I can absolutely testify to the positive impact of physical activity on psychological wellbeing! column that he would like to celebrate 'bit by bit' throughout the year instead of having just one big get-together. Peter has had a busy 30 years in the industry after rising to fame in the mid-90s after topping the UK singles chart with hit Mysterious Girl. Eighty Percent Mental Host, Chartered Psychologist & Senior Lecturer, Sport Psych Consultant. Areas of interest: Stress, burnout, and well-being, the psychology of sports coaching, mindfulness, race and racism, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Carter, L., & Olusoga, P. (2023). The perception tends to be that we work with athletes who have problems or are mentally weak. I was fortunate enough to get tickets to see some of the basketball at the London 2012 Olympics, so my brother and I went to watch the GB vs. Spain game. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The Eighty Percent Mental Podcast is also available on, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Amazon Music. It sounds old but it really isn't. Ive put up with friends who think singing to me about the blue-black child from their racist rugby songs is OK. Ive put up with the affectionate mispronouncing of my surname for a lifetime. 40 episodes. Abingdon: Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315689210. But its important to try something before you complain you werent given the chance. Its expensive, and I went in January so it was freezing cold, and dark pretty much the whole time (Im not really selling it, am I? Duncan Simpson on Twitter: @SportPsychDuncDr Amber Shipherd on Twitter: @DocShipherdDr Adam Naylor on Twitter: @ahnaylorVisit the AASP Website: appliedsportpsych.org, Continuing the mission to explore the psychological aspects of performance, Eighty Percent Mental host Dr Pete Olusoga explores The psychology of Speed with two-time World Superbikes Champion, James Toseland. It was one of those just graduated jobs that was supposed to last a few months but two years later, I found myself still there. By (pp. http://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2019-0029, Turner, M.J., Aspin, G., Didymus, F.F., Mack, R., Olusoga, P., Wood, A., & Bennett, R. (2020). Sport and exercise psychology review, 10 (3), 31-44. Its one of the things I love about going on holiday; I can turn my phone off and the rest of the word ceases to exist for a week or two. His exposure to Nigerian culture seems quite limited. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.837321, Kentta, G., Bentzen, M., Dieffenbach, K., & Olusoga, P. (2020). I love this country, but a mature nation can be honest about its inglorious chapters. Enter your email address to follow EPM and receive notifications ofnew episodes and articles via email. Also appearing in this episode, and bringing a psychological perspective is Dr Kaori Araki, chief Sport and performance psychology consultant at CORAZON Co., Ltd. Kaori is a retired professor and taught sport psychology in Singapore and Japan for 18 years, and worked alongside Eddie Jones during Japans infamous 2015 Rugby World Cup run. If I can work with athletes to help them make sense of and perhaps take a greater degree of control over their own stories, then that, to me, is fantastic.One sporting event that has captured your imagination He has produced athletes to represent Great Britain on the world stage, including the current World and European Champion and Double Olympic Medallist Bryony Page.Siddarth Sampla is a BASES Sport & Exercise Scientist specialising in Psychology. Its a word mainly used in terms of women being coerced and belittled by men. Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class. A valuable listen for those in the field and the layperson. The 32-year-old NHS doctor, who has been with the Mysterious Girl hitmaker since July 2012, admitted that 'time truly flies when you're having fun' as she reflected on this birthday being their 11th having spent together. His dad met his mom at the city's university in the 1960s. n/a. Pete is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and a Sport Psychology consultant with over 15 years' experience. He later appeared on ITV show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! His current research focuses on stress, burnout, and wellbeing in sports, with a particular interest in high-performance environments and elite coaching. We live in a society that is constantly trying to sell us a very specific version of what success should look like and in this fascinating episode of EightyPercentMental, Dr Pete Olusoga is joined by Olympic rower, author, and speaker, Cath Bishop, world-leading trampoline coach, Paul Greaves, and Sport & Exercise Scientist, Sidd Sampla, to explore what success really means and how we can start to think about success differently in a world where results really do matter. Yips and Lost Move Syndrome : assessing impact and exploring levels of perfectionism, rumination, and reinvestment. Journal of applied sport psychology, 21 (4), 442-459. http://doi.org/10.1080/10413200903222921. Historian David Olusoga OBE, 50, presents A House Through Time on BBC2. June 16, 2020 - 20:29 BST Aisha Nozari. The proportion of woman HP coaches is reported to be in the range of 8.4-20%. He completed his PhD in 2012, and is currently collaborating with colleagues from Sweden and the USA on further research in this area. Challenges experienced by women high performance coaches and its association with sustainability in the profession. P rofessor David Olusoga is reviewing a disorientating year from a familiar place: his white-painted study, the one with the guitars hanging from its walls. The pair met with each other at the canteen when he was working at the BBC. If I have a problem with my computer, I phone my mum. People of colour are often accused of playing the race card but when confronted with prejudice I had to fight not to stay quiet Dr Peter Olusoga is a psychology lecturer at Sheffield Hallam university. Its a Martin Scorsese film I watched by accident last Christmas and its beautiful.One place to visit Awesome podcast. Presented at: LARASA International Congress: Leisure Transforming our World, Durban, Woodhouse, D., Hembrough, D., Olusoga, P., Darwin, J., Newton, E., & Pupius, M. (2018). The frustrating thing is that bringing instances of racism into focus could lead to much-needed, nuanced discussions about racism, privilege and power. So he calls himself a Geordie. Theres something human in this podcast when I listen it, which is why I think its the best! (Doctoral thesis). His wedding to doctor Emily came 10 years after he married Katie Price in a lavish ceremony in 2005. An evaluation of a mental toughness education and training program for early-career English football league referees. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. So the thing that separates the great from the good is the ability to understand whats going on between your ears and to use that to your advantage.. We are looking forward to it. Stress in elite sports coaching: identifying stressors. HE IS one of Britain's most prominent historians and has appeared on The One Show. I realised becoming an academic felt like never leaving school, and instead I wanted to work for the BBC and make history documentaries. I suppose one thing I couldnt really do without is exercise. Six male and six female coaches with international experience were interviewed. She also added a throwback photo of them sat on a hospital bed while Emily was heavily pregnant and about to be induced with their child. Though part of our daily lives, in a more high-profile way it commonly takes the form of TV discussions, where black and brown thinkers are invited into the studio to explain why a racist thing is racist while being shouted down by the shows white host or well-known guest, who have little knowledge and no experience of what racism actually is. What do you say when you find the N-word written in your classroom? The gaslighting we experience, and that our broadcasters specialise in, fuels racism by labelling anyone who dares to call it out as having a chip on their shoulder, playing the race card, making a fuss over nothing, or (and this is my personal favourite) being the real racist. asks MELANIE McDONAGH. Journal of Sports Sciences, 30 (3), 229-239. http://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2011.639384, Olusoga, P., Butt, J., Maynard, I., & Hays, K. (2010). Olusoga began his television career as a researcher on the 1999 BBC series Western Front. 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