Science for Sport Podcast
Behind the Scenes of Elite Performance – Unlocking the Science, Stories, and Strategies That Make the Best Even Better
Displaying 3 items of Science for Sport Podcast with the tag "athlete welfare".
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343: The Enhanced Games: Performance, Risk and Athlete Choice
October 26th, 2026 | 33 mins 29 secs
anti-doping, athlete health, athlete monitoring, athlete welfare, doping in sport, elite sport, enhanced, enhanced games, high performance sport, human performance, informed consent, max martin, maximilian martin, medical supervision, performance enhancement, performance-enhancing drugs, recovery, richard graves, science for sport, science for sport podcast, sport science, sports ethics, sports science, sprinting, swimming, training adaptation, weightlifting
Richard Graves speaks with Enhanced co-founder and CEO Maximilian Martin about the Enhanced Games and the debate surrounding performance-enhancing substances in sport. They discuss athlete choice, medical oversight, informed consent and the inaugural event’s performances, while examining questions about long-term health and the wider responsibilities of promoting enhancement. Maximilian presents Enhanced’s position, with Richard questioning its implications for athletes and sport.
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325: Building Sports Science Systems That Coaches Use
June 22nd, 2026 | 32 mins 5 secs
ai in sport, anna cruse, applied sports science, artificial intelligence, asymmetry, athlete management systems, athlete monitoring, athlete welfare, catapult, coaching, college sport, data analytics, elite sport, football performance, force plates, high-performance sport, human performance, integrated performance teams, ncaa, performance analysis, performance data, performance science, return to play, science for sport podcast, sport science, sports science, sports technology, strength and conditioning, teamworks, university of utah, utah athletics
Anna Cruse joins Richard Graves to discuss how the University of Utah turns performance data into meaningful decisions across 19 sports. Anna explains why context and education matter more than simply collecting additional metrics, how Utah is developing more individualised athlete monitoring and where AI can support sports science without replacing human judgement.
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296: The Mental Game: What Athletes Really Carry with Them
December 1st, 2025 | 27 mins 36 secs
athlete support, athlete welfare, athlete wellbeing, british basketball, elite sport, high performance, kofi josephs, mental health, performance psychology, preventative mental health, psychology in sport, richard graves, science for sport, sport, sports science, whynoti
Former GB basketball player Kofi Josephs joins Richard Graves to share his powerful journey through elite sport, opening up about injury, pressure, mental health, and the reality behind performance. He also reveals how his platform WhyNotI is helping teams take a preventative, data-driven approach to athlete wellbeing.