Science for Sport Podcast
Behind the Scenes of Elite Performance – Unlocking the Science, Stories, and Strategies That Make the Best Even Better
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334: How Elite Athletes Respond Under Pressure
August 24th, 2026 | 29 mins 23 secs
athlete monitoring, athlete wellbeing, baseball, basketball, behavioural science, coaching, decision-making, emotional regulation, fatigue, frustration, golf, heart rate, heart rate variability, high-performance sport, mental performance, nhl, performance psychology, pressure performance, recovery, self-talk, sport science, sports psychology, tennis, wearable technology
Dr Alicia Naser explains how behavioural science can help athletes execute more consistently under pressure. Richard and Alicia discuss the links between fatigue, heart rate, self-talk, frustration, wearable data and decision-making, making the case for mental and physical preparation to be treated as one integrated performance system.