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Character Development & Empowering Self-Advocacy in Young Athletes
This one is for the parents of young athletes! Completely different from Rachel's usual topics this podcast with Working With Parents in Sport's Gordon MacLelland covers the following as it relates to young high performance athletes: • The human stress response• The...
Talking Performance part 1 and 2
Jay Carter, Head Coach of Golf New Zealand and Talking Performance podcast host interviews Rachel about Performance, Performance in High Pressure Environments and explores breathing for performance in a bit more detail. Part 1 focuses more on the biomechanics of...
The Magic Academy Podcast
Almost as free form as you can get! After spending two days working together with Premier League coaches for a "Challenging Conversations" workshop Rusty interviews (if that's the right word!) Rachel on helping good people do difficult things, executing under pressure...
Leaders in Sport Podcast
Leaders Performance Advisor Rachel Vickery discusses the importance of front-loading strategies when moving on from failure and setbacks in high-pressure scenarios. “I often talk about the difference between fixing broken and creating awesome,” Rachel Vickery tells...
Leaders in Sport – Anatomy of a Champion Article
When elite teams fall at the final hurdle and fail to win under huge pressure it is often seen as incongruous with a successful run of form. However, Leaders in Sports Performance Advisor, Rachel Vickery, is not surprised. "Many high-performing teams misinterpret...
The Emergency Mind Podcast
In this 1 hour podcast Dr Dan Dworkis, (Emergency Physician and Author of The Emergency Mind) and Rachel sit down and talk about Performance Under Pressure, Physiological Stress Response and the difference between "fixing broken" and "creating awesome". While it's...
Behind The Shield Podcast
This is the first time I've discussed publically some of the darker sides of a high-performance environment and my personal experience as an elite international gymnast. Particularly the challenges to identity, self-worth, managing toxic environments and the...
Performing Under Pressure – The Outlier Project Podcast Interview
How you perform in high-pressure environments is less to do with what you do in the moment of pressure and more to do with everything you've done beforehand to strategically and intentionally prepare for it. In this podcast, Rachel talks with Dan Cooper from the...
Rugby Bricks Podcast – How The Melbourne Storm Use Breathing Tactics to Excel Under Pressure
Rachel shares her extensive knowledge of breathing and has helped many teams and individuals reach full physical, mental and emotional capacity when under high stake environments. Throughout this episode we dive into: Rachels experience with the NBA Golden State...
Keep raising the bar
This morning I did my "stairs workout" alone - 10 sets (70 floors) with 10 full push-ups at the top, 10 squats at the bottom wearing a weighted vest. The first few times I have done it it's been with a group of awesome guys. Super-fit, who have a high standard of...