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...

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Translator: Mohand Habchi Reviewer: Elisabeth BuffardWhen we look at Olympic sport,sport at the highest level,there are clearly some athletes who always seem to get it right.For example, Usain Bolt:Olympic 100m, 200m champion, twice over,in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and in the London Olympics.Michael Phelps: the most bemedaled Olympian of all time.These are athletes who clearly get it right,both psychologically and physiologically all of the time.It is also interesting to note that they have contrasting approaches.Usain Bolt, with all his comedy antics,prior to his event, when he is on the start line.We've all seen this. (Laughter)Michael Phelps, however, a much different approach.He sits down, he is listening to music,he has much more cerebral, conte...