About this episode
View all timestamps and show notes on the KoopCast website . Episode overview: Jolan Kegelars is psychology professor and a lifelong athlete with a strong interest in the combination of Sport and Clinical psychology. This interest is situated both in research and applied practice. His topics of interest include: existential therapy, behavioral therapy, biofeedback, personality testing, performance enhancement, eating disorders in sports and talent development. Episode highlights: (40:33) Ultramarathon example: missing nutrition or crew, blinding nutrition during long runs, giving the athlete effective nutrition but poor flavors (45:43) Pressure training as a mental skills test: developing mental skills between pressure training tests, examples, previous two episodes on mental skills (55:24) How to use pressure training: identify situations that might challenge you, brainstorm potential solutions, simulate specific aspects, training can be less pressure than the race, incorporate mental skills training, implement pressure progressively, reflection Additional resources: Pressure makes diamonds? A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sports Jolan on Twitter Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible Information on coaching- www.trainright.com Koop’s Social Media Twitter/Instagram- @jasonkoop