
287 Is A Blame Culture In Team Sports Helpful For Performance?
David Charlton and Duncan O'Brien discuss the emotional challenges in football, focusing on blame, shame, guilt, and anger in this week's episode of Demystifying Mental Toughness. Duncan, influenced ...
18 Jul 202525min

286 How To Understand Neurodiversity Better In Football Refereeing
Today, the conversation delves into the experiences of a neurodiverse referee, referee educator and coach, Nathan Sherratt, the owner of The Third Team. We discuss the challenges faced in education, ...
11 Jul 202544min

285 Football Coaches: How To Help Neurodiverse Players Thrive
In today's episode David Charlton and his colleague Adam Batstone emphasised the importance of psychological support in football and sport coaching with children. They particularly acknowledged the n...
4 Jul 202546min

284 What's To Come This Summer – Contemporary Issues in Sport
David Charlton introduces the next phase of the "Demystifying Mental Toughness" podcast, where episodes will address various contemporary issues, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, particular...
27 Jun 20255min

283 How To Help A Swimmer Who Is Online A Lot Checking His Rivals Out
Today, the case study that David Charlton and his colleague Colm O'Donoghue discuss is connected to a 16-year-old swimmer who spends a lot of time online checking his rivals out, be that on social med...
23 Mai 202511min

282 How To Help An Emotional Tennis Player Perform Better
In this episode, David Charlton and his colleague Colm O'Donoghue discussed a case study of a 12-year-old tennis player who struggled with her emotions on the court. She often became overwhelmed by ...
16 Mai 202510min

281 How To Help The Golfer Who Searches For The Perfect Swing
Does the perfect golf swing exist? NO. Does the perfect golf swing equal lower scores in golf? NO – Yet many golfers continue to strive to attain the "perfect swing." This is the topic of conversati...
9 Mai 202510min

280 How To Help A Golfer Who Struggles Playing Strokeplay
David Charlton hosts the Demystifying Mental Toughness podcast with his colleague and a fellow competitive amateur golfer, Colm O'Donoghue today. Colm discusses his journey from playing golf as a chi...
2 Mai 202514min



















