S2E20: Flow-State, The Athletic Brain & Overcoming Over-Thinking w Amit Katwala

SEASON 2, EPISODE #20

Dr. Bubbs interviews award-winning writer Amit Katwala to discuss how the athletic brain impacts performance. In this episode, Amit discusses how the art of anticipation and high-speed decision making sets elite athlete’s brains apart from the rest of us, describes what happens in the brain when athletes overthink during competition, reviews the connection between brain neuroplasticity, BDNF and dopamine, how to get into a flow-state, strategies for performing under pressure… and much, much more. 

About Amit Katwala

Amit is an award-winning sport, science and technology writer, editor, speaker. He is author of the highly acclaimed book The Athletic Brain: How Neuroscience is Revolutionising Sport and Can Help You Perform Better . Follow Amit on Twitter.

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S2E15: Analytics, Monitoring & The 24-Hour Athlete w Jordan Webb, MS

SEASON 2, EPISODE #15

Dr. Bubbs sits down with strength coach and head of sport science at The University of Notre-Dame Jordan Webb. In this episode, Jordan shares his experiences working in professional sport in the NBA, NFL, MLS as well as his current role with men’s soccer and women’s rowing. Jordan talks pros and cons of athlete monitoring, integrating technology and analytics into a system, and the fundamental role of effective communication to achieve athlete buy-in and program success.

 About Jordan Webb

Head of Sport Science at the world-renowned University of Notre-Dame. Follow Jordan on Twitter.

Check out the University of Notre-Dame – Human Performance Summit. 

Jordan's “Big Rock” 

Learning to effectively communicate to be a great coach (a lesson he learned from his mentors).