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Sports & Performance Psychology (ANXIETY & CONFIDENCE) with Sari Shepphird

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Sweaty palms before a date. Racing heart during a presentation. Needing a diaper while delivering a wedding toast. We've all been there. On the heels of New Year's resolutions, sports & performance psychologist Dr. Sari Shepphird explains confidence vs. performance anxiety, the origins of perfectionism, how much social media is too much, self-sabotoage and also dishes on strategies that athletes use to perform under pressure. Also: why you should holler the F word when you're nervous, why being authentic is always the best policy and the perils of professional darts.

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0:00.0

Hey, oligites! It's Alley Ward, being Alley Ward, and sports.

0:06.0

Oh, sports! Sports, sports. Here are some things that I don't know.

0:10.2

Here are some things I'm ignorant about. How cricket works.

0:13.9

I don't know how football works. I don't know the rules for ping pong.

0:19.5

I don't know which William's sister is older. I don't know if technically they're for

0:24.4

eternal twins. I don't know the difference between the jets and the mets.

0:29.4

I'm pretty sure they're both the current sports teams. I was just going to look it up,

0:33.0

but I, you know what I don't want to know. I like some mystery in my life.

0:36.5

I do have some intel, however, on stadium nachos served in a plastic helmet. They are delicious.

0:43.5

I advise you to get them sour cream if you're going to do it. And also, I once threw out a first

0:48.8

pitch at a Detroit Tigers game. Can you believe that? I practiced for weeks and then I choked

0:54.8

and abounced before it hit the plate. And then afterwards, no one would make eye contact with me.

1:01.5

That just embarrassed everyone. It's okay. So sports aren't really my thing, but I do cry at

1:06.8

Olympics commercials. Oh, I love those so much, man. Woo! And I'm all about the triumph of the

1:12.9

spirit. And also, I really love self-help shit. So I have this friend, Christina Ochoa,

1:18.0

she's like a verified Mensa genius. She's also an actress on CW's Valor. She's an animal

1:23.7

kingdom. She's just like so awesome. And like most just total badasses, she gives on point pep talks.

1:30.0

And I needed one. And she recommended this book, The Power of Full Engagement. It's about managing

1:35.2

your energy and not your time. And it's kind of a sports psychology book. And I was like,

1:39.3

oh, but it finally made sense that if scientists are studying ways for athletes to be at their best,

1:46.8

I should be able to apply those strategies to doing things like getting my car washed and answering

1:52.4

emails. So that book got me interested in sports psychology. And I wanted to do an episode of this

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