Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    In today’s busy lifestyle, it’s all too easy to get distracted away from our primary tasks.  Therefore, being able to be present in the moment has great value, and hence, practising mindfulness has been found to be a useful tool to assist with focusing on such tasks.  It’s easy to see that in the high-pressure situation of elite sport, such a skill has great application. This brings us to today’s guest, Dr. Luke McDonald, who discusses his recent work on mindfulness and stress during wheelchair basketball competition.  Luke was a PhD scholar at the Queensland Academy of Sport and now works within the Prospecting for Gold (P4G) program.  The P4G program is incorporating a novel and fresh approach to talent ID and sports transfer for athletes at an elite level. We hope you enjoy this interview style.  If you have any further questions for Luke, you can email him at luke.macdonald@npsr.ql