Warrick Sue's Podcast

Fifth in the series of 6 exclusive interviews with New Zealand's leading sport psychology consultants who discuss the three attributes that they have seen in elite mentally tough athletes. Interview Number 5 is with Gary Hermanson, currently the Sport Psychologist to the NZ Olympic and Commonwealth Games Teams since 1998 including the recent Bejing Olympics in 2008. Gary has also been the Sport Psychologist for the NZ Black Caps Cricket Team from 2006-2008.

Fourth in the series of 6 exclusive interviews with New Zealand's leading sport psychology consultants who discuss the three attributes that they have seen in elite mentally tough athletes. Interview Number 4 is with Rod Corban, currently the Key Sport Psychology consultant for NZ Academy of Sport and also one of their Performance Consultants. Rod is also the key sport psychology provider for NZ Rowing and NZ Bike where he also supported these teams at the Bejing Olympics. He also supported the NZ Paralympic Team in Bejing and is their key provider for Sport Psychology.

Third in the series of 6 exclusive interviews with New Zealand's leading sport psychology consultants who discuss the three attributes that they have seen in elite mentally tough athletes. Interview Number 3 is with Vicki Aitken, currently the sport psychology consultant for NZ Golf and previously spent 6 years on the Ladies European Tour as the resident Sport Psychologist. She has co-authored 'Caddy Talk' which assists extensively in that very important relationship between golfer and caddy. She also currently writes for NZ triathalon and NZ golf and has 12 years experience consulting to athletes from many sports.

Second in the series of 6 exclusive interviews with New Zealand's leadin sport psychology consultants who discuss the three attributes that they have seen in elite mentally tough athletes. Interview number 2 is with Alex McKenzie (PhD) who is currently leading the 'Coach Accelerate' program for the NZ Academy of Sport where a select number of already elite coaches are upskilled and mentored so that they can produce world champion athletes. One of the coach findings in the program was that at the elite level it was a lack of mental toughness that was the key to failure. Alex McKenzie has been a sport psychology lecturer for 10 years and the professional development manager for 6 years with Rugby Super franchises. He continues to provide his insight to support sport at the elite level.

First of Six exclusive interviews with New Zealand's leading Sport Psychology Consultants who discuss the three attributes that they have seen in elite mentally tough athletes. Interview Number 1 is with Professor Ken Hodge from the University of Otago who was also NZ's first Olympic Team Sport Psychologist and the author of Sport Motivation - Training your mind for Peak Performance. Ken hails from the Southern part of NZ and you may pick up a slight accent. Ken has been one of the founders of academic and applied sport psychology in NZ and remains a major contributor to elite sport in NZ.