And one of University of Stirling SportatStirling MSc Performance Coaching alumni, the wonderful Robbie Britton too. Great wee line-up Dr Amy Whitehead

In mental health awareness week, I reflect on the day I cried in frustration when someone I was supporting told me they had been prescribed a strong anti-psychotic drug without being told side-effects, exit strategy & without joined-up healthcare.

Thought my effort on Zwift Bologna’s TT course was spot on & even! But a few watts too much in heat meant I couldn’t maintain 180W in the end! Threshold isn’t only metabolic!

This was a 'scary' read. Mental Health is a biopsychosocial construct in which Performance Directors & Coaches can have a profound influence on it. This paper appears to suggest that some PD's need to work on understanding that influence.
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The dog on her long weekend! Rosemary was off doing a gravel event when we were on a giant walk!

youtu.be/Mbz4S89lRE4?si… I have played some great shots in the last 3 weeks but maybe 1 a round! This is outrageous by Rory McIlroy .

Really good read from Andy Renfree 🇺🇦 The mind-body interaction is key.

Awesome day off with an old friend!

The demands of working with an Olympian & a young athlete are very different. However, I’d argue that it often requires a broader skill-set for the latter. This is not recognised in coach development structures.

For those of us who believe we are evidence-based practitioners, think very carefully before promoting Mental Health Awareness Week. ‘Awareness’ as a thing is based on contested & questionable evidence.

Used a few Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore videos & a reading in my lectures on long term athlete development. Today, a student told me it transformed the way he saw & interacted with teenagers in his coaching. That’s impact!

I am an eternal optimist but when the results of a consultation wholly reflect the views of the person doing the consulting, I get annoyed! Leave the party or be an unruly guest?

Heartbroken for Phil and his family!

This line made me think about a recent meeting I was in: 'when people do not have the information or evidence required to converse about a given topic, they often simply create an illusion that they do by BSing' from John Stoszkowski Dave Collins

Love working with Emma Neupert on a topic that we're so invested in (not on this paper tho).

??: Best Research Methods book for coaches who don't necessarily want to be expert academics, just better coaches?

Let's celebrate in coaching by paying the professional ones fairly & allowing them to have a work-life balance. Let's celebrate volunteers by not treating them as an income stream. Let's value coach education as much as a World Class programme aspiring to excellence.

Worth a read for all staff in academia. How accessible is your content? Following these guidelines makes everyone's life easier: bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employe…

Anyone got a solution? The dog acts as if I’ve just had a bath in beef dripping after Zwift A hot tongue isn’t helpful!

“Thanks for being so open & honest, it’s really refreshing” someone said to me after a meeting this week. Shocking that components of integrity are refreshing, & are often discouraged in some sporting environments.