What is Resilience?
Resilience in its most fundamental form is the ability to either maintain or quickly recover functioning after experiencing adversity, stress, or a setback.
Pressure Training Benefits Performance
We have very good evidence to suggest that if we perform our practice under pressure, we get better at performing.
Mistakes Coaches Make When Applying Pressure Training
A lot of times I see coaches thinking, we have to do pressure training, but they haven't first taught some of the mental skills that are required, that they want to see tested.
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0:35 - From the Court to Academia: Dr. Kegelaers shares his journey from basketball to sports psychology.
2:10 - Defining Resilience in High Performance: A closer look at what resilience means for athletes and performers.
3:00 - Resilience: A Dynamic Process: Exploring the shift in understanding resilience from a fixed trait to a dynamic process.
4:15 - Resilience vs. Grit and Toughness: Distinguishing resilience from similar concepts
8:15 - The Research Challenge: Discussing the limitations of current research methods in studying resilience.
11:10 - From Theory to Practice: How insights from resilience research can inform coaching and training strategies.
13:20 - Building Resilient Athletes: Practical approaches and the role of the environment in developing resilience.
19:20 - Three Pillars of Resilience in Golf: Delving into robust, rebound, and reintegration resilience and their applications in golf.
25:40 - Mastering Pressure Training: An in-depth look at pressure training and its benefits for athletes.
32:45 - Crafting Effective Pressure Training: Key considerations for designing pressure training sessions that are both effective and safe.
42:50 - The Future of Pressure Training: Exploring the potential of virtual reality and other technologies in training under pressure.
43:55 - Book Recommendations: Dr. Kegelaers shares impactful books that have influenced his work.
45:10 - Current Projects: Insight into Dr. Kegelaers’ current projects on mental health in sports and esports.
Resources
Book Recommendation #1: Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do
Paper #1: Are we really studying resilience in sport? A critical review of adopted methodologies
Book Chapter: Developing Resilience For Golf Performance
About Dr. Jolan Kegelaers
Jolan Kegelaers is a lecturer in health psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on the promotion of mental health, with a specific interest in sports and other performance domains. He completed his PhD on the development of psychological resilience in talented and elite athletes. Currently, he leads several research projects aimed at developing and evaluating novel interventions to promote mental health and well-being across different populations. He is currently also working as the performance psychologist for the Flemish Judo federation.Â
Resilience & Pressure Training w/ Dr. Jolan Kegelaers