PAADS Athlete Development Summit Podcast Series | 2022: Recent Episodes
Duncan Fletcher
Featuring leading professionals from the field of athlete development, the PAADS Podcast Series provides a series of conversations that discuss the trends, developments, challenges and opportunities that currently exist in the industry.
The COViD-19 pandemic has obviously had a far reaching impact on the sport industry and athlete development specialists. We talk to Dr. Sagas about the research he undertook to understand specifically the somewhat surprising impacts on athlete development specialists and the lessons learned for practitioners, leagues, institutions and player associations.
A conversation with Dr. LaKeitha Poole. Dr. Poole has a unique perspective on the mental health of athletes based on her experiences working with both major professional athletes and student athletes.
A conversation with Dr. Jonathan Malesic on the topic of burnout . We discuss what it is, how to recognize it, the concepts overuse in the popular culture and how our perceptions, expectations and objectives in our work can shape how burnout impacts us as individuals.
A conversation with long-time athlete development specialist Lamonte Winston. Lamonte was instrumental in the early days of the NFL's Player Development/Player Engagement initiatives and has a unique perspective on the industry. Lamonte has worked on the cutting edge of the space for years and has a particular specialty in professional athlete transition.
A conversation with retired professional hockey player, Dr. Jay R. Harrison. Dr. Harrison recently completed his PhD where he focused on the impact of athlete development services and its impact on professional athlete well-being.
A conversation with Dr. Timothy Fong, who is the director of the UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship and the co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program. He is also board certified in Addiction Psychiatry, at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. We have a fascinating conversation on how to talk to elite and amateur athletes about gambling, cues of problematic behaviour and how gambling issues sneak under the radar.
A conversation with Yves Btoba and his experiences in collegiate and professional football and how his personal story of flight from war torn Congo, impacted his approach to developing connection and relationships.