The
psychiatrist behind the GB Olympic cycling team will be sharing his secrets of
how to perform at the optimum level at our annual conference in January (2014).
Dr
Steve Peters, who is a consultant psychiatrist, bestselling author and Head of
Sports Psychology for UK Athletics, will be speaking at our conference on
Monday, January 27.
Iain Wylie, our interim Chief Executive,
said: “We are absolutely thrilled Steve will be joining us and sharing his
secrets for success. He’s had a fascinating career, working with some of our
best-known and most admired athletes including Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and
Victoria Pendleton to help them perform at their optimum level.
“As in his bestselling book, ‘The Chimp
Paradox’, Steve will be explaining his method to help us understand and control
our ‘inner chimp’, the irrational, impulsive, seemingly impossible part of our
mind that often holds us back.
“By examining motivation, confidence and
communication, he will show that competition is as much in the mind as it is in
the field or on the track – or in the garden centre. We can’t wait to hear what
he has to say.”
In addition to his extraordinary success
with British cycling, Steve has worked on 12 other Olympic disciplines, as well
as Premier League football and English rugby.
Steve began his career as a maths
teacher, before switching to medicine and specialising in patients with severe
and dangerous personality disorders.
His focus is now on how the mind can
enable people to reach optimum performance in all walks of life. Working with
sportspeople at the top of their game, he gives them the confidence to come
back from defeat and out-perform the opposition.
Steve has been described as a ‘genius’ by
Team GB cycling coach Dave Brailsford. Meanwhile, Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton
and Bradley Wiggins have all attributed their success to him.
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