One Track Mind
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One Track Mind
Forget last night’s game or who made the team – what are the real issues, forces and innovations shaping the future of sport? Join Professor Sam Robertson as he explores sport’s most compelling questions alongside expert guests from across the globe. The science, the technology, the economics, the p...
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69. The state and future of the Olympics
With the Olympics over for another four years, this episode recaps some of the trends, opportunities and issues that caught David and Sam's eye at the...
68. The future of mental performance
It’s often been said that success in sport at the elite level has more to do with mental rather than physical performance. On this episode into the f...
67. The state of mental performance
In many sports there is a growing recognition that developing an athlete’s mental skills is one of the most high values ways to reach new performance...
66. The future of wellbeing
Part two in the series into Wellbeing, features National Wellbeing Manager - Refereeing for Football Australia, Kay Robinson. As part of her role with...
65. The state of wellbeing
With dedicated roles and departments emerging in sports around the globe, wellbeing is a growing priority in high performance sport.
But what a...
64. The future of female athlete health & performance
On the second episode of the two-part series on female athlete health and performance, David and Sam sit down with Dr Anita Biswas. Anita has over 2...
63. The state of female athlete health & performance
Anterior cruciate ligament injury, menstrual cycle tracking, and relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (or RED-S). Whilst there is still so much more to...
62. The future of concussion management
On Part 2 of the series into Concussion Management, Sam & David are joined by Lead of FIFA’s Heading Expert Group, A/Prof Kerry Peek, to look into the...
61. The state of concussion management
Concussion is one of the hottest current topics in sport, impacting medical, safety, training and even adjudication discussions. But is there even co...
60. The future of talent identification in sport
This episode welcomes back to One Track Mind the renowned sports science and talent researcher Dr Joe Baker. Building on the previous episode, Joe, S...
59. The state of Talent Identification in Sport
Episode 59 marks the first in a new format for the show, moving to dual episodes examining the current 'state' and 'future' of some of sports biggest...
58. MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: 2024 Recap
The annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference in Boston, USA is one of the biggest conferences on the sports calendar. Bringing together thousands...
57. Ten big opportunities & challenges for sport in 2024
Episode 57 marks two major changes for One Track Mind. David Joyce joins the show as host for the coming season. It also signals the start of a variet...
56. Leveraging the power of sports data
Its often been said that sport is a mirror to society. And never has that adage been more true than when talking about data. But just how valuable is...
55. Designing learning environments
How hard should training be? How much variety should athletes experience? How does one balance quantity vs quality of practice? Many of these types of...
54. Performing under pressure
Whether it’s nailing the perfect routine, taking a winning penalty or making that championship winning putt - we all have our favourite example of an...
53. The importance of creativity in sport
Creative athletes have always captured the imagination of the sports fan. We each have our own ideas about what creativity means us in the sporting co...
52. Maximising impact as a sports performance practitioner
The characteristics of high performing athletes are relatively constant. Skill, endurance, power, resilience, dedication are all traits that will neve...
51. The future sports coach
The sports coach of 2023 sure has a lot on their plate. They’re required to be an expert leader, tactician, communicator, relationship builder, media...
50. Computer vision in sport
Over the past three years, One Track Mind has been fortunate enough to host some of sport’s leading practitioners, academics, executives and entrepren...
49. What does 'good' technology look like?
In 2022, a global network of like-minded individuals came together to develop a standardized, evidence-based framework which could be adopted by any s...
48. How could Artificial Intelligence impact sports?
Artificial intelligence is undoubtedly one of the world’s biggest current hot topics. Two and a half years on from our first ever episode of One Track...
47. The importance of science communication in sport
In the age of social media and around the clock content accessibility, we’ve never had more quality information at our fingertips. But the same can al...
46. Can subject matter experts make good leaders?
On this episode of One Track Mind, host Sam Robertson is joined by regular guest of the show, David Joyce, to discuss:
What do you...
45. How does environment impact athlete development?
It’s often said that a champion team will beat a team of champions. But what is it about a team's culture, habits, levels of support, that makes them...
44. Creating safe sporting environments for junior participants
Every child should have the opportunity to participate in sport without being subjected to violence.
However, research has shown that in...
43. Seven musings & observations from 2022
What’s the latest training product or method taking the sporting world by storm? On which problems should organisations be trying to get ahead of thei...
42. What's next in football (soccer) performance? (Part 2)
Football (soccer) is making a change.
Long criticized for being slower to innovate in performance practice than other sports, the emergen...
41. What's next in football (soccer) performance? (Part 1)
Football (soccer) is making a change.
Long criticized for being slower to innovate in performance practice than other sports, the emerge...
40. What's next in Australian football performance?
Australian football has a long-standing reputation as a leader in high performance. So which new areas are clubs focusing on in order to drive perform...
39. Sport & the Entrepreneur (Part 2: Ventures)
When it comes to successful sports start ups, we’ve probably all got our favourite example or story. But for each one of these successes, there are m...
38. Sport & the Entrepreneur (Part 1: Founders)
It’s an understatement to say that entrepreneurship in sport is exploding. Franchises across the globe are making considerable investments, the start...
37. How injury prediction actually could work (Part 2)
Some of the many issues with injury prediction modelling have been discussed on multiple occasions on One Track Mind. But what if we could reach this...
36. How injury prediction actually could work (Part 1)
Some of the many issues with injury prediction modelling have been discussed on multiple occasions on One Track Mind. But what if we could reach this...
35. Genetic testing in sport: science or snake oil?
Genetic testing in sport has emerged as a cost-effective and accessible tool to identify an individual's potential for sporting performance, trainabil...
34. Wearable technology for athlete monitoring
Wearable technology is proliferating at a rate of knots - from smart watches to heart rate monitors, posture-correcting sensors and even our mobile ph...
33. Skill acquisition: sport's untapped performance frontier?
Skill is the defining feature of a successful athlete in many of the sports we play and love. Yet, it remains one of the most controversial areas of h...
32. What's next in baseball performance?
Baseball is often viewed as one of the more traditional team sports. However, it’s recently been at the forefront of the analytics revolution in sport...
31. Improving the talent pathway
We’re all familiar with examples of child sporting prodigies - social media posts of a four year old footballer masterfully dribbling past opponents o...
30. Is light the future of fast?
On the last episode of One Track Mind for 2021, host Sam Robertson is joined by New Zealand strength and conditioning legend Professor John Cronin (JC...