Demystifying Mental Toughness

David Charlton

Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you're a motivated athlete, coach, sport psychologist, mental game coach or executive listen in for proven and practical advice in this podcast.

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Demystifying Mental Toughness

Episodes (313)

Yesterday 312 Dr John Perry: How Sport Coaches Influence Mental Toughness
Mar 27th 311 Learning Orientation: When Coaches and Athletes Think Differently
Mar 20th 310 Risk Orientation: When Coaches and Athletes Think Differently

Demystifying Mental Toughness

Apr 3, 2026
50¼ minutes
23 MB

To end a recent series on the coach-athlete relationship, in this bonus episode of the Demystifying Mental Toughness Podcast, David Charlton is joined by Dr John Perry, Head of Department of PE and Sports Sciences at the University of Limerick, researcher, former coach and performance analyst, to explore how coaches can better support athletes through the lens of mental toughness. The conversation explores why coaches have such a powerful influence on athletes' habits and environments, how agency and behavioural standards can strengthen control, and why confidence should come from within rather than being outsourced to results, selection or feedback...

Demystifying Mental Toughness

312 Dr John Perry: How Sport Coaches Influence Mental Toughness

David Charlton

00:00 -50:12