The Psychology Podcast
The Psychology of Athletic Excellence w/Dr. Alex Auerbach
September 11, 202555 min · 10,543 words
Show notes
This week, Scott Barry Kaufman sits down with Dr. Alex Auerbach, a licensed counseling and sport performance psychologist who works with some of the world’s top performers—from Olympic champions to NBA, NFL, and MLB athletes, as well as elite military units, Fortune 500 companies, and high-growth startups. Together, they dive into insights from Dr. Auerbach’s book, To Greatness: Your Personal Playbook for the Pursuit of Excellence.
Highlighted moments
players who perceive their coaches to be more stressed also perceive their coaches to be less competent.
“the best athletes really are engaging recovery as a part of practice and using recovery to facilitate their excellence so that they can be consistent over time. We just don't talk so much about the recovery part because it's not as sexy”
“Steph sort of basically saying when Kevin Durant came like, OK, man, this is your your team now, which is pretty uncommon.”
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