Olympic Minds – BBC World Service

To mark the 2016 Olympic Games, Claudia asks what goes on inside the head of an Olympian, beginning with the teenage tennis starts of the future learning psychological skills, meeting the footballers in Oslo overcoming their fear of taking penalties, and asks how athletes cope with retirement when their winning days are over.

Olympic Minds – BBC World Service

To mark the 2016 Olympic Games, Claudia asks what goes on inside the head of an Olympian, beginning with the teenage tennis starts of the future learning psychological skills, meeting the footballers in Oslo overcoming their fear of taking penalties, and asks how athletes cope with retirement when their winning days are over.

Claudia in a tennis umpire's seat

Olympic Minds – Tennis

Psychological training for future stars

Claudia reporting beside a football pitch

Olympic Minds – Football

Overcoming stress & the fear of failure

An athlete on a running machine

Olympic Minds – Retirement

How former athletes redefine themselves

Claudia in a tennis umpire's seat

Olympic Minds – Tennis

Psychological training for future stars

Claudia reporting beside a football pitch

Olympic Minds – Football

Overcoming stress & the fear of failure

An athlete on a running machine

Olympic Minds – Retirement

How former athletes redefine themselves