2024-07-29
29 分钟America's top athletes need coaches. And those coaches themselves need guidance. It's a hard and stressful job - and one where coaches can easily become burned out and unhappy. And stressed coaches can't help their athletes win medals. Christine Bolger and Emilie Lazenby of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee teach happiness lessons - many they heard on this podcast - to America's elite coaches. They share their story with Dr Laurie and tell us what regular folk can learn from top coaches. Check out more Olympics related content from Pushkin Industries and iHeartPodcasts here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Pushkin.
This summer, Pushkin is going to the Olympics.
Shows across the network have got all sorts of stories to share, including the latest on on sports science in what's yous Problem?
A suite of swimmers on slight change of plans, a cautionary tales tale of how women had to literally fight to be allowed to run the marathon, and an epic season of revisionist history about why in 1936, America participated in Hitler's Olympics.
Here on the Happiness Lab, we've already spoken to an athlete who fell back in love with the sport she'd grown to hate just in time to head off to the Paris Olympics.
But we're not just interested in the sporting stars.
To get to the Games, every athlete needs the help and adv of someone who shares their passion and commitment.
A coach.
Oh man, this is such a special occasion for me.
I've been a big fan.
It's always humbling to hear that someone is a fan, but I was absolutely over the moon when I found out how much this guest liked the show.
I found your podcast and it resonated so much with me that we were sharing episodes of the Happiness Lab with the coaches we were working with.
Because this expert doesn't just work with any old coaches.
We put these episodes out there, but we don't really know who is listening to them.
And to find out that someone who is actually working in behavioral science with Team USA who would be like are affecting our Olympians and our Paralympians like this is amazing.
You've got many more listeners now from Team USA because of the work that you've been doing.
Christine Bolger is the Associate Director for Coaching at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, helping to train some of the finest athletic trainers on the planet.
We certainly do have some of the best coaches in the world who are at the top of their game, who have been there for decades in some cases and crank out either fantastically gifted performing athletes or teams or both.
Sometimes Christine works with trainers across so many sports.