THE BACKPAGE PODCAST: TIM WIGMORE

The BackPage podcast is about hearing from influential and inspiring individuals from across the business of sport and esports talk about the trends shaping the future of the industry.

To kick off series 2, Daniel Geey and Jonny Madill are joined by Tim Wigmore, award-winning journalist and co-author of the recently released book that so many connected to sport are talking about at the moment: “The Best. How Elite Athletes are Made”. The book is an inside track on superhuman performance and how the world’s greatest athletes are made. It combines cutting edge science with exclusive insights from some of the world’s greatest athletes and coaches - to help us understand what makes them the best at what they do.

Tim joins Dan and Jonny to talk about some of the themes running through the book, such as the ‘luck of birth’ and how that impacts who becomes successful, and why younger siblings have a significantly greater chance of becoming elite athletes than older brothers and sisters. He also explains why elite athletes are more likely to come from a certain place or school, and delves into the psychology of champions as well as what science says about the psychology of ‘choking’ - a concept so familiar and so widely described yet so poorly understood.

Tim provides a fascinating insight into high performance sport and the mindset of elite athletes. Listen to the episode here.

“The Best. How Elite Athletes are Made” is available to purchase online.

We have an exciting list of guests lined up for the new series – if you have any feedback or ideas for future episodes, get in touch with one of the team.