What has Covid-19 Revealed about the Meaning of Sport in Our Lives (Pt1)? Dr Mark Nesti - Meaningful Sport Series

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What has the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about the role of sport in our lives? We will discuss how existential psychology can help us understand life and sport under the pandemic and what the pandemic has made us aware of about the human condition more generally. And what about applied sport psychology work with athletes these times? What have we learned?  Our guest Dr Mark Nesti has pioneered the application of existential psychology in sport. He has recently stepped down as Reader in sport psychology at Liverpool John Moores University and is now working as a British Psychological Society Chartered sports psychologist with the first team players and staff at Yorkshire County Cricket club and Aston Villa. Mark has written extensively on existential psychology, spirituality in sport, and applied work with elite and professional athletes.