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Podcast: The Sport Psych Show
Episode: #235 Dr Matt Hoffmann - Athlete-to-Athlete Mentoring
Description: I'm delighted to speak with Dr Matt Hoffmann in this episode. Matt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Fullerton. He is primarily interested in examining the nature and benefits of high-quality peer athlete mentoring relationships. Relatedly, he investigates how athletes exhibit effective leadership behaviours, including the ways in which leadership is often distributed among team members. Additional interests include the home (dis)advantage phenomenon (particularly in ice hockey), coaching in Masters athletics and the psychosocial experiences of Masters athletes. Matt and I discuss a paper he wrote with Dr Jeemin Kim e...