Martin Hagger是科廷大學心理學教授。他的專長領域是社會，健康，運動和運動心理學。他參與了國內外許多研究項目，重點研究動機和行為改變。他目前在體育藥物領域領導項目，促進體育鍛煉和健康飲食，了解意志力和自我控制的機制，並減少暴飲暴食和吸煙率。
在最高水平上，運動員的身體能力，適應能力和技能水平都非常匹配。但是，通常這還不足以在奧運會等最大的舞台上獲勝和表演。對於運動隊和教練來說，開發策略和技術以使運動員的思想處於最佳狀態以實現最佳性能變得越來越重要。
馬丁將概述精英運動員為運動做好心理準備所使用的各種技術，詳細介紹對這些技術的科學研究以及它們的工作方式，以及競技運動員和教練將如何使用這些技術以最大限度地提高表現。
Martin Hagger is Professor of Psychology at Curtin University. His areas of expertise are social, health, sport and exercise psychology. He is involved in numerous research projects nationally and internationally with a focus on motivation and behaviour change. He is currently leading projects in drugs in sport, promoting physical activity and healthy diet, understanding the mechanisms of willpower and self-control, and reducing binge drinking and the prevalence of smoking.
At the highest level, athletes are well-matched in terms of their physical abilities, conditioning, and skill level. But often that is not enough to win and perform on the biggest of stages like the Olympic games. Developing strategies and techniques to get athletes minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance is increasingly important for sports teams and coaches.
Martin will provide an overview of the kinds of techniques that elite athletes use to prepare psychologically for their sport, give details of the scientific research into these techniques and how they work, and how the techniques might be used by competitive athetes and coaches to maximise performance.