SSC #15: Covid Impacts on Student Athletes by Floranne Carroll and Abby Converse

28/07/2021 40 min
SSC #15: Covid Impacts on Student Athletes by Floranne Carroll and Abby Converse

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Episode Synopsis

When the world shut down this past year, sports came to a halt as well. Without the sport they love, what did the day to day life of these athletes look like? How did athletes adapt and find new ways to train? Most importantly, what did altered training regimens mean for their mental health?

In this episode, hosts Abby Converse and Floranne Carroll break down the impact of the pandemic on high-level athletes. They are joined by fellow Stanford student-athlete Amelia Smith, beach volleyball Olympian Lauren Fendrick, and future water polo Olympian and Stanford alumna Gurpreet Sohi. The hosts will also discuss a Stanford study on effects of the pandemic on the well-being of high-level athletes through Strava, an organization that connects athletes around the world, tracking their training. Dr. Megan Roche, a researcher who conducted the joint study this fall, stops by to share her findings and explore the study’s impacts on future training in collegiate and professional athletics.

Strava and Stanford Survey Study: https://1n4rcn88bk4ziht713dla5ub-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Strava_OnePager_FINAL.pdf
NCAA Well-Being Study: https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/research/ncaa-student-athlete-well-being-study
More on Our Guests:
Amelia Smith: https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/roster/amelia-smith/17864
Lauren Fendrick: https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/lauren-fendrick
Dr. Megan Roche: https://longevity.stanford.edu/lifestyle-medicine-2/lifestyle-team/lifestyle-medicine-2-roche/
https://open.spotify.com/show/3AaJYZngimocFf8aztKTcO
Gurpreet Sohi: https://www.waterpolo.ca/TeamPlayerBio46.aspx

Music:
Man Outta Town (Instrumental) by Forget the Whale, licensed under CC BY-NC SA 4.0
10 Days by Forget the Whale, licensed under CC BY-NC SA 4.0
Ghost (Instrumental) by Forget the Whale, licensed under CC BY-NC SA 4.0
Dream Guitar Loop by YellowTree, licensed under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Soft Echo Sweep by Rob_Marion
Echo Chromatic Riser by Suburbanwizard

Image Credit: Lauren Fendrick licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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