ISSP Master Class Series – Lecture #12
How To Win: The Building Blocks of Success
DATE: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
Speakers: Dr. Kate Hays
Length of Session: 90 minutes
(60-minute lecture, 30-minute Q&A)
Language: English
(Translated live captioning available)
Time: 11:00 UTC (New York, 7:00; Belo Horizonte, 8:00; Beijing, 19:00; Seoul, 20:00; Sydney 21:00)
Recordings: Available for 60 days after the lecture or from on-demand purchase.
Program Overview
Driving performance gains and maximising the psychological capability to perform under pressure has been the primary focus of Kate’s work as a sport psychologist. Central to her approach is to work collaboratively with others to drive sustainable and psychologically informed high-performance environments, support the design and facilitation of approaches to embed psychological demands in training, and support the relationship dynamics required to underpin successful performance. Kate will bring these components to life with real-world examples as she presents The Building Blocks of Success, a framework she has developed over a 20-year career as a sport psychologist via collaborations with some of the greatest minds in UK sport.
About the Speakers
Dr Kate Hays is The England FA’s Head of Women’s Psychology, working closely with the Lionesses and their Head Coach Sarina Wiegman. Vastly experienced in performance psychology and being part of multidisciplinary teams for 20 years, she has worked across a range of different sports and supported title winning athletes and teams competing in major global events including World Championships, Olympics and the professional equivalent – most recently among the team behind the team at the Women’s Euros 2022 and World Cup 2023.
Kate joined The FA after more than seven years in a similar role with the UK Sport Institute (UKSI), where she led and managed the delivery of the national psychology strategy during the Rio and Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Kate developed and led ground-breaking new programmes within the UK high performance sport system during the Tokyo Olympiad, to drive psychological adaptability and optimise performance during a period of changing organisational structure, unknown budget allocations and the global pandemic. She was also appointed as the TeamGB HQ psychologist for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Program Format
Attendees can participate in an ISSP Master Class session right from their office or home. Upon registration, registrants will be provided the Zoom link to access the presentation on the web in real-time. If you are unable to watch the session live, a recording will be provided afterward to all registrants.
Cost (in USD)
