Dr Filho, how would you summarize the value that your research brings into the domain of sports psychology?
I study high-performing individuals and teams. I think it is important to study both individuals and teams because we all perform individual tasks but also need to learn how to thrive in team settings. In essence, I am interested in understanding how individual performers get in the zone or in flow, and
how teammates reach what some coaches colloquially call “team chemistry”. When you understand how elite performers and high-performing teams function, it is possible to develop interventions to optimise learning and performance under the most challenging conditions.