Multi-brain neurofeedback: what are we training for?

Performing under pressure is a fundamental aspect of sport []. Supporting performance under pressure is important to many roles in the sporting sector, including Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Accredited Sport Scientists and Accredited High Performance Managers. Accordingly, the intended audience of this position statement are practitioners whose role includes supporting athletes’ performance under pressure, who we refer to throughout as the performance team. This position statement draws on a systems-led approach []. Such an approach recognises that sport organisations contain multiple stakeholder groups with diverse responsibilities and dynamics, yet which are interconnected and complementary. In the context of performance under pressure, multiple stakeholders will inevitably play important roles and hold different responsibilities in supporting performance under pressure. The purpose of this position statement is to synthesise and translate core concepts and theories regarding performance under pressure—a field that has typically been approached through a psychological lens—to extend all relevant members of the performance teams’ knowledge and understanding of performance under pressure. This knowledge can contribute to the development of more psychologically informed environments [], in which psychological concepts, such as pressure, are more widely understood, discussed and owned by a range of stakeholders in the organisation.