The sports regulars' table

The Sportstammtisch ORF moderator Rainer Pariasek and psychiatrist and psychotherapist Michael Musalek discuss with their guests the many aspects of sports beyond meters, seconds, and goals. Sports, when practiced moderately and regularly, promotes mental health. However, it can also lead to significant psychological stress, especially for competitive athletes, due to perfectionism, performance pressure, a high level of ambition, and on the other side, frustration and discouragement when losing. How do successful athletes cope with this, what strategies do they develop, and how do they manage to motivate themselves to achieve peak performance time and again? Prominent athletes share their thoughts on these topics and their very personal experiences at the Sportstammtisch. In collaboration with ORF Sport +.