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If you want to improve your confidence, culture, or communication within yourself, business, team, or your sport like baseball, softball, basketball, bowling, etc., then this is the podcast for you. Monday through Saturday we‘re putting out a quick hitter-episode for you to mentally prepare and learn more about sport psych and mental performance.
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
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JJ Davis played D1 basketball, played professionally, and then was homeless for 7 years. JJ Davis and I dive deep into the relentless work ethic it takes to reach your potential. We talk about what it takes to play professionally and how he builds leadership skills in his athletes.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
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Kenny Gajewski and I dive deep into what it means to let your athletes play free, creating expectations with them, and making your athletes better people. Winning is a by-product of good people playing free. Help yourself help your athletes by listening to this podcast and learning how to communicate with them to turn them into better people.
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
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Rick Heller (Head Baseball Coach at University of Iowa) and I dive deep into the steps you need to take to build quality, positive routines in everything you do. We also talk about how to have athletes deal with failure and the system that he teaches in order to get them to understand the mental game including one of the more interesting topics, which is what a “swing vision” is. Towards the end of the podcast, we also talk about what it takes to be emotionally stable from a coaching perspective and how to use the tools in your toolbelt on purpose instead of reacting to situations and making a mess of it.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
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Ellie Cooper, assistant softball coach at East Carolina University, and I dive deep into recovering from failure and how to do just that. She shares her own story of picking herself back up and what it truly means to be curious and a lifelong learner.
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
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On this episode, Rob Cooper (Head Baseball Coach at Penn State University) and I dive deep into his two most important aspects of the mental game: Awareness and routines. Having an authentic awareness of yourself is essential in being able to notice when you need to slow the game down or (a lot less frequently) speed it up. We dive into his culture workshops he has with his team every Friday where they deconstruct what failure is and simplify the game down. He mentions one of his favorite quotes which sums up one of our big topics, “If you don’t focus on one thing, you’ll be distracted by everything.” We also go over one of the best strategies I have heard yet which is a “black box worksheet.” Check out that worksheet in our Mental Game Booklet.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
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Arianna Luther (Assistant Strength Coach at University of Nevada) and I dive deep into what it means to be a driven athlete and what happens when you’re primarily driven by extrinsic motivators. We also talk about what to do with the kids who don’t listen to you, and what it’s like being a young female coach in the weightroom.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
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On this episode, Kelly Inouye-Perez and I dive deep into the process, approach, and mindset of her athletes and coaching staff at the UCLA softball program, the 2019 College World Series Champions.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
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On this episode, Ryan Tuntland and I dive deep into what it means to be motivated and driven and HOW to stay motivated and driven. We also get into how to train focus and get players to focus on what they want to focus on, when they want to focus on it. Finally, and probably the most important, we talking about the thinking, feeling, and experiencing loop that can either be beneficial or destructive. It really just depends on how you use it. SUPER interesting conversation that I think you’ll really enjoy.
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
These book notes are split up into three parts: Quotes, Mental Practices, and Coaching Practices. If you’re an athlete or coach, you’re going to want to check this one out. This spoken annotated bibliography will give you a glimpse at my thoughts on some of his book. Definitely worth checking out the book yourself though. The stories are PHENOMENAL.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
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On this episode, Matt Swope (Assistant Baseball Coach at University of Maryland) and I dive deep into mental toughness, growth mindset, being competitive, meditation, and overcoming fear. Matt Swope is probably the most authentic coach I’ve had yet on the podcast. His ability to be vulnerable about the adversity he’s been through in life and how it’s built him into the person he is today is translated into the way he approaches coaching and life in general.
Pazik’s BIG 3 Questions:
Can you build a competitive athlete?
How do you enhance mental toughness in your athletes?
What is a specific drill you have at the end of practice to induce competitiveness?