The Mental Game Powered by The Pazik Performance Group

061. The Tools to Creating Culture - Shonda Stanton

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Shonda Stanton and I dive deep into IU’s culture building activities including how to be an engineer of your own self-belief, being value-based, ways to build mindset, and how to motivate through measuring activities. Click here for Shonda’s full bio.

060. Know Why You're Playing The Game - John Anderson

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John Anderson and I dive deep into self-awareness, getting “unstuck” so you can execute the next play, and the questions you can ask yourself to really find out your reasoning behind playing the game.

059. Working with the Gen Z Athlete - Jacquie Joseph

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Jacquie Joseph and I dive deep into how to work with today’s, Generation Z, athlete. We also talk about why it’s important to go all out and LOSE, having a growth mindset, and building self-awareness by being dipped in the fire of adversity.

How I Became a BEAST in Iceland - Baldur Ragnarsson

058. Creating Buy-In with Jim Schlossnagle

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Jim Schlossnagle is the head baseball coach at Texas Christian University (TCU) and we dive deep into how to create buy-in out of your athletes, how to be confident when you don’t feel confident, and how to give yourself the best chance to win.

057. Implementing The Mental Game with Lonni Alameda

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Lonni Alameda (Head Softball Coach at Florida State University) and I dive deep into the mental game and how she applies it at FSU. This episode is packed with a specific strategies including using the breath, focal points, and verbal cues, how to focus during times of adversity, simplifying down the game to just one thought, teaching self-reliance, and much more. One of my favorite parts is when she talks about The Gate and what they do at the gate before practice everyday.

056. Persistence and Decision Making with James Holbrook

055. How bad do you want it? A simple guide to success in sport with Anthony Concialdi

On this episode, Anthony Concialdi dive deep into showing people you “want it,” baseball and sport philosophies, the difference between coaching grade school, high school, and college athletes, writing down your thoughts, and how sports are actually a lot more simple than you think. If you’re a baseball or softball player, coach, or enthusiast, you NEED to listen to this one <— and I don’t say that often.

Anthony Concialdi is the Director of Baseball at The Dugout Northbrook outside of Chicago, Head Coach for Revolution Baseball Club which is a travel ball organization out of North Chicago Suburbs, and played baseball at Augustana College in Illinois.

054. How to Coach Professional Athletes with Nate Rasmussen

On this episode, Nate Rasmussen and I dive dive into “collecting coins,” breathing, visualization, listening to respond and responding to your athletes response, and ultimately listening at a deeper level. We also get into some applicable ways to make practices more gamelike. Nate Rasmussen is currently the High-A Hitting Coach for the Minnesota Twins and is an absolute stud at producing more runs as an offense. Pazik’s BIG 3 Questions: What are one or two things that you like to see out of your players from the mental side of the game? How do you make practice more gamelike? What is the best way to get athletes to be more realistic about where they are at physically and mentally?

053. Leadership and What to do During Uncertain Times (COVID-19) with Joel Pelland

On this episode, Joel Pelland and I dive dive into physical, mental and emotional fitness. We talk about emotional control, leadership, sleep, eating right, and creating habits right now to help you in the future. We finish the podpod by talking about some ways to help athletes through uncertain times like the one we’re in now. Head Baseball coach at Glenbard east high school and owner of Peak Performance Chicago. After 8 seasons as the head baseball coach Joel is the winningest coach in the 60 plus year history of Glenbard East right outside of Chicago. Joel Is a certified Mental Performance coach, John Maxwell Leadership training certified, and a NFPA sports nutritionist. Joel also works closely with Dr. John Underwoods who owns the Human Performance project which educates athletes on the importance of the lifestyle and performance connection. He played baseball at the Division I NCAA Central Michigan and has traveled the country speaking to athletes, teams, and businesses about leadership, culture, and improving performance.