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TX Coaches – Mental Skills Coaching Workshop [VIDEO]

CALLING ALL COACHES!! High School. College. Youth. Amateur. Wouldn’t you love to learn the mental side of the game from the Pros? The Mental Coaches for multiple world champions? If it’s your passion to develop excellence in young people, you won’t have a better chance this year to learn how to incorporate mental skills into your work. On December 4th in Colleyville, TX, Coach Aaron Weintraub is bringing together the largest, and best collection of mental training talent in North...

22 Nov 2011

There is no such thing as MO (mentum)

Super-enthusiastic Brian Levenson, MA, Sport Psychology holds the theory that there is no such thing as momentum for great athletes. (Only for sportscasters, and armchair QB’s) Great athletes, by contrast are present in the moment, and focused on things that they can control. Brian has some tips for athletes to avoid the idea of momentum, and do the things that the pros do when they’re playing on this weeks edition of the Athlete’s Audio Academy. Brian Levenson is a mental...

7 Nov 2011

Asking for help in a tough sports environment

Robert Price of Elite Minds in DC visits with the Athlete’s Audio today to talk about the stigma that plagues athletes (and people in general) when it comes to asking for help. Especially in the world of football, which may not be the most, shall I say, ‘sensitive’ environment…and one where the best skill players may not touch the ball but 4-7 times a game. You’ve got to be ready, focused, calm, and confident to play your best, and Robert...

31 Oct 2011

Not just golf…EVERY SPORT is not a game of perfect…Dr Patrick Cohn

If you search Sport Psychology on google, on YouTube, or just about anywhere, the first FEW entries that will come up in your search are the brainchildren of Dr. Patrick Cohn, our guest today on the Athlete’s Audio Academy. Dr Cohn has been among the world’s most visible and celebrated Sport Psychology professionals in the world for over 20 years, and we discuss the topic of perfectionism in sports. He blogs regularly, and hosts a website that’s a fantastic resource...

9 Oct 2011

Different kinds of goals for different stages of sports performance

Our second visit with Sport Psychology pro Angus Mugford of the IMG Academies (Here’s the first). Angus works with a team of Mental Conditioning Coaches @IMGAcademies under the direction of Travis Moawad. Angus has got some ideas here on goal setting, to contrast two previous interviews with Josh Lifrak, and Rob Bell. We discuss outcome goals (the big ‘WHY’), process goals, and performance goals for sports. It turns out everyone’s right on their perspective! He is the Head of the IMG Academies...

18 Sep 2011

‘Train to Trust’ and the Tour de You | KC Wilder

A Sport Psychology book for kids, (called Tour de You) using cycling as the theme hit the stands in the last year, and KC Wilder, PhD, knows both ends of that spectrum….the cycling, and the Sport Psychology. She’s a PhD in Sport Psychology from Virginia, and a National champion cyclist. Today, on the Athlete’s Audio Academy, it’s KC’s second visit, (first one’s here) and we discuss the idea of ‘Training to Trust’. That is, planning, preparing, and practicing in your training...

18 Sep 2011

Is there a Home Court advantage? (& How does the mind play into it!?)

Recently minted Masters in Sport Psychology, Brian Levenson of Washington DC, and CoreMentalTraining.com joins us today to talk about his fascinating research on Home court (or field, or ice, or gym) advantage. Brian interviewed a number of NBA players as a part of his research, and shares that with us on the Athlete’s Audio Academy. Brian, along with the writers of Scorecasting have discovered that it does in fact exist, and can be a factor of referees, different routines, and rituals,...

22 Aug 2011

Wait…WHAT was I just thinking?? | 4 types of Focus | Tomas Adalsteinsson

We loved what he said about failure so much that we had him back to talk about focus! Meet Tomas Adalsteinsson, the founder of TheSportBrain.com. Tomas joins us to talk about his graduate work on sustained attention for athletes. You WILL lose your focus in competition, as the research shows that optimal focus only exists for 1-4 seconds. We fluctuate in various degrees of focus throughout all of our activity. Your focus moves and switches all the time between the following four types...

1 Aug 2011

Utopia for Athletes | Angus Mugford of IMG Academies

I think of it as the ‘Walled City of Oz’. That magical place where nobody really knows what goes on inside, but we all suspect that it’s pretty amazing and magical. Even the people who are there call it a ‘Sports Utopia’. Meet Angus Mugford, PhD of the IMG Academies. He joins the Athlete’s Audio Academy to give us a peek inside the tent. The IMG Academy was started by Nick Bollettieri, and among the sports represented with physical skills...

11 Jul 2011

Have you ever been in the zone?? What did it feel like (and how do you get back?!)

Or what does it feel like when you’re on FIRE? What would it be like to be able to get into that space more often? Meet super-energetic, and engaging Justin Su’a, of Su’a Sport Psychology, a consultancy in Utah, focusing on improving and improving mental skills, and performance. Justin consults with NFL Teams, Major League, and College Baseball players, youth athletes, even competitors on Dancing with the Stars! Justin shares with us some of the mindsets that can help young...

27 Jun 2011