Coaching Mind's Podcast: Perform at your best! #94 - YOU Can Coach The Mind
Feb 3, 2023
A journey through building mental skills for athletes and teams. Stories about overcoming the yips and coaching confidence from little league to championship seasons. Practical reset tools like breathing and simple rituals to shift out of overthinking. The rise of science-backed methods, a classroom curriculum for focus and leadership, and a scalable academy for coaches and programs.
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Science Turns Guesswork Into Strategy
- Advances in neurobiology and fMRI let Ben move from guesswork to evidence-based mental training.
- He says science explains why fight-or-flight, freezing, or choking happen and how to reverse them.
Mental Training Is Becoming Standard
- Sports psychology lags behind physical training but is following the same trajectory toward being standard practice.
- Ben argues teams that ignore mental training will lose their competitive edge as it becomes commonplace.
Give Every Athlete A Simple Toolbox
- Build a concise toolbox that addresses every common mental performance problem across a team.
- Teach core skills to all players and give extra resources to those who need deeper support.
