

MindStrong
Lewis Hatchett
Helping you develop a stronger mind to perform, thrive, and handle whatever life throws at you.
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Jul 6, 2024 • 1h 5min
#201 - Geir Jordet - The Psychology Of Penalty Kicks
Geir Jordet holds a PhD. in soccer and psychology and teaches and conducts research on psychology and elite performance at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Expect to learn; the fundamentals to a good penalty taker, are different personalities are suited to penalities, why the style of the kick doesn’t matter, why teams should have enforcers around the penalty taker, mental strategies for improving penalty performance, and much more.
X - https://x.com/GeirJordet
Geir's Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-Lessons-psychology-penalty-shoot/dp/1915780217
Extra Stuff:
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To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

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Jun 30, 2024 • 41min
#200 - 10 Lessons From 200 Episodes
To celebrate 200 episodes of Raising Your Game I break down some of the lessons I've learnt form the past 100 episodes.
Expect to learn; how the support/challenge matrix helps build resilience, the difference between failure and mistakes, why not all self talk is created equal, why to strive for excellence and not perfection, why your emotions aren't bad, how to surround yourself with great people, how to trust your decisions, and much more.
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
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To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 22, 2024 • 1h 21min
#199 - Dr Julie Johnston - 8 Strategies For Coaching Gen-Z Athletes
Dr Julie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University who also competed in international swimming for Ireland and Northern Ireland for ten years, participating in three Commonwealth Games and three World Championships.
Her research focuses on behavioural, social and environmental influences on children and adolescent psychosocial development, health and wellbeing, and more recently on Gen-Z athletes and how best to support them.
Expect to learn; the challenges that Gen-Z athletes face, how to best communicate with Gen-Z athletes, whether coaches are becoming softer, strategies to for developing Gen-Z athletes, and much more.
X - https://x.com/julespjohnston
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 15, 2024 • 1h 17min
#198 - Peter Hurley - The Importance of Drive, Character, and Trust
Peter Hurley is an elite sailor for the US and portrait photographer who is regarded as the industry leader in headshot photography having shot world wide athletes and celebrities.
Expect to learn; how to find your drive, how to avoid complacency, the importance of character and effort in sports, the impact of social media on self-image, embracing and accepting your appearance, the role of trust in photography, and much more.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter_hurley
Website: https://peterhurley.com
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 1, 2024 • 1h 8min
#197 - Adam Meakins - 5 Myths of Physiotherapy
Adam Meakins a Specialist Physiotherapist, Sports Scientist, and Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Expect to learn why bad posture doesn’t causes back pain, deadlifting won’t get you injured, your weak core doesn’t cause your pain / injury, why muscle imbalances are normal, why how you move or do exercises doesn’t always predict your injury risk, and much more.
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adammeakins/
X - https://x.com/AdamMeakins
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

May 23, 2024 • 2h 12min
#196 - Patrick Gaudreau - Why We Should Aim For Excellence & Not Perfection
Patrick Gaudreau is a professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa. Patrick’s work has spanned form achievement, motivation, performance, and perfectionism into the realm of excellencism.
Expect to learn, why we have a desire for perfection, why perfectionists make good cheats, what excellencism is, the difference between excellencism and perfectionism, how to set goals for excellence, how coaches and parents can learn to embrace mistakes, how character can shape your idea of success, and much more.
X - https://x.com/GaudreauUOttawa
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

May 15, 2024 • 53min
#195 - Ben O'Keeffe - How To Take Criticism & Trust Your Decisions
Ben O'Keeffe is an international rugby referee.
Expect to learn: what some misunderstood qualities of rugby referees are, how to deal with criticism, how to not let mistakes stop you from making decisions, how to trust your intuition, why respecting referees is so important, how football's new blue card is a good thing, and much more.
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/okeeffe.ben
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Apr 25, 2024 • 1h 23min
#194 - Joe Welstead - The Benefits Of Having Athletes In Business
Joe Welstead is a former commonwealth swimmer turned entrepreneur and creative.
Expect to learn, why athletes make good employees in business, how to set unbreakable goals and rules, why others should set your goals for you, how his new brand Oshun simplifies hydration, how to learn to delegate and let go of control, why swimming can be made more exciting for the viewer, and much more.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoeWelstead
Oshun: https://drinkoshun.co
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Apr 16, 2024 • 1h 22min
#193 - Dr Duncan Simpson - What Does It Take To Succeed In An Academy?
Dr Duncan Simpson is Director of Personal Development at IMG Academy, Mental Performance Coach, and a podcaster.
IMG Academy is one of the largest and most well regarded sports facilities on the planet, with 1500 athletes coming through every year, it’s a place where some of the very best have made it in college and professional sports in the US and around the world.
Expect to learn the best characteristics to be successful in an academy, how you form a mental performance program for an athlete, integrating mental performance coaching into the academy system, The 5 core fundamentals of IMG’s mental performance programs, the impact of social media on athlete confidence, how to balance academics and sport, and much more.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportPsychDunc
Performers Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@PerformersPod
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Mar 26, 2024 • 1h 52min
#192 - Jack Green - 10 Tough Lessons On Athlete Mental Health & Performance
Jack Green. Jack is a former two-time Olympian, coach, and mentor.
Jack has been one of my favourite sources of content on LinkedIn, especially having been an elite athlete, with his insights into mental health, performance, and wellbeing.
Expect to learn, the dangers of having potential, why you should have a comfort zone, the value of clarity, overcoming the fear of asking for help, creating horizontal relationships in coaching, the power of quality over quantity, defining what success is to you, how marginal gains are pointless if you don’t have a strong foundation, and much more.
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackgreenoly
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com


