The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast

This week we reach into the Vault, going all the way back to December 2014 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches educational clinic at The European Baseball Coaches Association Clinic.  Enjoy Cain live as he takes more than 100 coaches from all over the world through the fundamentals of competing one pitch at a time.

Senior graduating captain Chris Bradley of RPI Hockey is this week's guest on the Peak Performance Podcast. Listen to how passionate Chris is when talking about the Mental Game of Hockey and competing one shift at a time.

Mike Spillane is the former goal tender for The University of Vermont and a former professional hockey player. Spillane is a master of the mental game in the net and talks with Peak Performance Coach Brian Cain about the demands placed on the most mentally demanding position in all of sport:  the hockey goalie.

Brian Cain is the author of The Mental Game of Ice Hockey, Playing One Shift At A Time and the most sought after mental game of ice hockey consultant in the USA. Cain works with top college, high school and select hockey programs on developing a process that allows players and coaches to consistently be at their best when it means the most which is each and every shift.

Jason A. Kersner has been coaching top-level Midget teams in the Washington DC/Baltimore region for most of the past decade.  Under his leadership his teams became recognized as one of the best Midget programs in the country, as measured in both wins and championships.  Jason is also co-owner of Pinnacle Performance, an elite training program that creates holistic athletes through a professional approach to player development.   In this podcast, he talks about the mental game of ice hockey like you have never heard an ice hockey coach talk about competing one shift at a time.  One of the most dedicated coaches I have ever worked with, this is a must-listen episode, whether you have ever ice skated or not.  Follow Coach Kersner on Twitter @SJ_Hockey

Lyndsey Fry was a member of the 2014 Team USA Women’s Ice Hockey Silver Medal winning team at the Sochi Olympics.  She is from Chandler, Arizona, and played collegiately at Harvard University.  In this podcast Fry talks about the mental game challenges she faced when going to college and when playing in the Olympics, what she did to overcome those challenges, the most important aspects of the mental game of hockey, and what she wishes she knew when she was playing that she knows now about the importance of the mental game. Follow Lyndsey on Twitter @FryHockey

This BONUS Podcast Episode features a preview of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance audiobook...

Seth Appert took over the men’s hockey program at RPI prior to the 2006-07 season.  A coach who routinely has one of the toughest schedules in the nation, Appert talks about the importance of the mental game of ice hockey and competing one shift at a time as well as coaching the most important aspect of the game. Prior to starting his tenure at RPI, Appert was an assistant at Denver and was responsible for signing numerous nationally ranked recruiting classes during his nine years with the Pioneers.  Among those he coached or recruited at Denver were the 2006 Hobey Baker Award winner, eight All-Americans, a WCHA Player of the Year, 22 All-WCHA picks, three WCHA Defensive Players of the Year, two WCHA Student-Athletes of the Year and 17 NHL draft picks.  The Pioneers averaged over 23 wins per year during his time as an assistant coach and captured two NCAA national championships, three WCHA playoff championships and two WCHA regular-season titles. Appert was also a four-year letterwinner in the net at Ferris State from 1992-96. Follow Coach Appert on Twitter @SethAppert

This week we reach into the VAULT, going all the way back to 2010 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches' educational clinic to over 500 coaches. Join Cain live as he takes you through the fundamentals of mental toughness training and peak performance.

This weeks guest is Mike Bianco, Head Baseball Coach at The University of Mississippi. Coach Bianco has led the REBS to the 2009 and 2014 SEC Conference championships and a trip to Omaha in 2014. Bianco played and coached at Louisiana State University with quite possibly the greatest mental conditioning coach of all time in 5x NCAA National Championship winning coach and former LSU Athletic Director Skip Bertman. I have been fortunate to work with Bianco and his program since 2009 and was on staff with him when he was an assistant coach with the Team USA Collegiate National Team in the summer of 2013. Bianco is one of the greatest motivators in all of collegiate athletics. His use of stories, team building activities, motivational videos and other strategies have helped turn Ole Miss into one of the top programs in the nation year in and year out. Coach Bianco discusses the importance of training the mental side of the game each and every day and the development of core values within a program that have an impact beyond the game of baseball. Follow Coach Bianco on Twitter @CoachMikeBianco.