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PODCAST: Perfect In The Pandemic – Mental Performance Mastery Helps HS Soccer Team To A 20-0 State Championship and Perfect Season

Todd Church, Head Girls Soccer Coach at Strongsville High School in Strongsville, Ohio found perfection in the Pandemic. Todd led his program to their 5th state championship in a remarkable 20-0 season. In this podcast we are joined by Church, Strongsville Athletic Director Denny Ziegler, MPM, the teams four senior captains and their top assistant coach who is also a father of one of the teams captains.

PODCAST: Dr. Barry Davis – 5 Strategies To Increase Your Leadership Skill

Dr. Barry Davis is the head baseball coach at Rider University where he has led the Broncos to two conference tournament championships, two regular season championships and has qualified for nine conference tournaments including 8 of the last 12 years.  A member of the elite 900-wins in college baseball coaching club, six of his players have gone on to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft.  A leader with a true growth mindset, Dr. Davis also holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Ph D. in Sports Leadership

Coaching Through COVID: Mental Performance Strategies To Create The Mindset, Habits and Culture Your Athletes Need to Succeed

Coaching through COVID presents new challenges for coaches and athletes. But with those challenges are unique opportunities to thrive. In this video, I walk you through how I’ve helped thousands of youth, high school, college and professional coaches and athletes use this time to invest in themselves and continue to develop the elite mindset, habits… Read More

How to Master The Mental Game of Baseball and Get 1% Better

Spend any time on the baseball field hear coaches and players say “baseball is 90% mental…” Ask them what they do to train their mental game or how they work on it in practice and you will be hard pressed to get an answer. For most baseball coaches and players, the mental game is something… Read More

The ONLY tool you need create the process, routines and habits you want and to destroy the ones you don’t

  Imagine it’s 5:00 a.m. and your cell phone alarm is ringing.  You’re supposed to be at the gym in 30 minutes for your morning conditioning session.  You don’t have a workout written down, an accountability or training partner to meet up with. You plan to just figure out what to do when you get… Read More

A Look Inside College Baseball’s Top Mental Performance Program

I’ve had the privilege of working with Ole Miss Baseball, one of the top college baseball programs in the country and 2009, 2014 and 2018 Southeastern Conference Champions.  Working closely with their Head Coach Mike Bianco, his staff and players has been a highlight of my mental performance coaching career. From being in the dugout… Read More

PODCAST: The mindset it took to become one of college basketball’s greatest players ever

Markus Howard is 21st in all-time NCAA basketball scoring.  He is the Big East Conference’s leader in all-time scoring and their player of the year in 2018-2019.  Howard is one of the most impressive players of all time, yet equally if not more impressive is what he does off the court to prepare.  In this podcast Markus shares the mental performance strategies he used as a player and shares what he’s doing during the Covid-19 pandemic to prepare for a professional career.

PODCAST: The one fight you must win if you are going to be successful?

In this Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Podcast Episode, I share a story about the internal battle we all face between the two wolves inside of us.  The constant struggle between good and bad, between average and excellent, between what you should do and what you want to do.  Win this fight and you will be successful at anything you want to do. 

PODCAST: From no chance to Super Bowl, how MPM helps the LA Rams Justin Lawler both on and off the field

 

PODCAST: Life Is A Strategy Game

In this Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Podcast Episode, I explain how talent is over-rated and how life is a strategy game, not a talent game.  As a society, we over emphasize the importance of talent and under play the importance of strategy.  You can be, have, do anything you want with the right strategy.  When you understand this concept and live this concept you stop making excuses and start making progress.

PODCAST: Bobby Witt Jr. – The Mental Performance Training of an 18-Yr Old with a $7.7 Million Signing Bonus

Bobby Witt Jr.  “Junior” is one of the most exciting young athletes in the country, and was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. The Kansas City Royals inked him to the 3rd largest signing bonus in Major League Baseball history when they paid the 18 year old a $7.79 million dollar signing bonus. He then found himself on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

PODCAST: The Rise of Vitor Belfort: How a Shy Brazilian Teen Became an MMA Superstar

Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort has dominated the mixed martial arts scene for over two decades and cemented his legacy as one of the greatest knockout artists the sport has ever seen, having faced off—and beaten—some of the most legendary names in the sport. He is a a former UFC Light Heavyweight and the UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament champion top three all time in UFC finishes and still competing for world championships into his early 40’s.