Tom Bates is a UEFA A Licensed soccer coach and a well known Sport Psychologist who has worked with EPL clubs Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Brom and more, as well as with athletes in professional soccer, boxing, golf, swimming, and numerous other sports. He is the author of the amazing book The Future Coach, which we spoke about in Episode 152 of the Way of Champions Podcast. This episode is a reply of our conversation from 2017, and has so much incredible stuff including:

• How he got into performance psychology
• Only the weak need a psychologist” but even the best should be working with one
• You cannot coach in a freezing cold pool
• Tom shares a great practice from La Masia in Barcelona that helps develop their great culture
• Moving from I/You to “We” is a powerful way to deepen the learning and the resiliency of athletes
• Tom’s belief in the future of High-Performance Coaching
• The very first thing you should do to start a great culture and (maybe the most important)
• Four words you should imagine tattooed on every athlete's head

Learn more about Tom here: https://www.tombatescoaching.com/introduction-to-the-future-coach-course/

Follow Tom on Instagram (@TomBatesCoaching) and Twitter (@TomBatesCoachng with no I)

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