Rusty has been associated with the US Paralympic Curling Team since 2008, leading the program as the National Coach since in 2017. He has coached Team USA in the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeonchang 2018 and is preparing Team USA for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. During his tenure with the team he and the team have traveled and competed in International Championships and 3 Paralympic Winter Games on three continents and upwards of 20 countries. Highlighting his tenure with the national team, in April 2021 Team USA, won the Gold Medal at the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling “B” Championships.

He is a Certified Level 3 Mental Management® Coach. He was works with athletes, both adaptive and able bodied, at all levels of participation and many differing sports, with the precision sports gaining his most attention.

More from Rusty will be posted on our Patreon membership in the next few weeks - where we talk about team Self-Image and deeper ways Rusty uses Mental Management® as a National Coach: https://www.patreon.com/with_winning_in_mind

Products mentioned in this episode:

With Winning in Mind: https://mentalmanagement.com/products/with-winning-in-mind

Attainment: https://mentalmanagement.com/products/attainment-the-12-elements-of-elite-performance

Performance Analysis Journal: https://mentalmanagement.com/products/performance-analysis-the-ultimate-performance-journal

Mental Management® System was created and used by Olympic Champion Lanny Bassham. The "With Winning in Mind" podcast and Patreon channel is run by Master Level Mental Management® instructors Troy Bassham and Heather Bassham Sumlin.