Marshall Lian is a masters student studying sports psychology. He has been part of the AMP and Philly YCC coaching staffs.

We had been exchanging messages with Marshall about the importance of having a strong mental game in the world of sports and competition. We found the conversations very interesting and helpful for our own teams so we thought it was time to bring him on the pod and share his experience with all of you.

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0:00 Intro

1:20 Marshall Lian Intro

3:30 What is Mental Toughness?

6:30 VR Training - Cognitive Performance

8:50 Most common mental weak points - resetting after mistakes

11:00 Tools to Improve Mental Resilience

12:35 Reframing

14:15 Impact on Teammates

21:00 Transformational Leadership - Preparing for the Car Crash

26:40 Cultural Artifacts

29:15 Expressing Emotions - is it okay to Internalize?

32:20 Mental Reset Exercise from "Essential Ultimate: Teaching, Coaching, Playing"

34:45 Types of focus, importance of resetting focus, and physical tools

38:15 "I am excited," cues for positive self talk

40:24 How do you reset when things are out of your control?

45:00 Toxic Positivity - can we be too positive?

48:00 It's okay to feel any types of emotions during competition

51:10 Mental strength needs to be worked on over time

55:00 Joe Mazzulla-isms - reframing a threat to a challenge

57:10 Power of believing, self hypnosis

1:01:10 Emotional Regulation

1:04:30 Physical routines to cue mental focus and visualization

1:08:00 How to visualize

1:14:15 Brian Nevison plug, value of physical and mental self care

1:17:30 A little bundle-ruski?

1:17:50 How to contact Marshall

1:22:00 Be seeing you