Mastering the Mind Podcast

Today we welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Elite Player Development Manager, Darren Ryan, to the podcast 

✅Topics Discussed:

⚽️ Darren’s journey as a professional footballer

🇬🇧 Insight on the UK football culture when Darren was playing & some challenges he experienced as a player

🗣 His transition into coaching & some important lessons Darren has learned

⚖️ Darren’s coaching philosophy & values

🐺 Insight on his current role at Wolves’ Academy

🧠 Some psychological qualities Darren believes makes a successful coach

👨‍⚕️ How sport psychologists are integrated within Wolve’s Academy & the importance of a shared formulation when working with coaches & players

🟠 Insight on the recruitment process at Wolves & some qualities they look for in Academy players

Today we welcome Belgian football Manager, Yannick Ferrera, to the podcast 

✅Topics Discussed:

⚽️ Yannick’s journey becoming a football manager

🤔 Insight on the interview process when applying for a managerial role at a club

⚖️ Yannick’s football philosophy and values as a manager

🧠 Some psychological demands a football manager can experience

🐥 Experience leading St-Truiden to promotion & what is required to create a title winning team

🟣 Working as Anderlecht’s Youth Team’s coach, coaching players such as Romelu Lukaku & Charly Musonda

🇸🇦 Working at Al-Fateh FC & adapting to the lifestyle & cultural differences & with the language barrier

🧠Experience working with various Sport Psychologists & Yannick’s thoughts on integrating this member of staff within the wider team 

Today we welcome Belgian professional UEFA A coach, Cederique Tulleners, to the podcast 

✅Topics Discussed:

⚽️How Céderique got into coaching

🧠 Psychological qualities Céderique believes are important for coaches to acquire, learn & develop

⚖️Coaching philosophy, style & values

🇨🇳🇱🇹🇦🇪Experience working in China, Lithuania & Dubai and the cultural

difference he experienced when coaching

🗣Psychological demands Céderique experiences as a coach

🌎 How he adapted his approach as a coach in each country when working with players & coaches

🧠 Thoughts on Sport Psychology

🔮Céderique’s goals & ambitions 

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🚨EP47 - OUT NOW! Today Belgian professional UEFA A coach, Cederique Tulleners, to the podcast 

✅Topics Discussed:

⚽️How Céderique got into coaching

🧠 Psychological qualities Céderique believes are important for coaches to acquire, learn & develop

⚖️Coaching philosophy, style & values

🇨🇳🇱🇹🇦🇪Experience working in China, Lithuania & Dubai and the cultural

difference he experienced when coaching

🗣Psychological demands Céderique experiences as a coach

🌎 How he adapted his approach as a coach in each country when working with players & coaches

🧠 Thoughts on Sport Psychology

🔮Céderique’s goals & ambitions 

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Today we welcome 4x CrossFit Games athlete, Annie Sakamoto, to the podcast 

✅Topics Discussed:

🏋🏻‍♀️How Annie got into CrossFit being one of the first women to start the sport in 2004

📆 What Annie’s daily & weekly routine as a CrossFit athlete

↗️ The evolution of CrossFit throughout the year

💪🏻Having a CrossFit workout named after her

🧠 Psychological qualities Annie believes are crucial in order to be a successful CrossFit athlete

🗣Annie’s journey as a coach - coaching values & philosophy

🧠 Psychological qualities she believes are required to be a great coach

🔮 Future goals & ambitions

Today we welcome 9x CrossFit Masters athlete, Laurie Meschishnick, to the podcast 🏋🏻‍♀️🇨🇦

✅Topics Discussed:

🇨🇦Growing up & how Laurie was introduced to CrossFit

Today we welcome 3x CrossFit Games athlete, Brandon Luckett, to the podcast 🇺🇸🏋️

✅ Topics Discussed:

🇺🇸 Childhood & growing up

Today we welcome two-time Olympic fencer, Laurence Halsted, to the podcast !

✅Topics Discussed:

🤺 Growing up with parents who were ex-Olympic Fencers

⚔️ Laurence’s rise to success in the sport 

🇬🇧Experience of competing at the London 2012 Olympics

🧠Psychological qualities he believes makes a professional fencer

🇧🇷 Experience of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics

👊🏼 Experience of retiring from fencing

🌎 Laurence’s thoughts on the current Olympic system & what could be done to create a more sustainable one

🇩🇰 Role of being the performance director for the Danish Fencing Federation

🦋 Work with the True Athlete Project & his recent book which was recently published “Becoming a True Athlete: A Practical Philosophy for Flourishing Through Sport”

🔮 Future goals & ambitions

Today we welcome world-renowned sleep coach, Nick Littlehales, to the podcast 💤 !

✅Topics Discussed:

🛏How Nick got into a career as a sleep coach & some of the challenges her experienced at the beginning of his career

⚪️🔴Working with Sir Alex Ferguson & Manchester United, hugely influencing their perception on sleep

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nick’s work with the England National team at the 2004 Euros

🚴 His work with Team Sky’s cycling team & the minimal gains strategies him & his team implemented to optimise the riders sleep & recovery during the Tour de France

⚽️ Working with Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal & Cristiano Ronaldo

🥱 Nick’s R90 technique which has redefined sleep in elite sport

💤Various sleep tips & tricks to maximize recovery 

Today we welcome Australian footballer, Jordy Tucker, to the podcast!

✅Topics Discussed:

⚽️ What it was like moving to the UK from Australia to pursue his dream of becoming a pro-footballer

🔴 Being recruited & signing for Doncaster Rovers & what it was like being a player in a professional football academy set up

🧠 The process of being released from the academy & how he felt & coped psychologically during this difficult period

🇷🇴🇬🇧Experience going on trial at Ludogrets & playing at non-league level in the UK

🇦🇺 Returning to Australia to pursue his professional football career playing in the second tier

🧠Jordy’s thoughts & experience with sport psychology

🤕His current experience with being injury & the numerous challenges that come with it

Today we welcome, Piers Gilliver, to the podcast 🤺

✅Topic Discussed:

🤺How he got into wheelchair fencing & his rapid rise to success

🇬🇧 Piers’ experience of being a part of the Paralympic Inspiration Programme

🇧🇷 The lead up to the Rio 2016 Paralympics & the Rio experience

🧠The psychology of fencing & his pre-performance routine

⚔️The differences between the Épée & Sabre events

🇯🇵 What it was like winning 🥇,🥈 & 🥉at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

🇬🇧 Piers being appointed as MBE at the start of the 2022 year!

🔮Future goals & ambitions