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Mastering the Mind Podcast
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Mastering the Mind Podcast episodes
- Ep. 39 | Moving to Mexico to Pursue Basketball Dream | Joey Hewitt
Today we welcome Joey Hewitt to the podcast 🏀 !
✅Topics Discussed:
🏀Catch up since we last spoke in Part 1
🇲🇽 Joey’s experience playing high level basketball in Mexico & adapting to the culture & language
🤕 His injury experience whilst playing in Mexico
🧠 Psychological qualities he believes makes a successful basketball player
🏀 Some NBA chat & his thoughts on the Warriors who are currently performing extremely well as a team
1 hr 17 min - Ep. 38 | 5x Time Paralympic Medalist at 20 Years Old | Isis Holt
Today we welcome double Paralympian & 5x time Paralympic medalist, Isis Holt, to the podcast 🇦🇺.! ✅Topics Discussed:
🏃♀️How Isis got into professional sports
🧠Sheds light on her condition (cerebral palsy) & how it affects her sporting performance & daily life🏆Winning & breaking the world record in her first major competition in Doha (2015)⏱What it was like to consistently break world records from 2015-2018 (aged 14,15,16)🗣Why it was important for her to take a break from competing in 2018 for a couple of years to focus on herself & her studies (aged 17)🇧🇷First Olympic experience in Rio in 2016 & winning 2 silver medals🇯🇵What it was like competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics & winning silver + how important this delay of the Olympics helped her better prepare🧠Psychological strategies & techniques she used before & during competition + the work she has done with her sport psychologist🔮Her future plan & aspirations53 min - Ep.37 | Team GB and England Rugby 7s Captain | Tom Mitchell
Today we welcome professional Rugby 7s Rugby player as well as Team GB and England captain, Tom Mitchell , to the podcast 🏴🇬🇧.
🏉How Tom got into the sport of rugby.📚 How studying a university degree whilst playing was hugely important for him as it enabled him to develop a wider identity than just that of being a rugby player.🏉Key differences between Rugby 7s & Rugby Union + the physical & psychological of Rugby 7s players tend to endure.🤕Tom’s experiences with injury & how he managed to cope with these difficult periods.🇧🇷What it was like competing at his first Olympics, particularly as the sport of Rugby 7s was making its debut at the Olympics + thoughts of coming short of picking a gold medal.🇯🇵Experience of competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics & explains how he coped with the Games being delayed a year.🗣 Psychological skills Tom believes make a successful Rugby 7s captain & player🔮Tom about his future projects & ambitions.1 hr 29 min - Ep.36 | Arching European Champion & Olympian | Bryony Pitman
Today we welcome professional Archer, Bryony Pitman, to the podcast. ✅Topics Discussed:
🏹How Bryony got into Archery & how important her father was in introducing her to the sport (being an ex-professional Team GB Archer himself).
💪🏻Sheds light on the different elements of training a professional archer undertakes on a weekly basis.👨👧 The dynamics of being coached by her father & how this father-daughter coaching relationship has been so successful.🥇🥉Bryony then takes us through her exciting 2019 year where she won both Bronze at the World Championships and Gold at the European Games after having successfully qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.📚How she managed to balance studying a university degree with her professional archery career.🧠Psychological qualities she believes make a successful archer.📖 The importance of imagery & journaling & how it helps her manage her thoughts & emotions before and after competitions.🧠Qualities Bryony looks for in a sport psychologist.1 hr 3 min - Ep.35 | Great Britain‘s No.1 Shot-Putter | Scott Lincoln
Today we welcome professional shot-putter, Scott Lincoln, to the podcast.✅Topics Discussed:
🧱How Scott managed to balance working a full-time job as a bricklayer & his professional career as an athlete.
📆The couple of months leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, being a rollercoaster journey as Scott was initially struggling to find some form until he successfully qualified for the Olympics.🧠Scott’s experience of working with a sport psychologist & how helpful it has been for him to remain calm & perform optimally during competitions.😍His first Olympic experience & how he best prepared himself for this major event.🗣His relationship with his coach, being a huge source of motivation & an important figure for him in & outside of sport.🎯Some of his goals & ambitions he hopes to achieve now that he has competed at his first Olympics.1 hr 9 min - Ep. 34 | England Futsal Captain - Raoni Medina
Today we welcome professional Futsal player and England captain, Raoni Medina, to the podcast. ✅Topics Discussed:
🇵🇹Experience of sharing the pitch with Ricardo Quaresma & Cristiano Ronaldo at Sporting Lisbon’s academy.
🏴 Raoni's arrival in England where he decided to pursue a futsal career & the FA wanted him to play for England but couldn’t as he did not yet have a British passport.🏴Coping with the criticisms about him representing & captaining England despite not being born here.🗣How he was as a captain & how he managed to get the best out of the team.🧠Techniques he used before games to prepare mentally & the work he has done with a sport psychologist & how much it helped him as an athlete.⚽️Coping with recently retiring from futsal.1 hr 54 min - Ep. 34 | England Futsal Captain - Raoni Medina
Today we welcome professional Futsal player and England captain, Raoni Medina, to the podcast. Raoni takes us through what it what like growing up in Brazil and the challenges of moving to Portugal at a young age to pursue his dream of becoming a professional football player. Raoni got selected to play at Sporting Lisbon's academy, sharing the pitch with the likes of Ricardo Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo, however, found that experience very challenging. Because he was not from Portugal, Raoni had a hard time to get along with his teammates and coaches who, as he mentioned, bullied him during his time there. Nonetheless, throughout the episode, Raoni refers to how important this experience was for him and how it shaped him as a person and as a player. We then go onto to talk about Raoni's arrival in England where he decided to pursue a futsal career, however, the sport wasn't at all established at the time (1st National League began in 2007). After having showed his potential and scoring various goals during important league and cup games, Raoni was approached by members of the FA, asking whether he would be interested in representing England. However, Raoni did not have an English passport at the time. The process of getting the English nationality took some time but did not stop Raoni from winning leagues and golden boots, but finally managed to get his passport and earned his England debut which was an extremely proud moment for him. He explained that being the first player not born in the country to play for England was not well-received by members of the national team. Nevertheless, after having shown his qualities on and off the pitch, Raoni was selected to become England's captain. Raoni shares with us what his first game as captain was like and of the ways he believes a good captain should conduct himself on and off the pitch in order to get the best out of his team. We then go onto talk about some psychological qualities he believes are important to become a successful professional futsal player and of some techniques he uses before games to best mentally prepare himself (e.g., mental imagery). Roani then shares with us that he has worked with a sport psychologist in the past and how much that helped him as an athlete, despite regretting not having used his services earlier. Having recently retired a couple of weeks ago, we then ask Raoni what the retirement process is like and how he is currently experiencing it, being a difficult period for him. We finish off the episode by asking Raoni about his next career goals and ambitions as well as the questions you had for him. Thank you so much for having shared your story Raoni!
1 hr 54 min - Ep. 33 | Working with Nasri, Kompany, Chadli, Doku, Saelemaekers and Co - Glenn Vercauteren
Today we welcome sports physiotherapist, Glenn Vercauteren, to the podcast.✅Topics Discussed:
🗣Glenn’s journey & what it was like growing being the son of Belgian ex-pro footballer/manager, Franky Vercauteren.
🇷🇺His experience working at FCKS Samara & the numerous cultural differences to he encountered.🇧🇪Working at Royal Union St-Gilloise where his role at the club went far beyond providing physiotherapy services & due to him having his UEFA coaching B license, he was able to support the coaching staff too.🟣Working at RSC Anderlcht with players such as Samir Nasri, Nacer Chadli, Alexis Salemaekers, Adrien Trebel & Jeremy Doku.🧠Experience working alongside Anderlecht's sport psychologist & how useful it was when trying to support players who were going through difficult periods & with the stressors he was experiencing as a staff member.🇸🇦Experience working in Saudi Arabia for Al Fateh FC & how he has adapted to the culture.1 hr 56 min - Ep. 32 | Road to Paris 2024 Olympics - Claire Orcel
Today we welcome professional Belgian high jumper, Claire Orcel, to the podcast.✅Topics Discussed:
🏃♀️How Claire got into high jump.
🗣How important her coach, Thierry Briquemont, has been in shaping her as an athlete & as a person, having been there since the very beginning.🏆Claire’s experience of achieving her PB of 1.94m.😓Her disappointment for not making it at the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics, missing out by 1 place.🧘♀️Her opinions on the most important psychological qualities she believes make a successful high jumper as well as some psychological techniques she uses prior to competition.🧠The type of work she is doing with her sport psychologist.✈️ Realities of travelling to competitions around Europe & how mentally draining it can be for an athlete.1 hr 3 min - Ep. 31 | Future Boxing Sensation - Macauley Owen
Today we welcome professional boxer Macauley Owen to the podcast.✅Topics Discussed:
🥊How Macauley was introduced to boxing & how he used the sport to channel the anger & energy he had when he was younger.
🎓What it was like being a student athlete after having been granted a scholarship from Coventry University.💪🏻The challenges of balancing university & boxing throughout his degrees.🦠 How he managed to cope mentally with the pandemic which paused his progression to reach the pro scene & how he used it to improve as an athlete.🏆 What it was like competing in his first professional fight which recently took place.🧠Psychological qualities he thinks are necessary in order to become a successful boxer & some psychological techniques he tried to use (e.g., pre-performance routines) before a fight.🗣The work he has done in the past with various sport psychologists.1 hr 23 min
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Two sports and exercise psychologists (in training) chat with Olympians, professional athletes, esports players & coaches to better understand the crucial role the mind plays in (e)sport…
performance and how they cope with the mental demands of competing at the elite level. Providing high-level competitors with a voice and inspiring listeners.