Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. In the second part of their conversation, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How speaking in public is helping Sam to continue to grow. What were the pivotal moments in Sam's career and playing to be efficient rather than for a highlight reel.

If you want to get to know sam even better go to https://sampedlow.com/ or you can find him on Instagram.

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

These times are really difficult for self-employed people, especially in the field of sport. You can help me out by telling 2 friends about this podcast and share this episode on social media!

In the second corona virus special, I go through a self-check in strategy that consists of 3 simple questions to help you do a self-assessment of your thoughts, feelings and emotions during the lockdown!

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. Together, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How unorganized games at a cottage lead to becoming a professional athlete. How dealing with pressure is about finding the right frame to look at things. As well as, how to deal with giving up control and learning how to thrive on uncertainty. 

If you want to get to know sam even better go to https://sampedlow.com/ or you can find him on Instagram.

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

In the second part of my conversation with athletic therapist, clinic owner and coach Tony Carbonette, we talk about his decision to open his own clinic and what it is like working with para-athletes. 

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

There is no doubt that this situation of home isolation is extremely difficult for a lot of people. Yet, the way some social media are approaching strategies to help us through this might be making matters worse instead of better. In this special episode of the Imperfect Athlete, I talk about my way of dealing with this situation, my opinion about how we should deal with it, and maybe just a little bit of a different voice to help people deal with their imperfections.

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

In this first part of my conversation with athletic therapist, coach and clinic owner Tony Carbonette, we discuss what mistakes made Tony want to become an athletic therapist and how they shaped his philosophy, what the difference is between working on professional athletes and 'normal' people and how that can impair your performance and how the US athletic system differs from the Canadian system. Oh, and we briefly talk about the corona virus...

I always enjoy talking to Tony and I am sure you will find his insights and stories just as much fun as I do. Since everyone is in isolation, the sound quality is not always perfect, I hope you understand. 

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here, you can check out the full episode here.

With the current situation, all real life sports are cancelled for the foreseeable future, only one remains: E-sport. Competitive gaming is a fast growing business with millions of fans all over the world. However, a lot of people look at this entertainment and say: "E-sport isn't a real sport". In this episode of JWK Explains, I try to answer the question as well as give my opinion about E-sports.

JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here, you can check out the full episode here.  

When a team isn't performing as it should in professional sports, there is always one thing you can be sure that is going to happen: the coach gets fired. This strategy has become so common that is is not hard to predict when a coaches' time is up.   

In this episode of JWK Explains, I want to have a look at the interesting situation. Is firing the coach actually a viable strategy to boost your team's performance? And what are some of the proposed reason behind this move?    

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In this the Imperfect Athlete podcast special, I compare the performance environments of the teams starring in the popular Netflix shows Last Chance U and Cheer. I look at several different factors and try to understand how these teams work and why athletes and coaches display some of the behaviour you see in the shows.

If you enjoyed this episode, leave a like or comment on on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/.

In the second part of my conversation with Ryan, we shift focus away from his career as an athlete and look at a completely different but at the same time similar performance environment: Ryan's career as a science fiction writer. We discuss a bunch of topics including how to keep growing your skills, the challenges of being a full-time writer and what lessons learned through sport can be applied to a writer.

I really loved this conversation about a topic I did not know that much about myself. I definitely learned a lot and I hope you will too.

If you are interested in Ryan's books, check out the first one in the series here: https://www.amazon.ca/Equalize-Post-Apocalyptic-LitRPG-Ether-Collapse-ebook/dp/B07NFB3XX2

You can also find him on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EtherCollapse/

For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.