Adversity Advantage: What Scouts are Looking for In Rising Athletes - Episode 10 w/ James "IV" Williams

My guest this week is Top NBA and College Scout James Williams IV.

Chatting with James was a real treat because we are able to get an insight into what coaches, recruiters and scouts are looking for in an athlete.

We also get to find out what any of us surrounding the athletes should be focused on as far as supporting them.

James gave us an inside peak into the mind of a scout and into the world of basketball from the side of the people seeking to employ these athletes for large sums of money.

Please listen and enjoy and share with your up and coming talents and players so they can take heed and be more marketable to the teams and orgs they want to play for.

Other key topics to pay attention to

The Importance of Hard Work

Be a Good Teammate

"The Guy" sometimes doesn't experience that much adversity so it must be manufactured

And more

Please connect with James via:

https://instagram.com/btlhoops

https://twitter.com/btlhoops

https://btlscouting.org

Thanks for listening and watching and please leave a comment of your biggest takeaway from today's conversation with James.

I am so excited to bring you this weeks conversation with former Dartmouth Ice Hockey Player Mackenzie St. Onge.

Mackenzie is our first guest to share about how the pursuit of perfectionism can lead you to some pretty unhealthy habits particularly when it comes to food.

Mackenzie was a multi sport athlete and yet chose Hockey because she saw a bigger upside as well as liked the challenge it called out inside of her.

After competing in sports most of her life she created a movement called the sideline perspective that is about helping athletes find their bearings in life after sport.

I think you are going to love this conversation and the amazing person Mackenzie is.

Please enjoy the listen and shoot me a dm or leave a comment below as to what was your favorite part.

Be sure to connect with Mackenzie via:

IG: https://instagram.com/m.stonge12

https://instagram.com/thesidelineperspective

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sideline-perspective-podcast/id1494805800

Thank you for listening as always take what you learned from today's interview and use it and let us know how it helped you.

Wrestling With Your Mental Game: How To Be An All American Wrestler - Episode #8 -w/ Jathiya Isaac This week on the Mental Advantage Podcast our guest is 7 time All American Wrestler Jathiya Issac. Jathiya fell into wrestling while looking for a way to defend herself in some of the fights she was getting into when she was younger.

She shared with us all about her journey to and through the world of high school and College wrestling. What's incredibly fascinating is how may mental game gems Jathiya shared with us as well as how she found it through being dedicated enough to stay at school during the summers.

She used YouTube and with guidance from her coaches she found Affirmations, Visualization and the power of focus.

Check out the sections below and please like, comment, and subscribe.

00:00:00 Podcast Preview 00:00:41 Intro of Jathiya Isaac 00:01:56 How Jathiya Almost performed with Beyonce 00:03:18 Wrestling helped me defend myself in fights 00:05:22 More Schools Need Women's Wrestling 00:06:32 Cat Cameo 00:06:45 First Time On The Mat & Jathiya Took Out Her Competition 00:08:53 Pressure Makes Diamonds 00:10:17 It's All About Commitment & Consistency 00:12:11 Wrestling with my brother 00:13:06 From Takedown To Pinned -The beginning of a theme in my first time out wrestling matches 00:15:05 I'm Descended From African Royalty I don't like losing 00:16:58 High School Highlights & Its All about the connections 00:19:06 Learning The Patterns Of The Competition & Quick Recovery Time 00:21:39 Still feeling the sting of that one match I lost till this Day & the cost of not specializing 00:24:22 Wrestling with College Decisions: Stay Close to Home vs Wrestling with the Big Dogs I admire? 00:28:14 The Difference between High School & College Wrestling: Its a Full Time Job and Far More of A Mental & Physical Battle 00:31:05 My Mental Advantage: Via YouTube Vids & ET the Hip Hop Preacher 00:34:36 I'm Strong, I'm Graceful, and I'm Powerful: The Power of Affirmations, Focus, and Visualization 00:38:36 You Don't Know Me But You're About To: The Cycle Repeats For My First Time Out Matches 00:41:42 How Does One Become An All American 00:43:04 If you are claiming something about yourself Prove it 00:44:07 It's Not About the Hand Raise It's about What's Next: 00:45:05 Don't Get Stuck On Your Wins & Don't Get Stuck On Your Losses 00:46:12 7 Time All -American In 4 Years of College How does that work? 00:46:48 Technical Difficulties: Just like anything You adjust 00:47:42 Championship Mindset: It's different when its at different levels of competition 00:50:31 My Journey wasn't perfect: Getting Injured. 00:51:50 Great Opportunities allow me to be in an enviroment of excellence 00:54:27 My injury and recovery journey 00:56:30 After The Decision Comes The Action 00:58:48 Using Visualization to Not miss a beat during Injury rehab & recovery 01:01:32 Rapid Fire Questions With Jathiya 01:05:21 Closeout and Connect with Jathiya

To connect with Jathiya : IG: https://www.instagram.com/jty_fit/ and https://www.instagram.com/j_tia1/

To connect with the host: IG: https://instagram.com/bryndrescher Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryndrescher Facebook: https://facebook.com/bryndrescher TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bryndrescher LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bryndrescher Website: https://bryndrescher.com/speaking

As the 2021 Olympics are fast approaching in about two weeks. This weeks guest, Tayyiba Haneef-Park is no stranger to the International event.

She went not once not twice but 3 times and medaled twice.

Tayyiba takes us through her journey as a Olympic Volleyball player and gives us an all access pass to the behind the scenes of what its like to be at and compete for the Gold.

In this episode we cover:

-The power of having a strong why

-The importance of having smaller goals leading up to the big goal

-The humbling process of learning a sport and developing your skills

-Coming back to your sport after having a child

-Post Olympic depression

-Life after volleyball

And so much more.

Please connect with Tayyiba Haneef-Park via:

IG: https://instagram.com/tayyiba_haneef

Have you ever wondered how some players end up overseas then this episode with you.

My guest is Professional Basketball Player Josh Young who plays overseas in Germany for Vechta.

Josh found a sport he loved and used that love and the support of his amazing family and some great coaches to go all the way PRO.

He speaks about how important visualization, identity, great coaches, and just being so good no matter the size of your school they will find you and recruit you.

Josh also talks about how coaches can kill any athletes love of their sport and how they should take that responsibility very seriously.

Please listen, subscribe, and leave a rating and a comment.

Thank you for listening :)

Please connect with Josh via:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jayo8_/

Website: https://www.competitionofone.com/

To follow or connect with me:

IG https://instagram.com/bryndrescher

Twitter https://twitter.com/bryndrescher

LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/bryndrescher

FB https://facebook.com/bryndrescher

The All-In Mentality - How To Excel At A Sport When You Aren't A Natural - Epiosode 5 w/ Natalie Allport

We now are talking about the world of winter sports and in particular, ice hockey and snowboarding.

Natalie takes us inside her journey of pursuing professional and top level snowboarding and all that comes with it.

Natalie shared that her olympic dream was born at 3 years old and Tiger woods was an inspiration thanks to her mom.

She never dreamed of anything less than being the best and she ultimately found it in proving to herself there is nothing she can't do.

Topics we covered:

The Olympics, Mental Health, Identity, Bad Coaches, the type of athlete she has always been and more.

You can connect with Natalie via:

her podcast @theallinproject on instagram and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-natalie-allport-/id1231899480

IG: @natalieallport

Please subscribe to the podcast via apple and leave a review via https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mental-advantage-podcast/id1565885466

and connect with your host Bryn via IG @bryndrescher.com

Shea Hillenbrand brought the raw honest truth in Episode 4 about a side of professional sports that isn't talked about a lot.

This conversation was incredibly powerful in that we covered:

How to create your future

How to use the right energy to succeed and how negative energy might be keeping you from being great.

How to be accountable

What it's like to reach the pinnacle of a life long dream so early.

Why Shea walked away from baseball when he was at the height of his career.

How Shea faced wanting not to live anymore and how he found himself, a better way of life, and a new mission.

This episode is especially crucial for any athletes pursuing baseball (or really any major sport) at the highest level because unfortunately Shea's story is more common than people may realize.

Connect with Shea via

Instagram: shea_hillenbrand

Twitter:Hillenbrandshea

Please subscribe to the podcast and share with someone you know who needs to hear the lessons shared.

Thanks for listening!

We are already 3 episodes in and we are gifted with the presence of this weeks guest our first woman Val Whiting.

Coach Val as she likes to be called due to her passion for youth has seen Women's Basketball from the highest heights you can take it.

She was a standout at Stanford where she won 2 NCAA Championships, 4 Pac-10 championships. She was All PAC-10 and so much more.

We explore in this episode how she fell into basketball after a failed attempt at another after school sport and didn't even love the game at first.

She went from someone telling her she would never be great at basketball all the way to the WNBA. (Boy were they wrong)

Val shares her journey through all the different levels of her career and gives us some behind the scenes insights through the process.

Coach val was also very transparent about her battle with depression and how it affected her during and post career.

She is now mentoring younger ballers through her story and lessons along the way and helping them to master their mental game.

Please connect with Val via"

Her Lady Baller program (she has changed the link) http://iamcoachval.com/fierce-athlete-academy/

Twitter: @iamcoachval

Instagram: @iam.coachval

Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE, and SHARE :)

In Episode #2 our amazing guest is Former NFL player Greg Camarillo.

Greg played for several seasons in the NFL and is also a husband and a girl dad.

In this episode we talk about Greg being a multi sport athlete. We cover how his family history inspired him to strive for education and hard work.

Greg also shares how moments in his days as a young football player inpired him to push through as a college and NFL player.

I became aware of Greg through him vulnerably sharing a bit via tweets about what it is to transition from football and how that affects your mental health.

We spoke about that and how to make your mark a a walk on in college and a pretty magical thread throughout his career where it all comes together.

You can connect with Greg via twitter @catchcamarillo he is mentoring younger players and inspiring his daughters to chase their dreams and to possibly play football.

Thanks for listening and remember to rate the episode and leave a comment.

On our first episode we are diving into the mind, career, and world of Former Professional Baseball player, AND amazing Human Nick Swisher.

Nick won a world series with the Yankees, was a part of the Billy Beane Moneyball situation in Oakland and had stints with a few other teams.

He is also a girl dad and a proud husband to his superstar wife Joanna Garcia. And when he isn't busy with all of that he is mentoring the next generation of Major leaguers.

What is most notable about Nick is his ENERGY, positivity, drive and HEART!

We discuss how he got started in baseball. We also find out how made the decision to not play football in college as well as what its like to win a world series.

Nick also shares a bit about vulnerability and what he learned about himself through his journey.

You can connect with Nick via IG @yourboyswish and he runs a great room on Clubhouse Monday's and Fridays with 3 other super peeps called "The Secret Sauce"

Please leave a comment below and be sure to rate the episode.