The Mental Mettle Podcast

Coach Leonard has a great story to tell.   He is all about Faith, Family, and Football, and it shows.     In this episode, we talk about all of those and about how he has organically grown a program that has nine state championships.   

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Victorious! A story of Faith, Family and Football in the Heartland | Victorious Leonards

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Ryan Tompkins has been a part of GCMS basketball since it started.   He was a player when the schools consolidated, and a few years after college he became the head coach.   He is very aware of the legacy he is purposely building, and it shows.  

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For over 20 years, Josh Jostes has been the Head Coach of one of the best 2A programs in the State of Illinois, but it didn't start that way.   He took over a program that was failing and everyone knew it.   He built it up by facing issues "head on".    They needed a better weight room, so he built it.   They needed more participation, so built a program kids wanted to be a part of.    They needed more physical and mental toughness, so he addressed both.   It is not an accident that Maroa Forsyth went from a 1-8 season his first year to a perennial powerhouse..   

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.mentalmettle | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Honestly,  all referees are out of your control.    Whether you are a coach, a player, or a parent, it should not be your focus.    For coaches, what percentage of your effort, thoughts, and words go into arguing with an official during a game?    Is that percentage an amount you tolerate from your players?    Some soul-searching questions on this week's episode with the best official I have ever worked with, Casey Heimer.  

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New Year's Resolutions are awful.  They almost always fail.    They are resolute, black and white, binary.   The world is not.    There is room for improvement for everyone this 2024, but it doesn't have to come in the form of a resolution.    Instead, focus on a skill you'd like to acquire in 2024 and start creating it.   I can help. 

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.mentalmettle | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
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The only exception is the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, but I'm talking about Hollywood-created Christmas Miracles.   They are fake and don't exemplify real change.   At best they are catalysts for change, but more likely they make us believe that a visit from an angel, 3 ghosts, or a group of German terrorists is what we need to bring the family together around Christmas.    Real change takes effort and time, not movie magic. 

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.mentalmettle | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
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Hallie Mitchell is a softball player, a really good softball player.    So good in fact that she was able to leverage her ability to go from a small Illinois High School to Lexington Kentucky where she plays for the Kentucky Wildcats.    It was exactly what she wanted....but it was also extremely hard.    As her coach, I helped Hallie overcome the struggles of being a first-year SEC player.    Hear her talk about it!

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.
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Toxic situations happen.  They happen in families, in the workplace, and in athletics.    Acting like they do not happen does not prepare us for dealing with them.   In this episode, I break down some useful advice for athletes and coaches when facing conflict and toxic situations.  

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.
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Communication, communication, and communication.  Those are the three most important factors in success according to Coach Plummer.  He should know, he had a lot of it.    Over 30 years of coaching and over 800 wins as a soccer coach make him a guy worth listening to!

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Mental Mettle Coaching specializes in providing comprehensive mental performance coaching services to athletes and teams. In addition, The Mental Mettle Academy offers online classes designed for parents and coaches seeking to enhance their understanding and skills. To discover more about both these offerings, please visit our website.
mentalmettle | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

https://www.mentalmettlelifecoaching.com

Use the code "mettle" at checkout for a special listener discount.

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