The Mental Mettle Podcast

When Coach Meiss sits on the bench these days he has a lot of roles: head coach, father of a player, and son to one of his assistant coaches.  Yes, 3 generations sit on the bench for each El Paso-Gridley basketball game.   It is an interesting dynamic to be sure..   In this episode hear how Coach Meiss fills all of those roles at the same time while also getting the job done.   

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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If you are a big fish in a little pond, go find a bigger pond.    It doesn't have to be the AAU circuit, but the AAU circuit is a great place to determine how you stack up.    Every summer hundreds of the best junior high and high school players battle it out throughout the U.S.A.    It is great competition, but you have to have the right mindset.   Expect and accept some failure, just make sure to help you better understand what you and your athlete need.   

Gavin Sullivan runs Mid Pro Academy, an AAU program that has made some serious noise these last few years.   Listen to explain how he operates his program to help kids develop.   Check out the Mid Pro site here.   Midwest Prospect Academy (midproacademy.com)

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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Skyler Bowlin has spent over a decade playing professional basketball in Europe.  He loves it and knows he gets to play a game for a living; however, it isn't everything it's cracked up to be.   it can be a grind and takes a solid mindset to make it happen.   

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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Jennifer Hayes is easily the most passionate coach I know.  Her passion and fire for her players and her program are legendary.   She IS Hartsbure-Emden volleyball.  She coaches girls at every level from primary school through high school varsity, and she wins.   A lot.   Listen to how she has built and maintained her program throughout the years.   
   
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.

Sign up for the “Praise to Raise” seminar on 8/28/23.   https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-CspjssH9F7zdhNdAXCPDbg-2AS4_ZQ?fbclid=IwAR04EpHNLo2jvnS-UN9P0QwG6eECiFhtvBVyqp2yyErTF3VxsLWJ1ish-Bw_aem_AQBdWgswoj6J693yL6quL68Jpnn_hPR7UoBi0STKKXn_Nqn0-Fd2yBOa73yRSCSy68I#/registration


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How to win basketball games with AI, no not artificial intelligence, but adversity and intentionality.     In this episode Coach Dehm, assistant coach of the state champion Metamora Redbirds, discuss their 2021-22 and 2022-23 basketball seasons.    The key to their success seems to be adversity, intentionality, and intentional adversity.   

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.

Sign up for the “Praise to Raise” seminar on 8/28/23.   https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-CspjssH9F7zdhNdAXCPDbg-2AS4_ZQ?fbclid=IwAR04EpHNLo2jvnS-UN9P0QwG6eECiFhtvBVyqp2yyErTF3VxsLWJ1ish-Bw_aem_AQBdWgswoj6J693yL6quL68Jpnn_hPR7UoBi0STKKXn_Nqn0-Fd2yBOa73yRSCSy68I#/registration


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Part 1 of an interview with Coach Justin Dehm of the Metamora Redbirds.  He's been the assistant for the Redbirds during their phenomenal run these last few years.   He is a young coach with great ideas and we discuss the benefits of doing things differently in this episode.     

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.

Sign up for the “Praise to Raise” seminar on 8/28/23.   https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvd-CspjssH9F7zdhNdAXCPDbg-2AS4_ZQ?fbclid=IwAR04EpHNLo2jvnS-UN9P0QwG6eECiFhtvBVyqp2yyErTF3VxsLWJ1ish-Bw_aem_AQBdWgswoj6J693yL6quL68Jpnn_hPR7UoBi0STKKXn_Nqn0-Fd2yBOa73yRSCSy68I#/registration


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Was Jesus a hooper?   Well, no.  But I assume he could have been.  But more importantly, how does he view the way you hoop?    In this episode, we talk about the connection between sports and Christianity.     My guest is Coach Kramer Soderberg, Head Coach of Millikin University, and author of "Fill your Cup for Christ".   

CONTACT Coach Soderberg:     [email protected]

CONTACT Coach Thomann:  [email protected]

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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Many parents are asked to coach their kid.   But should you?    Sometimes you don't have a choice.    So if that's the case, how should handle it?    Well, Anna Hayes and Audrey Thomann are two athletes that had the honor and misfortune of playing for a parent in youth sports and in high school.    Hear their stories and how playing for their parent affected their mindset.

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.

https://www.mentalmettlelifecoaching.com/MMpodlanding

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JJ Guedet graduated from Washington high school at Christmas during his senior year and moved into a dorm room at 17 to play football for the University of Minnesota.    After a redshirt year, a covid year,  learning the system, fighting for PT, and a season-ending injury he's now ready to make the most of his 2 remaining years of eligibility.    As a lineman, he is a giant of a man, but it takes more than strength to hold the line.  Playing football in the Big Ten takes intelligence and mental toughness as well.   I am honored to be his mental coach and I can't wait for you to understand why on this episode. 

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.

https://www.mentalmettlelifecoaching.com/MMpodlanding

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

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No.  The ump is not blind, he just has a different perspective than you.    So what does an umpire notice from behind home plate?  Plenty.  In this episode I converse with Stephen Wilson about how mindset towards an umpire affects the performance of a player.    We also discuss how parents and coaches that spout negativity at umpires are modeling negativity to players, and you can't have a positive performance if you have a negative mindset.     

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.

https://www.mentalmettlelifecoaching.com/MMpodlanding

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

For more information about our sponsor, Qwikcut, check out their website and use the code "50hours" to gain 50 hours of free storage.   https://www.qwikcut.com/