This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with who many believe to be the best youth wrestling coach in the nation, Mike Krause. Together they discuss how getting you kid in early helps to develop a positive mentality for life, why coaching phrases are so important to motivate the wrestlers and how all techniques should be broken down and taught, no matter how difficult they may seem to be.

Timestamps:

1:15 - Positively brainwashing at an early age

2:25 - Coaching phrases

8:58 - Technique fluency

11:05 - Mindset and training

13:33 - Subconscious mindset

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti talks about the aftermath of Fargo and your next steps going forward. He talks about prepping for next year now, the importance of putting your mindset on paper to have a clear visual, and how you can take your game to the next level.

Timestamps:

0:30 Toughest tournament in the country

1:10 How do you get the next best thing

2:25 Put your mindset on paper

5:45 Take it to the next level

7:10 Start mindset young

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the coach of one of the most competitive schools in the country, Tony Walters of St.Anthony's on Long Island. Together they discuss coaching philosophy and athletic fatherhood as well as share tips on how to deal with the biggest fans, the parents.

Timestamps:

0:48 - How to manage parents

10:36 - Your way vs. the coach's way

19:33 - Parents on the sideline

25:00 - The biggest fans are the parents

31:02 - Athletic fatherhood

36:09 - Always be a learner

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the owner of NOVA Wrestling Club and Fortune 500 business man, David Swinger. Together they discuss NOVA's beginning, how the golden circle rule applies to wrestling, and what his vision is for the future.

Timestamps:

0:41 - The Genesis of NOVA Wrestling

7:50 - The Golden Circle, begin with the why

12:30 - The Macrovision of Wrestling

26:08 - Ensuring a chance

35:07 - The Open Arms Approach

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Bo Bassett. Together they discuss Bo's ''Machine Gun Mindset'' that's made him one of the hardest working young men in wrestling. They talk about Bo's Sunday Circuit videos, the importance of taking chances, and how we always need to learn and get better.

Timestamps:

1:52 - Sunday circuits and more

4:01 - The importance of taking chances

7:17 - The willingness to always grow

9:46 - Summer schedule

11:30 - Don't be content, go for more

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Olympian Colton Brown. Together they discuss the mindset needed to compete in an Olympic event, combining wrestling with judo, how the two relate to each other, and some necessary philosophies needed to coach both.

Timestamps:

1:11 - Mindset at the Olympic level

3:23 - 100% Ready for any tournament

9:05 - How wrestling and judo relate to each other

16:42 - We need to talk a lot more about judo

17:34 - Coaching philosophies

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Donnie D of the Yale Street Wrestling Club. Together they discuss Donnie's unique mindset on training, how important it is to know what you want as a wrestler but also be coachable, and the power of reversals.

Timestamps:

1:40 Does the focus change once the season ends?

7:22 Donnie's Mindset

12:57 Being coachable and knowing what you want

24:32 Differing vs. taking the choice

30:27 The lost art of reversal

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the man who trained all the Zannetti brothers, Eugene Lezark Jr. Together, we discuss coaching philosophies, what are the healthy green flags to look for that all great wrestlers have, and when it is time for kids to start making some serious decisions about their wrestling future.

Timestamps:

0:36 - Coaching philosophies

2:55 - What should kids be starting with

7:37 - What age should kids start making decisions

9:36 - Which are the green flags

13:30 - Developing training for kids individually

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This week Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti continues going through the ''Developing the Predator Mindset'' book. This week is only a small part of Chapter 2, Introduction to the Prey Mindset and the Fan Mentality. This chapter explains how those who follow the prey mindset focus on the uncontrollables in life rather than changing the factors they have power over.

Timestamps:

1:27 - Avoiding the Prey Mindset

4:50 - The Fan Mentality

8:30 - Getting caught in the hype

13:02 - Thoughts that bring out our best performance

15:30 - Practice how you want to play

18:04 - Focusing too much on the outcome

21:09 - Chapter recap

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Beau Bartlett. Together, we discuss some unique exercises for intense cardio and flexibility, the importance of talking to your coach, and having a mindset to actively learn something from every single match and practice.

Timestamps:

0:31 - Tumbling for intense cardio

5:19 - Medicine ball exercises

9:37 - Drilling out techniques

12:34 - Actively learning from everyone

18:49 - Coach Cael Sanderson's tip for stress

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