This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with National Champion Andrew Alirez.

Together, they discuss how negative thoughts can creep up in even the best and most confident athletes, the importance of a solid routine before going into any match to prep you emotionally, and ultimately, how much you believe in yourself and your skills is what will lead you to greatness.

Timestamps:

0:37 - Reinforcing thoughts

1:36 - How to wrestle someone you look up to

3:00 - Visualize your greatness

10:12 - The ultimate belief in yourself

11:41 - Negative thoughts will creep up

13:52 - Emotional prep routine

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the coach of Detroit Catholic Central, the great Mitch Hancock.

Together they discuss Hancock's unique ''hustle, have fun, and compete'' mindset, some underappreciated aspects of wrestling, and how faith and spirituality can be a driving force for developing young minds in wrestling and in life.

Timestamps:

5:29 - Developing minds through faith

9:44 - Spirituality and Mindset

11:36 - Hustle, have fun, and compete

16:40 - Competing all the time

18:10 - Underappreciated aspects of wrestling

21:40 - The importance of rest and recovery

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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the great wrestling Olympian Barry Davis.

Together they discuss how you can trick your mind into dealing with pressure, the importance of doing the small things right, and how to help wrestlers understand they aren't defined by what they achieve but by who they are as individuals.

Timestamps:

0:41 - Greatness starts with the mind

1:30 - If you want to win, do the small things right

8:20 - Don't choke under pressure, trick your mind

17:48 - Play your own mind games

20:50 - What you do isn't who you are

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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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