What Can a Performance Coach Teach Us All?
Sport psychology is psychology on steroids
An episode of the Spirit Levels podcast, hosted by Jenny Valentish and Frank Magree, titled "What Can a Performance Coach Teach Us All?" was published on March 11, 2024 and runs 31 minutes.
March 11, 2024 ·31m · Spirit Levels
Summary
Sport psychology is psychology on steroids. Athletes experience success failure, goal-setting and pressure at a heightened level, so delving into their mindsets has so much to teach us mere mortals about optimising our everyday lives.Our guest is mental fitness coach Brett Stephens, aka Moose. He’s a former professional footballer who then became a performance coach on the professional tennis circuit for over 20 years (including full-time for Pete Sampras in the last 5 years of the tennis legend’s career), also working with surfers, golfers and other athletes. He’s a larger-than-life character on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia, where he lives now.We’ve time-stamped Moose’s interview below so you can jump to the key points.05.55 Pete Sampras’s game plan when he didn’t win a tournament for two years08.20 Moose’s philosophy of effort over perfection09.25 Your attitude towards losing is more important than your attitude towards winning09.52 How his first conversation with a new client goes11.03 The trap of getting caught up in the outcome11.34 Use negative thoughts as fuel13.07 You may be evolving fast, but so is your industry14.21 The language of mindset coaching15.19 You can lose your temper, but you must reset fast16.03 The impact of social media distraction on performance18.29 How do you deal with, overzealous parents?19.31 Is it important to visualise being number one?23.51 The optimum state of ‘relaxed intensity’25.08 The chief lesson Moose learned on his AFL journey27.57 Working with Pete SamprasLINKSMoose as motivational speakerLeave us a voice message for a future episode on SpeakpipeSpirit Levels on InstagramOur newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Sport psychology is psychology on steroids. Athletes experience success failure, goal-setting and pressure at a heightened level, so delving into their mindsets has so much to teach us mere mortals about optimising our everyday lives.
Our guest is mental fitness coach Brett Stephens, aka Moose. He’s a former professional footballer who then became a performance coach on the professional tennis circuit for over 20 years (including full-time for Pete Sampras in the last 5 years of the tennis legend’s career), also working with surfers, golfers and other athletes. He’s a larger-than-life character on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia, where he lives now.
We’ve time-stamped Moose’s interview below so you can jump to the key points.
05.55 Pete Sampras’s game plan when he didn’t win a tournament for two years
08.20 Moose’s philosophy of effort over perfection
09.25 Your attitude towards losing is more important than your attitude towards winning
09.52 How his first conversation with a new client goes
11.03 The trap of getting caught up in the outcome
11.34 Use negative thoughts as fuel
13.07 You may be evolving fast, but so is your industry
14.21 The language of mindset coaching
15.19 You can lose your temper, but you must reset fast
16.03 The impact of social media distraction on performance
18.29 How do you deal with, overzealous parents?
19.31 Is it important to visualise being number one?
23.51 The optimum state of ‘relaxed intensity’
25.08 The chief lesson Moose learned on his AFL journey
27.57 Working with Pete Sampras
LINKS
Leave us a voice message for a future episode on Speakpipe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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