Introducing: Losing Control

Have you ever, suddenly and without explanation, lost your ability to do something that you’ve done your entire life? What if that ability had come to define you, and had taken you to the pinnacle of your profession? Losing Control is a podcast about one of the strangest mysteries in sports: the yips, the twisties, or by whatever name you know it, when an athlete or elite performer suddenly loses their ability to do something that they could once do without even thinking about it. Told through conversations with athletes, coaches, scientists, reporters, and more, join host and mental performance expert Justin Su'a–current head of mental performance at the MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays–for ten episodes that examine what happens when athletes and elite performers lose control–and how they get it back. You’ll walk away with stories that empower you to constructively embrace the challenges that you face in your own life, on and off the field, and learn some of the mental skills and strategies that keep the pros on top of their game. It's Losing Control, a podcast about the yips, with Justin Su’a. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Have you ever heard of the yips? What about the twisties?
You've heard about it with other guys like Rick and Keel.
I just I couldn't throw the ball where I wanted to,
so I was trying gets you in a half and
I ended up doing the one and a half. Just
got a little bit lost in the air. I'm just
intua and this is Losing Control a podcast about one
of the strangest phenomenon in sports, the yips, or when

(00:24):
an athlete or elite performer suddenly loses control of their
ability to do the thing that they do better than
almost everyone else in the world. Basically, it's when something
is happening in your mind that you cannot control. It's
not something physical that you can fix right away. You
have to completely step back from it. You spent countless

(00:46):
number of hours and then all of a sudden, you
can't do the most simple task. You'll hear from athletes, coaches,
sports psychologists, neuroscientists, reporters, and even a concert pianist. Losing
Control as a podcast hosted by me Justin Suwa, a
mental performance coach who has had the opportunity to work
with some of the most elite performers in the world

(01:08):
Join me for Losing Control, a podcast that will inspire
and empower you to embrace the challenges that you face
on and off the field, because it's not just about
losing control, it's about getting it back. Hard stories of
people that started getting lost in their dives and then
that was it. I didn't want not to be my story.

(01:31):
That's Losing Control. A new podcast from Sports Illustrated Studios
and I Heart Radio. Losing Control for stories from the
world of sports that you won't hear anywhere else with
me just In Stu. Find Losing Control on the I
Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.