Plan B - Athletes supporting Athletes

The water polo season ends, the noise fades, and that’s when a lot of athletes finally feel what they’ve been carrying. Coach B sits down with Jasper Dale, fresh off his final season as a D1 men’s water polo player at UC Irvine, to talk about what high-performance coaching looks like from the inside and what changes when you step onto the deck as a coach yourself.

We get into Jasper’s full path, from starting water polo as...

What if half your roster processes the game in a completely different way—and that’s not a problem to fix, but an edge to unlock? Coach B sits down with psychologist and coach Dr. “Coach Carey” Heller to rethink how we talk to athletes so they actually hear us, remember it, and execute when the game gets loud.

We dig into the real meaning of neurodivergent in sport—ADHD, autism, dyslexia—and why it’s a difference, not a de...

A lot of us fall in love with sports from the couch, not the court. Anya did exactly that—and then turned her love of watching games into real-world impact that lifted entire teams. We sit down with this Cornell freshman to unpack how she co-founded a 16-person media group in high school to spotlight undercovered athletes, ran pro-quality media days, and later stepped into strategy roles shaping D1 fan engagement.

We trace...

Athletes the mind body connection is real don't ignore it ! This week we dig into how pre-game scrolling hijacks motivation, dulls focus, and undercuts team connection. Using Neuroscientist  TJ Power’s DOSE model as a guide, from his book The Dose Effect, we share practical swaps that protect brain chemistry so your mind matches your body on game day.

• why dopamine drives effort and focus
• how short-form feeds d...

The final whistle doesn’t have to mean game over. Former D1 soccer player Case Montanile joins us to unpack how injuries pushed him to step away from the game he loved and redirect that same competitive drive into commercial real estate. What emerges isn’t a sob story—it’s a playbook for turning athletic grit into career momentum, without losing your love for sport or yourself.

We walk through the real stuff athletes rarel...

Ten seconds can hold a season’s worth of pressure. Nick, a senior 100, 200, and 4x100 sprinter, walks us through how he turns that pressure into speed by starting months early, lifting with purpose, and translating gym gains into cleaner mechanics on the track. We dig into the shift from “just showing up” to training with intention, and how simple choices—sleep, warmups, and daily core finishers—unlock relaxed form and faster top-e...

We cut through the noise on trans youth in sport by examining real participation numbers, performance gaps after puberty, and the mental health stakes of belonging. We challenge glossy campaigns, map the current legal landscape, and offer a concrete idea to expand opportunity without sacrificing fairness.

• mission of athletes supporting athletes and signal versus noise
• critique of the ACLU More Than A Game campaign ...

A coach’s origin story doesn’t always start with a medal. Coach Monica begins with love for the water, isolation in adolescence, and a brutal race that sent her out of the sport—only to return years later with a philosophy built on belonging, clarity, and second chances. We talk candidly about what it feels like to be the slowest in the fastest heat, why perspective arrives late, and how that moment now informs a program where no o...

What if the best season starts when you finally stop forcing it? That’s the turning point Maddie shares as we trace her path from a three-year-old flipping off couches to a UCLA D1 Gymnast and now a senior balancing bars and degree in applied mathematics! WOW!  Maddie almost walked away after Level 10, burned out by self-promotion and a chaotic recruiting landscape—then found her rhythm, got into UCLA academically, and seized a rar...

Welcome to Season 2 - A season opener should feel like a spark—and Olav brings the fire. He’s a NorCal senior, a multi‑sport athlete, and a defensive end who finished his last season with an ACL and meniscus tear. What follows is a candid, unfiltered look at ambition meeting adversity: the moment a late‑game decision spiraled into surgery, and how he rebuilt his plan around smarter recovery, coaching his teammates, and keeping his ...

Deception is not a flaw in sport; its one of the main features that make elite sport so enjoyable to watch and so difficult to master but it is also the reason why it attracts individuals who exhibit and produce this type of behavior for the sake of producing the necessary results to win. So does that mean that being a "Snake" in sport is wrong? No not exactly but it does mean that for athletes you need to be aware and co...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of March 2025 More than 720 000 people  will die due to suicide every year. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds. 

Suicide Prevention, as difficult as it is, must be a conversation we have to continue to have. Let's not stay silent. Have conversations like this. Lean into others. You are loved. People do care.

On the 11th anniversary of my Australia...

As high school athletes we never want our sporting days to end. The enjoyment of the game, being part of a team, our love of the sport, it is still there when we graduate, it doesn’t fade overnight...well what if you were to learn that it doesn't have to end. What if you were to learn that you can keep being part of a team, keep contributing, keep being part of the action.  This week we meet a former high school quarterback wh...

In this week's episode we have some wisdom for youth athletes from one of our younger podcast guests. Tyla, a throwing champion from Texas, is a Junior in high school and a two time competitor at the World Junior Olympics. Born in the USA Tyla's parents come from Trinidad and Jamaica and both had athletic careers before immigrating to the states. Tyla proudly informs me she is West Indian American and on this day of Indig...

This week we sit down with professional soccer player Luke Pruter. A native from Southern California, be inspired as you hear how Luke not only navigated the demands of being a college student athlete but also held a job at a Pizza shop that kept him up till midnight every night. Unknown to those who cheered on his team from the stands, Luke continued to lead on the field as the GK of the UCI Mens Soccer Team while his mom was slow...

Former Golden State Warriors Player Anthony Lamb drops into the Plan B studio to share with us where he has been in the last couple of years and what he is up to now. An incredible young man who is not only an inspiring athlete but a kind and thoughtful human who puts family and friendship first. Anthony takes time out of his preparation for the Euro cup to share his thoughts on sport, life and how he recovered from a career ending...

Today's episode we speak with one of the UK's leading sport psychologist Dr Callum Gowling as he shares with us his first book Liquid Mindset. Dr Gowling PHD, is former D1 Tennis player who studied in the US before returning to the UK to complete a PHD and address the difficulties he faced as athlete in regard to sports mentality. Through his work as sports psychologists and in his research he has created a ground breakin...

Part 2....an incredible story of resilience and strength continues as former athlete and coach Susan Jackson navigates life without her husband Ryan.

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In this episode we meet Susan Jackson. A former Team USA track and field member, college High Jump and Long Jumper, Susan shares with us how she not only overcome brain cancer but has managed to find the strength to continue to lead and inspire after the loss of her husband 2 years ago. Be inspired by this incredible woman's journey as she draws on the resilience and courage that made her one of the countries top athletes. 

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