90% Mental

90% Mental

90% Mental is a podcast that promotes awareness around mental performance within sport by interviewing athletes and coaches where they can share their stories and perspectives on sport psychology topics. Guests range from Olympians, Olympic Coaches, professional athletes/coaches, collegiate athletes/coaches, sport psychologists, and authors. Every Monday at 5:00 PM there will be a minimum of one episode released.

Episodes

September 3, 2021 41 mins
Sports Performance Coach and former Division 1 Cross Country and Track athlete, Chloe Maleski is here to talk about how she turned grit and discipline into flexibility and adaptability in order for her to compete at an elite level. After years of strenuous training and getting burned out, it became more apparent that she needed to invest in the mental game. Due to this experience, Chloe is a full time mental performance coach worki...
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President of MARS Coaching, Brian Wood, is here to talk about his approach that supports greatness, impact, community, and humanity. Brian shares how he coaches athletes to transition out of sports more effectively and how to play a bigger game with their overall life. Brian prides himself in coaching leaders to prioritize their greatness. 

Links:
brian@manfrommarscoaching.com
https://manfrommarscoaching.com/
IG: @woodmarscoach
Twitter...
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Today in the pocket, Jake and Grant sit down with former NFL Quarterback and Elite Quarterback Coach, Jordan Palmer, where he talks about how he builds elite Quarterbacks from the inside out.

Palmer’s impressive client list consists of Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, Jared Goff, and Sam Darnold. Jordan shares how to manage pressure, prepare to be the Next Man Up, and intimate stories of backing up his brother, Carson ...
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Adam Strong, former Elite Long-Distance Runner, Trainer, and Founder of The Game Changers Next Level Club. Adam takes us back to his childhood where he shares his experience with what he calls “Young Age Crisis” which created so much stress and worry that it ultimately led him to the sport of running and creating his unstoppable mindset.

Adam shares three pieces of Pandemic advice for entrepreneurs. 1. Don’t compare yourself with ...
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Thane Ringler, former Professional Golfer and Performance Coach, shares his journey of self-discovery, his life after sport, and how important it was for him to learn the skill of reframing and honoring the process.

Thane talks about how learning from your failures is critical, and how he took a lesson from every bad shot in his golfing career.

Now a Performance Coach, Thane is thriving by being in service and helping people tap in...
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Nick Anderson, former NBA Basketball player, discusses how to create and honor the mental toughness process and how to overcome mistakes. Nick shares what makes the greats like Michael Jordan, Joe Dumars, and Lebron James so mentally tough and how he prepared to compete against the best night after night.

We all know how important good coaches are for an athlete’s development, and Nick shares an intimate story of how Chuck Daly hel...
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Mental Performance Coach, Grant Parr and Mental Performance Coach, Graham Betchart bring you the Mindset Music Series, where they share their thoughts on the importance and impact of music as it supports overall performance.

Grant and Graham will also be sharing their new mindset music meditation collaboration called “Reflect”. Don’t forget to tune into their second Virtual Mental Skills Concert on February 27th at 6:00 PM PST. Get...
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Ron Jaworski, former NFL Ouarterback and NFL Analyst by 90% Mental
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Lex Gillette, 4x Paralympic Medalist and 4x World Champion for Team USA, talks about the blessings from his blindness and how his athletic journey taught him how to embrace adversity and be self-sufficient.

Lex shares his most mentally tough moment when pursuing a World Championship. He also explains how running and jumping without seeing… becomes a whole new kind of trust.

Keep your eye on this Paralympian next Summer where he wil...
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Former NFL Wide Receiver, Justin Brown, talks about the lessons he learned in transitioning from one college team to another, into the NFL, and finally, by ending his career in the Canadian League.

Justin celebrates all of his adversities and embraces each as that they prepared him for life after football. Now, he is fulfilling the role of service by guiding and mentoring student-athletes. Listen to how this elite athlete turns a c...
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Jim Thompson, Founder of Positive Coaching Alliance talks about the current state of Youth Sports and how the Pandemic is affecting sports as a whole.

During these times, Jim explains why focusing on connection is paramount and being an “elevater” to support people is so important.

This transformational game-changer also shares how to coach a sustainable culture and the power of reframing.

Links:
positivecoach.org/team/thompson-jim
T...
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Mike Franco, Mental Performance Coach for the Dallas Mavericks and Texas Legends, talks about his journey and what motivated him to be a mental performance coach.

Michael shares the importance of tapping into your most authentic self and being about your work every day.

Tune into these two mindset coaches where they both share their grad school stories and what it took to get their careers headed in the right direction.

Links:
Twitte...
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Today in the pocket, Jake and Grant sit down with Shawn Moore, former NFL Quarterback, ACC Player of the Year, and Heisman Finalist, to talk about what it takes to develop an unstoppable mindset.

Shawn shares why it is important to allow yourself to be creative with your play and be an artist when you are on the field leading your team.
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Sean Conley, former NFL Kicker, Author, and Yoga Instructor, where he shares his journey of spiritual discovery and how he kicked himself to freedom.

This NFL Kicker turned Yoga instructor, just released his first book The Point After: How one resilient kicker learned there was more to life than the NFL, which details his pursuit in achieving his ultimate dream and freed him from the professional pressures by finding yoga and livin...
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Jake Kelfer, Best-Selling Author, Motivational Speaker, and Founder of the Professional Basketball Combine, to talk about what it takes to achieve sustainable success and develop unbreakable grit and resilience.

Jake shares what drives his service mentality and why he is built to help people to elevate their dreams. Jake’s positivity is contagious and inspiring.

Links:
www.jakekelfer.com
www.professionalbasketballcombine.com
IG: jakeke...
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Lindsey Wilson, former WNBA Player and Mental Performance Coach, to talk about the power of mental performance training and how it enhanced her collegiate and professional basketball career.

Lindsey is one of the most decorative athletes from Iowa State University earning two Big 12 Championships, a regular-season championship, two Sweet Sixteen appearances, selected as an honorable All-American, named three-time All-Big 12 Confere...
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Quinton Spears, former NFL player, where he shares how his growth mindset allowed him to learn through adversity and be coachable at the professional level.

Quinton gives us a front-row seat on how he taught himself how to adapt, control the controllables, and develop a healthier relationship with pressure so he could compete at a high level.

With his fascination of the mental game. This former NFL player is pursuing a career in me...
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Today in the pocket, Jake and Grant sit down with Matt Gutierrez, former NFL Quarterback, to talk about his leadership style, how he dealt with adversity, and the importance of the Next Man Up Mindset.

Matt reminds us that beyond experiencing success, fame, and all the accolades. He will never forget how much joy he received from playing the game of football.
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Derek Vigon, Sport Psychologist for George Mason University, talks about mental toughness and the importance of building relationships with athletes and coaches.

Derek also shares his pre-performance audio intervention tool that he created called “Psych Beats”, which is blending music, positive self-talk, kinesthetic imagery, tactical information, past performances, and mindful breathing to increase overall confidence and emotional...
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Jesse Halberstadt, Founder at the Institute of Human Performance and former collegiate football player, discusses how his athletic experience prepared him for life after football.

Jesse also talks about how the Pandemic allowed him to see this crisis as an opportunity and how he had to tap into his mental toughness and the W.I.N. Mindset to lead his company to success.

This entrepreneur knows how to create an unbreakable foundation...
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