Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast

Train Your Mind for Athletic Success

Dr. Jim Taylor
In this podcast, I explore the psychology of sports performance. Drawing on my own elite athletic experience in ski racing, karate, running, and triathlon and decades of working with junior-elite, collegiate, Olympic, and professional athletes, I describe the essential role that the mind plays in athletic success regardless of your sport, age, or level of participation. I examine the attitudes that lay the foundation for achieving your sports goals, the obstacles that can hold you back, the mental “muscles” you need to strengthen, and the exercises and tools you need to train your mind just as you train your body. My podcast provides athletes, coaches, and parents with deep insights, useful information, and practical strategies for how athletes can be most mentally prepared to perform their best when it counts the most.
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #29-Mindset
Episode #29: What is Mindset? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast explores the impact of mindset on sports performance. “Mindset,” is an essential and little addressed contributor to athletic success and a mental area that has only come to light in my work with elite athletes during the past few years. This […]
Nov 5, 2020
12 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #28-Focus Tools
Episode #28: Focus Tools of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes in which I explore the impact of focus on sports performance. This podcast will introduce you to a variety of focus tools that you can add to your mental toolbox that will help you to stay focused […]
Oct 26, 2020
9 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #27-What is Focus?
Episode #27: What is Focus? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes in which I explore the impact of focus on sports performance. Focus is the most misunderstood mental factor among athletes. Most athletes think of focus as concentrating on one thing for a long time. Simply […]
Oct 14, 2020
11 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success: Episode #26-Psych-up and Psych-down Tools
Episode #26: Psych-up and Psych-down Tools of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of two episodes in which I will explore the impact of intensity on sports performance. Your awareness of your level of intensity and your ability to adjust your intensity to its ideal level is essential for performing your […]
Sep 24, 2020
11 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #25-What is Intensity?
Episode #25: What is Intensity? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes in which I will explore the impact of intensity on sports performance. The topic for today’s episode is: What is Intensity? What I mean by intensity is the amount of physiological activity you experience in your […]
Aug 27, 2020
12 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #24-7 Tools for Building Confidence
Episode #24: 7 Tools for Building Confidence of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that examines the impact of confidence on sports performance. This episode introduces you to what confidence is in the context of sports, how it affects athletes, why athletes lose confidence, symptoms of low confidence, […]
Aug 6, 2020
16 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #23-What is Confidence?
Episode #23: What is Confidence? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of two episodes that examines the impact of confidence on sports performance. This episode introduces you to what confidence is in the context of sports, how it affects athletes, why athletes lose confidence, symptoms of low confidence, and […]
Jul 16, 2020
12 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #22-Goal Setting
Episode #22: Goal Setting of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the third of three episodes that examines the impact of motivation on your training efforts and your competitive success. This episode introduces you to the power of goal setting as a tool for increasing and maintaining your motivation in all aspects of […]
May 26, 2020
13 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #21-Tools for Increasing Your Motivation
Episode #21-Tools for Increasing Your Motivation of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the second of three episodes that examines the impact of motivation on your training efforts and your competitive success. Because motivation can ebb and flow on a daily basis depending on the volume and intensity of your training, life […]
May 15, 2020
17 min
Train Your Mind for Athletic Success Podcast: Episode #20-What is Motivation?
Episode #20: What is Motivation? of my Train Your Mind for Athletic Success podcast is the first of three episodes that examines the impact of motivation on your training efforts and your competitive success. This episode will introduce you to what motivation is, why it is the foundation of all aspects of sports performance, and […]
May 5, 2020
9 min
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