Impact of mental game on youth athletes - from a fellow teen athlete

My guest Brandon Shintani is the founder of the organization Mind Design Sports, created by a teenager and run by support from a team of like minded teenagers. This organization focuses on the most important aspect in a young athlete's life - the often overlooked mental side and sports psychology that is much needed for an athlete to succeed.
We see so many promising young athletes who are extremely talented; yet, they're sometimes not as successful as they should be just because of lack of support in this space.
Brandon and Vai discuss very significant points in this episode -
* How multi sport athletes find their passion and his own personal journey
* His involvement with high school sports
* Role of mental side for athletes to succeed
* Brandon's involvement with sports psychology and how it got initiated
* Support system that his organization provides for athlete success
* How different is this organization from a sports psychology service or coach
* Global reach of his contributing team
*Blog and podcast support for athletes and how different media help absorb information
* Role of contributing team members
* Impact on student athletes and their success
* Helpful tips for athletes to improve performance
* Meditation and other support systems
* Coping with failure and learning to come out of it
* Injuries and sports nutrition, dealing with it all
* Individual sports vs team sports - focus areas
* Useful tips for athletes to benefit from and to contribute in this effort

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