The Sports Mastermind
The Sports Mastermind is where mental toughness meets real-world performance. Hosted by internationally recognized expert Laura Ratto, this podcast delivers quick, high-impact episodes that break down key sport psychology concepts in 10 minutes or less. Whether you're a rising athlete, elite competitor, coach, or parent, you’ll learn how to train your mind like you train your body—building focus, confidence, resilience, and motivation across all sports and skill levels.
Laura brings together her background as a former professional athlete, certified strength coach (CSCS), and college professor to simplify complex mental strategies into practical, easy-to-implement tools. With experience designing Olympic training programs and academic curricula, she’s on a mission to help you perform your best—on and off the field.
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The Sports Mastermind
Latest Episodes
E53: Confidence Series - Players - How to Build Confidence After a Bad Practice
The Focus four for How to build Confidence after a bad practice or competition are:Hit the RESET ButtonBe BETTER THAN YESTERDAYSET REALISTIC GOALSFOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL
E52: Confidence Series - Coaches - How to Build Confidence in Your Athletes
This episode starts the 1st of three in the confidence series. This first episode is tailored more for coaches and specifically discusses how to build confidence in your athletes. The second episode will shift back to the athletes perspective. ...
E51: PETTLEP Series - Basketball - Shooting a Free Throw
Hello and welcome back to the sports mastermind. Last week we used PETTLEP to break down serving a ball in beach volleyball. In this final episode of the series, we will be going over the sequence of events leading up to shooting a free throw i...
E50: PETTLEP Series - Beach Volleyball - Serving a Ball
Hello and welcome back to the sports mastermind. This is the FIFTIETH episode today, so I am going to be doing the beach volleyball bonus episode of PETTLEP. Last week we used PETTLEP to break down taking a shot on goal in soccer. This episode ...
E49: PETTLEP Series - Soccer - Shooting a Penalty Kick
Hello and welcome back to the sports mastermind. Last week we used PETTLEP to break down hitting a pitch in baseball. This episode we will be going over the sequence of events leading up to shooting a penalty kick in soccer. For those of you th...
