Coaching the Athletic Mind
This podcast teaches you how to improve your mental performance whether you're an athlete, parent or coach. You'll learn how to quiet your inner critic so you can excel on the field!
Coaching the Athletic Mind
Latest Episodes
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 36 - Coaching and Raising Male vs Female Athletes with Mike Dickerson Part 2
In episode 36 of the Coaching the Athletic Mind podcast, host Megan Weaver continues part two of a three-part series with longtime coach and sports parent Mike Dickerson, noting a shout-out to the West Genny baseball team’s first state title. T...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 35 - Stepping on the field: Finding Your Safe Space and Team Mindset with Mike Dickerson (Part 1)
In episode 35 of Coaching the Athletic Mind, host Megan Weaver interviews longtime coach and sports parent Mike Dickerson about the mental game and how youth sports have changed. Dickerson shares how baseball became his safe space growing up in...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 34 - Generational Wisdom: Coaching Kids in the 90's to Now
In episode 34 of the Coaching the Athletic Mind podcast, host Megan Weaver interviews her dad about his 20-year coaching background and compares coaching youth softball in the 1990s/2000s with today's players Megan now coaches. They discuss his...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 33 - Sitting the Bench: How to Handle it....
Megan Weaver opens episode 33 of Coaching the Athletic Mind by focusing on the mental challenge of sitting the bench, noting many athletes now tie not playing to decreased self-worth. Drawing from her experience making varsity but sitting much ...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 32 - Highlight Reels: Building Confidence in Your Athletic Mind
In episode 32 of Coaching The Athletic Mind, host Megan Weaver shares a key concept from Dr. Nate Zinser’s The Confident Mind by making regular confidence deposits through a written top-10 highlight reel. She explains that many athletes focus o...