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 40 - Navigating Tough Decisions
In episode 40 of Coaching the Athletic Mind, host Megan Weaver reflects on the mental load coaches carry, and describes her own worry during travel-ball tryout season as players chose other teams. She then teaches decision paralysis using a coa...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 39 - Post-Season Mindset: Reflect, Reset, Recharge
Podcast host Megan Weaver recaps the end of her softball season, noting burnout after coaching about 61 games while parenting three kids. She confesses a tech mistake: a great guest interview was lost when a Zoom recording auto-deleted after 30...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 38 - How to Pitch Mental Performance to Your Athlete
Podcast host Megan Weaver discusses how parents can introduce teenage athletes to mental performance coaching, noting that teens often resist or can’t explain what happens in sessions beyond one-word answers even though parents later see behavi...
Coaching the Athletic Mind Podcast - Episode 37 - Winning Beyond the Stats with Mike Dickerson Part 3
In episode 37 of Coaching the Athletic Mind, host Megan Weaver concludes a three-part series with coach and sports parent Mike Dickerson, shifting from past and present youth sports topics to actionable tools for building the youth mental game....
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...