Sports Psychology Coaching
Welcome to the Success Starts Within podcast! Sport psychology consultant and mental performance coach, Eli Straw, discusses mental game and sport psychology tips, tools, and techniques you can use to elevate your mindset and reach peak performance.
Episodes
319 episodes
Strategy Keep Your Composure During Games
Learn a simple strategy you can use to keep your composure during games and stay in control of your emotions.
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8:05
Stop Playing Tight During Games
Use this strategy to stop playing with so much tension and playing so tight during games. Learn how to relax into the moment and play freely!
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12:49
Overthinking Your Mechanics? Try This!
Try this strategy if you tend to overthink your mechanics when you play.
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8:33
Looking to Others for Approval that You're a Good Enough Player? Try This Strategy!
If you're looking to your coach or teammates for approval and validation that you're a good player, you will find yourself distracted and playing with fear. In this episode, you will learn a strategy you can use to stop looking to others for ap...
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10:05
Get Mentally Relaxed During Games
Learn how getting your mind relaxed when you compete will increase your ability to focus and will help you play with less anxiety and fear.
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9:52
#1 Mental Skill That Will Transform Your Game
Learn the main mental skill you need as an athlete that will take your game to the next level. This mental skill is the foundation of mental toughness and having a strong mindset as an athlete!
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8:26
Top 3 Reasons Athletes Hold Themselves Back During Games
Do you find yourself hesitating and playing timidly? Discover the top 3 reasons you may be holding yourself back when you play and what you can do to stop!
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8:05
#1 Way to Manage Sports Anxiety Before Games
Do you get anxious before games? Learn the best strategy you can use to let go of your anxiety and get yourself to perform confidently and freely during games!
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9:46
Change the Way You See Mistakes as an Athlete
How do you currently see mistakes? Do you see them as purely negative, or a way to help you improve your game? Learn why you need to change the way you see mistakes as an athlete to elevate your game and keep yourself from playing scared and ti...
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8:28
Manage Stress About Playing Time
In this episode, you will learn a strategy to manage the stress you feel about playing time as an athlete.
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7:34
Strategy to Manage Overthinking as an Athlete
Use this sports psychology strategy to help stop overthinking as an athlete.
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11:20
How to Handle Anxious Thoughts After Games
Do you get anxious after games are finished? After competitions, do you lay in bed at night and have your mind race about all the mistakes you made and what you would have liked to have done differently during the competition? In this episode, ...
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9:53
You Need More Optimistic Thinking as an Athlete
Don't let your self-talk turn pessimistic! Learn why more positive and optimistic self-talk and thinking is a game changer for you as an athlete.
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8:13
Stop Worrying So Much About the Outcome of Your Game
Do you worry a lot about the score, your stats, and what other people think? When we make outcomes the most important thing to us during games, this is where fear and anxiety are formed. Instead, our goal needs to be to make the process (what y...
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8:32
How to Be Athletic When You Compete
Do you play to tense during games? Are you trying to perfectly perform your mechanics? Learn how to let go of being perfect with technique and trust yourself to be athletic when you play.
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6:57
How Your Thinking Impacts Your Performance
Learn how thinking impacts you as an athlete and how the thought-feeling-action cycle can be used to help you increase athletic performance.
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9:51
How anxiety causes athletes to not enjoy their sport anymore
Are you not enjoying your sport anymore? Anxiety may be to blame. Learn how sports performance anxiety makes athletes not enjoy themselves anymore and what you can do to stop letting anxiety control your game.
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9:30
Create Confidence for Your Next Competition
Learn how you can generate a state of confidence going into your next game instead of hoping to feel confident!
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9:29
3 Tips to Manage Unexpected Challenges During Competition
As an athlete, one thing you can count on is that competitions rarely go exactly as planned. No matter how much you prepare, unexpected challenges are bound to arise.Whether it’s a last-minute schedule change, an uncooperative referee, ...
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