Making Mountains Into Molehills - Reducing the Importance to Perform

CLC 100th Episode Special: THE 100th EPISODE SPECIAL! A milestone for the CLC podcast team. In this episode Coach Johnny, Dr. Larry, and Coach Mick take a trip down memory lane to review some of the more poignant moments from the first 100 episodes. We feature clips from past... by Compete Like a Champion

88 min listen

5 Strategies for Effective Match Preparation: Time to warm up your brain! Coach Johnny and Dr. Larry offer 5 highly effective pre-match strategies that are used by professional tennis players. Some of these strategies are well known and often used, others are a bit outside the box. We discuss the... by Compete Like a Champion

54 min listen

New Year's Resolutions Revisited - Setting Goals for Long-Term Change: The new year is the perfect time to set new goals. As we enter 2021, Dr. Larry and Coach Johnny are talking about resolutions again. We examine the importance of setting realistic goals that you can live with and discuss how to stick with those goals.... by Compete Like a Champion

52 min listen

From the Battlefield to the Court: Howard Green, Head of Sport Science at Bolton Arena Regional Performance Development Centre, joins the podcast team to discuss how his service in the Royal Marines has influenced his work with tennis players. Join us as we discuss how Howard... by Compete Like a Champion

71 min listen

Integrating Mental Skills Onto the Court: Interview With Dr. Duncan Simpson: Dr. Duncan Simpson, Director of Mental Conditioning at IMG Academy, joins the team to discuss how he integrates mental skills training onto the court to maximize transfer to matches. We examine the importance of collaborating with coaches to enhance... by Compete Like a Champion

53 min listen

Osaka's Bravery through Vulnerability: Naomi Osaka, grand slam champion and a young star on the Women's tour, has been open about her struggles with anxiety and depression. At the French Open she decided against attending press conferences and eventually withdrew from the tournament. We... by Compete Like a Champion

37 min listen

Filtering and Its Impact on Confidence and Performance: CLC takes a deeper look into a specific distortion called filtering. We describe what it is and how it is happening frequently in practices and matches, including when coaches and parents expect players to make every shot and a miss is treated as... by Compete Like a Champion

41 min listen

The 10 Benefits of Gratitude: The team is back after a tumultuous 2020 with the second episode of the new year, examining the concept of gratitude. Frequently cited as a means to well-being, gratitude is pitched by self-help professionals and therapists as an important skill... by Compete Like a Champion

54 min listen

The Role of Empathy in Coaching: Empathy is often considered a soft skill, but we argue that is an essential skill in coaching. Empathy is crucial to developing and maintaining relationships and not just a "soft" strategy for "soft" coaches. We take you through what empathy is, how... by Compete Like a Champion

46 min listen

Resilience in the Workplace: ADP Study Updates: A recent ADP research study found that 19% of employees surveyed about their workplace are reporting feeling highly resilient. That is a small percentage and we discuss why that might be the case and review more important results from the study. This... by Compete Like a Champion

40 min listen

Game Styles With Coach Tom Gullickson: Former US Davis Cup Captain Tom Gullickson joins the CLC team to discuss game styles. "Gully" shares where the game styles written in the PD journal came from, and the nuances of the different game styles. We also discussed match-ups between different... by Compete Like a Champion

47 min listen

How the Stories We Tell Ourselves Affects Our Confidence With Jimmy Arias: Jimmy Arias, former #5 in the world, television commentator, and IMG Director of Player Development joined us to discuss the modern forehand and how he was the original manifestation of it. We also dive into the confidence of a player and how the... by Compete Like a Champion

46 min listen

Inspirational and Motivational Coaching: Are we inspiring or motivating players? The episode details the relationship between these two actions in sport and tennis. We dive into the power of self-determination and the role coaches and parents play to facilitate this inspiration. We look at... by Compete Like a Champion

37 min listen

Lessons in Leadership from the Military: The Army overhauled how it selects battalion commanders because they felt they had a lack of qualty leadership. They were promoting based on legacy. We review the article and talk about if sport organizations are identifying talent accurately. In... by Compete Like a Champion

46 min listen

5 Things Coaches Should Start Doing Now!: Want to improve your coaching today? CLC is back after a short hiatus to talk about 5 practices coaches can use to better relate to players and create behavior change. These practices are often overlooked, employed inconsistently, and misunderstood.... by Compete Like a Champion

53 min listen

Common Cognitive Distortions in Tennis: The CLC team is back together discussing cognitive distortions or "faulty thinking". We discuss some of the most common distortions that tennis players exhibit and provide specific examples from our experience. Our hope is that players, coaches, and... by Compete Like a Champion

51 min listen

Is Success a Barrier to Genuine Leadership and Motivation: In this episode, we review a Psychology Today article on how success engages the ego and then can undermine genuine leadership and even motivation. We talk about it mainly from two examples. One, a coach moving into a management position, and two, a... by Compete Like a Champion

41 min listen

Restarting Tennis after a Quarantine: Tennis Down Under came with a quarantine, and even a hard quarantine, for the players. How did they deal with it? Were they ready? How did they perform? We try to tackle some of these questions and talk about how to deal witih the isolation of a... by Compete Like a Champion

34 min listen

Stop the Siloing! Working Together Connects the Unconnected: Want to increase learning, motivation, and teamwork? The podcast team is back with a discussion about working in teams and how it creates more efficient and effective learning for players. Coach Johnny talks about a book he read, Innovative DNA, and... by Compete Like a Champion

50 min listen

The Role of Accountability in Improving Culture and Coaching: Good coaches have high standards and communicate them; it seems universal even to other professions and venues of life. In today's episode, the team explores the standards that create program and coaching excellence. They also dive deep into how to... by Compete Like a Champion

43 min listen

Learning from Failure: Time to Reboot, Friends: It's become a common phrase in pop culture: "We have to fail in order to succeed." But are athletes really adapting and growing because of failure, at least as much as we would expect? Coach Johnny and Dr. Larry argue that maybe we are not doing... by Compete Like a Champion

39 min listen

Combining Mental and Physical Skills: Coach Johnny and Dr. L revisit the idea of integration and maximizing player development. We discuss how effort is a choice and that focusing takes effort, how coaches give feedback to enhance the confidence of athletes, and how visualization/imagery... by Compete Like a Champion

52 min listen

Coaching Between the 2nd and 3rd Set: How are coaches and parents coaching junior players in the 10-minute break between 2nd and 3rd sets in USTA events? Coach Johnny and Dr. Larry talk about some of their observations and share best practices for "winning" the 10-minute break. . Follow... by Compete Like a Champion

43 min listen

Sticking With Your Philosophy and Standards Under Adversity With Coach Henner Nehles: Fresh off the Australian Open, Coach Henner Nehles professional tennis coach and current coach of Ann Li, joins the podcast to discuss the quarantine and how to best prepare and perform in challenging circumstances. We dive into how he and Ann dealt... by Compete Like a Champion

46 min listen

Mental Health of Athletes Takes Center Stage at the Olympics With Dr. Kristen Dieffenbach: Dr. Dieffenbach joined the CLC podcast to talk about the mental health discussion surrounding the Olympics. We explored why it is such a polarizing subject, and how we can move forward with the discussion. We make recommendations for those in player... by Compete Like a Champion

45 min listen

Why Losing Should be Painful: Athletes are often told to get over losing and failure. However, this may not be the best coaching approach when there are very painful losses. The CLC team discusses why it is ok for losing to be painful, how to honor those feelings, and also how to... by Compete Like a Champion

25 min listen

Skill Drill - Reward Yourself for Playing Great: Mental Skill Drills return with a focus on rewarding yourself for playing well. The brain is wired to focus on negative memories. This drill counters this tendency to create a more motivated, committed, confident and focused player. We provide... by Compete Like a Champion

19 min listen

Objectification of Children in Sports by Parents and Coaches: To develop their talent and skills, players must make sacrifices as do their parents. How do we know if or when we've gone too far? We discuss in depth the Achievement by Proxy Distortion model created by Dr. Ian Tofler and how parents (and coaches,... by Compete Like a Champion

40 min listen

3 Essential Principles for Acquiring Skills in Practice: In this episode CLC covers 3 essential topics about skill acquistion. First, how practice is more than repetition. Second, context is king in transferring learning. Third, know if the goal is to learn or to perform and communicate it. We examine each... by Compete Like a Champion

60 min listen

Making Mountains Into Molehills - Reducing the Importance to Perform: Is winning and losing life or death in sport? Nah, but that is often how we feel in the moment. Humans often catastrophize the consequences of a performance and it creates much stress and anxiety. Why is that? We discuss it in sport in general and as... by Compete Like a Champion

40 min listen

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