Pressure is a Privilege - Integrating Mental Skills into Drills

Mental Drill - Putting Motivating Cues On Court: CLC's next mental skill is on how to help players motivate themselves to do the harder drills. This drill will give you the steps on how to push your players and have them push themselves, but also there is many different ways you can do the drill. We... by Compete Like a Champion

11 min listen

Mental Drill - Staying Motivated When Losing: Continuing with the topic of motivation, our next CLC mental skill drills is on how stay motivated when your losing. We talk about how to set up the drills so players take it seriously as well as how to maximize the debrief for learning. As always we... by Compete Like a Champion

13 min listen

Fluctuations in Performance - Regression and Progression to the Mean in Tennis: In reality tennis performance fluctuates far more than players, coaches and parents would like to admit. The CLC podcast team talks about the science behind these fluctuations or random errors in performance and how it aid in letting go of mistakes... by Compete Like a Champion

24 min listen

E403: Lack of Focus is Destroying Your Progress: Tune into this captivating podcast that delves deep into the factors hindering your training performance. Join us as we discuss the impact of training environments on your ability to stay on track and execute your training to the full potential. We'll... by RX'D RADIO

49 min listen

Structuring Warm-ups to Develop the Athlete: Coach Johnny leads the way as we discuss the physical, mental and emotional benefits of warm-ups specifically designed to develop the athelte. In this episode we discuss how to use the warm-up to prepare for practice and matches, but also create... by Compete Like a Champion

30 min listen

The Power of Packaging Mental Skills Into Routines: Ever struggle using mental skills to help your performance? Do you think sometimes that the mental skills could be doing more? In this episode we talk about combining mental skills is more effective than using them in isolation. We discuss coupling,... by Compete Like a Champion

42 min listen

Skill Drill - Competition in Perspective: In this skill drill episode we talk about how to maintain perspective while competing, and how to practice it. We discuss the long-term perspective, delaying gratification, and psychological skills and/or concepts that will help players maintain... by Compete Like a Champion

22 min listen

Wanna be tough? It's more than physical toughness: Toughness is not very well understood and often taught/applied in inappropriate and ineffective ways. In this episode we breakdown what toughness really is and how we must consider mental and emotional aspects of toughness. We also dive into... by Compete Like a Champion

34 min listen

Mental Drill - On Court Goal Achievement: We continue on mental skills and drills teachings with another episode on goal setting in practice. This time we cover how to set goals that engage and challenge players, specifically on the serve. In addition, we clarify how you can use mental skills... by Compete Like a Champion

11 min listen

Skill Drill - Determination While Defending: Coach Johnny walks our audience through a drilll working on defending. Larry and Johnny discuss how the drill can be used to develop determination in players, and the mental skills that a player would apply to show determination in a tough drill. For... by Compete Like a Champion

18 min listen

Skill Drill - Playing When You're Tired: CLC continues on the topic of toughness with an examination of how playing games, sets and matches when you are tired can benefit your game. We address the mental, emotional and physical toughness necessary to perform in these conditions and things to... by Compete Like a Champion

27 min listen

Mental Drill - On Court Goal Board: How can we bring goal setting to life in practice? CLC begins its series on mental skills and drills with the first theme of goal setting. We discuss how to support player engagement on court through the use of a goal board. We also talk about when... by Compete Like a Champion

10 min listen

How to Avoid Worrying About What Others Think of You: Are you a people-pleaser? Do you worry too much about what others will think and it keeps you performing or being happy? The CLC team dives into worrying about what others think as a major obstacle to tennis performance. We discuss what it is, where... by Compete Like a Champion

39 min listen

Burnout and Well-Being in a Time of High Stress: Dr. Nick Dewan joins the CLC team to discuss the ongoing stress of the pandemic and how the affects of it will linger on. We define and discuss burnout, as well as specific recovery methods that are the antidote to these concerns. This an unbelievable... by Compete Like a Champion

51 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

Designing a Mental Construct to Enhance Understanding and Application: In the latest CLC episode we discuss how to create simple ways to understand and transfer mental training to competition. Through the use of metaphors we can help players develop a deeper meaning about the why, when, where, how and what of using our... by Compete Like a Champion

41 min listen

Trust Me You're Not a Choker: CLC team takes on the Choker label in tennis. We discuss how it is too often-used and the most undermining thought you can have during a match. We discuss how it's an issue of focus, not an internal flaw, and how to refocus in situations where you are... by Compete Like a Champion

39 min listen

Skill Drill - Stressful Simulation: Why promote stress in practice? Why simulate tennis scenarios? We discuss and then share a game that coaches can use to create "good" stress in practice. Dr. Larry and Coach Johnny on Twitter: @LarryLauer / @johnnyparkes1 Instagram: @johnny_parkes... by Compete Like a Champion

18 min listen

Skill Drill - Creating Environmental Distractions: The latest skill drill episode tackles how to work on playing in distracting and new environments. We discuss an example distraction drill in practice, and set it up to maximize learning. We also talk about how often and when to do distraction... by Compete Like a Champion

21 min listen

Dr. LaKeitha Poole - Sports Psychology for Everyday: This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby is joined by Dr. LaKeitha Poole. Dr. LaKeitha Poole is in her seventh season leading LSU’s Sport Psychology & Counseling unit under a newly appointed title of Assistant Athletic Director, an administrative promotion from Director of Student-Athlete Mental Health for the last six years. She also recently served as the Interim Senior Advisor to the Athletics Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion from March 2020 – July 2021. In this role, she worked to implement various initiatives including a climate survey, hiring practices, diversity supplier policies, supporting racial equity, and assessing communication and developing educational programming for student-athletes, coaches and staff. Poole played numerous roles on campus before moving over to the Athletic Department in 2016. She spent six years in LSU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), serving as an Ass by Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

47 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

Skill Drill - Fun Athletic Warm-ups: How do we make warm-ups fun and, yet, appropriate? The CLC team details how to develop warm-ups that engage the players. Coach Johnny provides several creative ways to do warm-up activites and we discuss raising the intensity of the warm-up. Dr. Larry... by Compete Like a Champion

20 min listen

E157: Specificity and Learning: Life and Lifting with Dr. Clementina Russo: We’re seeing hyper specificity in sports training when people should be building up resiliency and strength. Doing the sport already trains you to do that sport. Engaging in hyper specificity could lead to greater imbalance and more injuries. In... by RX'D RADIO

46 min listen

Creating an Effective Pre-Season: In the this latest episode we discuss the pre-season and how to maximize its effectiveness. The purpose of a pre-season for pros, and what it might look like for juniors is also discussed. We detail the progression from the start of the pre-season to... by Compete Like a Champion

43 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

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

Skill Drill - Effective Use of the Towel Between Points: Do you use the towel during matches? Are you using it to truly refocus? This episode will help you use the towel as a means to refocus in between points. Coach Johnny and Dr. Larry discuss what the meaning of the towel could be instead of just wiping... by Compete Like a Champion

20 min listen

s2/e34 Plantar Fasciitis with Dr. Duane Scotti, DPT, PhD, OCS (@sparkhealthyrunner) by The Running Explained Podcast

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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 Mixing Praise and Feedback a Problem?: A review of research on feedback asserts that praise can focus the learner on extrinsic rewards, thus dampening intrinsic drive for mastery. We talk about some of the nuances of the issue, including the timing of the feedback. In addition, we provide... by Compete Like a Champion

44 min listen

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