The Athlete's Secret Weapon

And I am back. Welcome to an Olympic year 2024 and Paris. This is the year that soo many athletes place soo much pressure on themselves to perform under pressure on the greatest stage on earth. And there is the problem! reflect on your best ever results, the times you were in the zone and everything in training and competition just flowed. I bet you were not overthinking everything! So why is it a...

My mission is... "To help change the way athlete's think, believe, behave and communicate in a way that inspires others" This is a daily occurrence these days. When you see those athletes on the podium and you get inspired, have a deeper look into their pathway to the top. I can guarantee that it is not all happy and easy. I know because I was there myself in my sport, Tae Kwon Do. I...

This Episode will challenge many people's thinking, good! What I do is to challenge your beliefs and get you to use the power you have in your mind for different results. There is a very simple process to achieve a result and this process is easily stopped by thoughts and therefore actions. If you have ever self sabotaged, second guessed, over thought or gone against gut instinct, this episode...

For years it has bothered me that athletes, more teams in this context fight for the underdog status. I get the concept, come from behind, put pressure on the other team. Does it really do this though? The human mind is incredible and if you tell it or someone says you are not as good as another team, it can be a massive limitation to mental performance when you need it. You can get greater succes...

Another day and another call like this... I can guarantee at least 3 of these a week. For any parent of an athlete, tell me this is not your story? "Hi my child is an athlete and they are just not able to perform when it matters, they train really well and they are really good at their sport. When they get to competition, they get nervous, doubt themselves and get emotional. If something does...

An incredibly powerful process that became a published book. It gives you the power to manage thoughts, actions, habits, reactions, techniques and healing if you are post surgery or broken! This is the number 1 go to process for me and 20+ thousand people who use this process. Imagine you can change thoughts, action behaviours and habits... as you sleep! Just 5 minutes a day is all it takes to tra...

The main questions I get from people interested in a Peak Performance Program is... 'Is hypnosis real? will you make me do stupid things and how is it different to Sport Psychology or the latest trend, mindfulness. This Episode goes a long way to easing your mind to understanding hypnosis, me, my methods and the results. Consider 41 World Champions choose me... they are not forced, they choose me...

The proof is is the results. And just how can you measure a better mindset and attitude, how do you measure focus, relaxed and the trust, you will get through the work I take clients through? The results are like the question, How long is a piece of string? In all my sporting and business seminars and workshops, I answer that question with a length of string, and the faces of the athletes and coac...

The idea of working with a mindset coach is daunting enough without the scepticism of Hypnosis and NLP. Going to see a psychologist seems safer because they seem to have better recognition as a professional service. This episode gives you a great understanding as to why the 'model' for focus and change I use is logical and therefor possible. If sport psychology has not worked for you, you are amon...

As the athlete in you evolves, so does the actions you take and the challenges you face. Covid has thrown up many challenges around the world and I am sure you have experienced that in sport and life. Originally, the Athlete's Secret Weapon Podcast was me interviewing my clients and the best in sports support services to inspire you. Now this Podcast has also evolved. Now more than ever, understan...

In this episode I catch up with a colleague and great friend, Gillian Maddigan. I met Gillian 16 years ago at my first hypnosis association meeting and we hit it off then... and still do today. Gillian is Australia's #1 Body Language Expert, well, that is what she says. I believe she underrates herself and this conversation will allow you to be the judge. I studied body language as the mannerisms...

Growing up, my family were never really sports focused, it seems strange then that one on my fondest memories was watching the famous Australian 1000 km motor race, Bathurst, the event consumed our day. This was not the traditional Ford vs Holden rivalry, it was the battle, the success, the crashes and following these drivers. Now I call it 'Snackhurst' a day to myself and experiencing memories of...

If 2020 with Covid was not enough to harden the toughest athletes, now the Government can have a hand in your success in sport. This Episode. I chat with Dodo Elyazar. A pro baller who has the abilities to match it with the best, yet no approval to play at that level. While this is getting sorted Dodo has set out to give back to the game he loves. He has set up The Baller Movement and soon his own...

Meet my guest on this podcast, Alex Opacic "I had a dream and it was to play college basketball and become a pro basketball player! Given this love and obsession for the game, I quickly started emerging as one of the best players in Australia for my age.  Towards end of high school all my hard work started paying off as I was awarded a scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), w...

As a baseball pitcher... Imagine your brain gets confused and you forget how to throw? This from Wikipedia. The yips is the colloquial term for a sudden and unexplained loss of skills in experienced athletes. Some credit the yips to a loss of fine motor skills ; others consider the condition to be primarily psychological . However, it is poorly understood and has 'no known treatment or therapy' ....

A conversation with a friend at school in grade 8, was just the start of the journey of success through determination by Lourene Bevaart. How do you become a 5 Time World Karate Champion? You simply decide to at the age of 12. True of this amazing lady, she had not even begun Karate at this time. The words, 'I want to be a World Champion' was the intention and now to make it happen. My sporting ba...

This is a podcast a long time in the making, I met Melissa 10 years ago as a cross country and track athlete. I clearly remember the seminar I was running that she was in. There was something special about this lady, even just sitting in the crowd. As I got to know her and we worked through some issues, I knew this was a story that was just beginning. The determination and focus was not going to h...

Words and actions have power and this podcast covers a lot of that. February 2019 I have the pleasure of travelling from Australia to New Zealand to present to the Wellington Sporting and Business community. I facilitated 5 workshops over 5 days and loved my time, especially with the athletes, parents and coaches of Wellington Diving. I have worked with Olympic Silver Medal diver Brittany Broben i...

Kicking goals. When you get an email saying... I am a professional footballer and I have the dream and the skills to be the best in the world, I need your help. I knew I was onto something special. Yes, very special. May I introduce Martin Braithwaite, the player on a journey to being the best in the world. Is he there yet? not yet. This does not mean he has failed, listen to this and you will kno...

The title eludes to the control we have with everything in life. We choose out actions, reactions, behaviours and beliefs. So why did Porsche Junior Factory Driver, Jaxon Evans, choose to crash? Having grown up around motorsport, you can see why Jaxon immersed himself into racing. It takes more than that though. Motorsport is a huge investment, financially, physically and emotionally. You choose t...

What a pleasure this interview was... Talk about passion in sport, Brant Best is a swimming coach with a difference. He was the swim coach to James Magnussen, former World Champion, Olympian and the fastest swimmer in history at the time. Brant is passionate about coaching and his current role is as a coach development coach for Swimming Queensland. When you listen to this as an athlete, you will...

Michelle Lee, is an amazing lady who should stop reading! This podcast interview is result of reading a book, Rowing the Atlantic by Roz Savage.  Having never rowed before, Michelle thought she would tackle of of the most extreme rowing races in the world. My interview with Michelle was great fun, we had many technical challenges with poor connections that dropped out a few times and a 5 week...

Imagine at the age of 18 you win a World title...  What do you do next? What could possibly inspire you for the rest of your life? This week's Podcast Athlete is Anna Kaszycki, a Junior World Rowing Champion and awesome human being. PLEASE NOTE... we lost the direct audio on this recording and had to pull it off the video chat, the quality is not 100% ... The content is priceless. Anna's stor...

Dave Nilsson is a very humble family man with a passion for sports. For those not around baseball, this man would walk past you and you would never know the man, the story and the success he has to date. Retired now from a Professional Baseball career in the USA, this man is still as passionate about the sport that gave him soo much today... and now he is giving back.  It was a pleasure to me...

Leighton Silva, a Professional Bull Rider from Riverside, California is my guest in this episode.  This will make you re-think nerves in your sport. This will get you thinking about survival, persistence and belief. Leighton was focused on #1 World this year, he was in the best physical and mental condition until... Please listen all the way through this podcast, it is essential listening for...