Inner Athlete Podcast

In this week's episode, head coach Trent chats with psychology expert, Stephan, to discuss the role of the parent in fostering youth athletes and how to use your own unique parental relationship and dynamics to your benefit. They'll go through navigating periods of low motivation, failure, success and how to allow your child to succeed in sport, on the field and in life - through underst...

Head strength coach, Trent, chats with strength coach Zoe around all things RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport) and it’s prevalence in youth sport. They discuss how coaches, parents and athletes can spot the signs early to prevent any negative consequences and put your child in the best position to succeed with optimal nutrition and training strategies. To improve your sporting success, bo...

Head strength coach, Trent chats with Head of Education, Nathan about how junior athletes can become uncoordinated in their running as they go through puberty and growth spurts. They go through what to look out for, how to fix it and why investing in learning running technique is important for youth athletes when aspiring for athletic success.    To improve your sporting success, book your FREE Co...

Head coach Trent, joined with Dave, chatted with Stephan Koutsonas, a member of Inner Athlete, who is a qualified psychotherapist who works with youth and individuals with disabilities. Stephan's understanding of motivation as a therapist and counsellor drives the conversation around goal setting, motivation and getting back up after adversity. This is a great episode if you're someone w...

Head Strength Coach Trent chats with coaches Matt and Dave about the different types of goal setting to help young athletes achieve sporting success. They discuss process and outcome based goals, what they are, how to set them and their importance in planning and executing for success. To improve your sporting success, book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au Get immediate acce...

In our special edition bonus episode, Greek national team representative, Nic Flocas shares his wisdom and experience for youth athletes aspiring for elite and national teams. He speaks about appreciating the learning process, maintaining work ethic, utilising your support network, solidifying your individuality and being persistent and persevering in the face of adversity.  Overcome injury and bo...

Head Strength Coach Trent  and Strength & Conditioning Coach Zoe discuss returning from injury and the mental, social and training considerations that should be addressed when your young athletes experience injuries in their playing careers. They also touch on the role of the trainer, the parent, the allied health professional and the athlete when it comes to creating a team-based approach in...

Trent Pirihi, Director of Inner Athlete Performance speaks with previous member and current Greek National Team representative in the Rugby League World Cup, Nic Flocas. They discuss Nic’s journey through his teen years, playing career and future goals. This episode provides many insights for young athletes wanting to reach the next stages of their athletic careers Book your FREE Consultation toda...

Strength Coaches Trent and Nathan discuss the often overlooked but proven strategies that work when improving youth athlete performance and sporting success.  This includes the physical, tactical, technical and psychological strategies they use with their own athletes to reach their potential and how you can too.  Book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au Get immediate access to...

Head Strength Coach Trent chats with Strength Coach Dave about the three things parents and athletes should know when finding the right coach for their child to improve their sporting performance. This is an important episode for youth athletes who are beginning strength and conditioning coaching to improve their sporting performance. Book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au Ge...

Head strength coach Trent chats with strength coach Matt about how their athletes performed at the recent Championships. They cover the specific programming, coaching, training and nutritional considerations they implemented with each of their athletes in the lead up to the biggest meets of the year.  If you're a coach, parent of a swimmer or a swimming athlete - this podcast is full of actio...

Head Strength Coach Trent and Coach Matt discuss what exercises are useless, the mistakes athletes are making with their nutrition and how they can make their strength training more effective. If you're a young footballer wanting to make it to the next level, this podcast is for you.  Book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au Get immediate access to "A Parents'&ap...

Head Strength Coach Trent and Coach Dave discuss how comparison can hide your young athlete's achievements and highlight their shortcomings, making their perception of progress and performance, a negative one. This powerful episode is full of examples of our own youth athletes. Book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au Get immediate access to "A Parents''s Gu...

Head strength coach Trent chats with strength coach Matt about celebrating the little wins, reframing loss and how to take lessons from difficult events. This is one for all athletes and coaches to listen to and draw lessons from. -Book your FREE Consultation today: info@inner-athlete.com.au - Get immediate access to "A Parents''s Guide to Avoiding the Top 3 Problems Facing Young At...

Head strength coach Trent chats with Zoe about the impact of missing sessions due to sickness, stress, under recovery and general happenings of life. How can youth athletes work around stressful training periods and adjust their training in turn? If you're a young athlete, a parent of a young athlete or a coach, this is an important episode to listen to as you'll take away the steps to b...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Nathan about early specialisation and it's effect on producing successful pro sport athletes such as Tom Brady, Ash Barty and Scott Pendlebury who all played to a high level, a different sport to their eventual success in another sport. For parents and coaches, it is important to understand the effect of early specialisation in youth athlete devel...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Dave around reframing failure and why failure is the forgotten ingredient to success in early youth development. Learning to lose, processing failure and creating action to progress forward are all important parts of being a successful athlete. This episode is full of valuable gems for any parent, coach or athlete to listen to in order to "fail fo...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Coach Zoe to talk all things menstrual cycle, it's effect on performance and how you can best manage your training and competition around how your cycle affects you personally. If you are a female or a coach with female athletes, we recommend this nugget of a podcast for you. Female Tracking Apps mentioned: - Clue Period Ovulation Tracker https://...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Dave about all things supplements. We chat about the common supplements we see our youth athletes are exposed to and how it can have a negative affect on performance. We recap what works and what needs to be ignored. This podcast is for those to get the right education on supplements from two experts who have a combined experience of 10+ years around s...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Nathan about their experiences of the common fallacies and myths they've seen in the fitness industry surrounding youth athlete development. In this two part series they'll discuss; - Strength training stunts growth - Sport causes injuries, not strength training - Benefits of strength training - Girls getting "bulky" - Strength trai...

in this week's episode, Trent chats with Nathan about their experiences of the common fallacies and myths they've seen in the fitness industry surrounding youth athlete development. In this two part series they'll discuss; - Strength training stunts growth - Sport causes injuries, not strength training - Benefits of strength training - Girls getting "bulky" - Strength trai...

In this week's episode, Trent chats with Matt about the 1x20 program developed by Dr. Michael Yessis and its implications on training youth athletes. They dive into their success using the 1x20 program with their swimming athletes and why the program itself is extremely effective for beginners and youth athletes. Follow us on our socials; https://www.instagram.com/inner.athlete/ https://www.f...

On today's episode, Trent chats with Zoe about the power of parent's words on young athletes, influencing their perceptions of nutrition, training and what's 'good' or 'bad'. Follow us on our socials; https://www.instagram.com/inner.athlete/ https://www.facebook.com/Innerathlete... Get access to our A PARENT'S GUIDE TO AVOIDING THE TOP 3 PROBLEMS FACING YOUN...