Eli Straw

Sports Psychology Coaching

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The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast by Eli Straw is a mental training podcast for athletes, competitors, coaches, and performers who want to improve confidence, focus, and performance under pressure. This podcast teaches practical sports psychology strategies to help athletes overcome fear of failure, performance anxiety, overthinking, and loss of confidence after mistakes so they can trust their training and compete freely. Each episode covers key mental performance topics, including: • Sports psychology and mental training for athletes • How to build confidence in sports • Overcoming perf...

Author

Eli Straw

Category

Sports

Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Scared VS Aggressive Mindset in Sports 13.03.2025

Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co/d/gXZfORN 📖 Athlete Mental Training Book: https://a.co/d/bfojamY Free T...

Strategy Keep Your Composure During Games 07.03.2025

Learn a simple strategy you can use to keep your composure during games and stay in control of your emotions. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athle...

Stop Playing Tight During Games 06.03.2025

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! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally T...

Overthinking Your Mechanics? Try This! 05.03.2025

Try this strategy if you tend to overthink your mechanics when you play. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co...

Looking to Others for Approval that You're a Good Enough Player? Try This Strategy! 03.03.2025

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 approval and start getting that approval from yourself. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswith...

Develop High Level Mental Skills Using This Strategy 01.03.2025

Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co/d/gXZfORN 📖 Athlete Mental Training Book: https://a.co/d/bfojamY Free T...

Get Mentally Relaxed During Games 27.02.2025

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. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tou...

#1 Mental Skill That Will Transform Your Game 26.02.2025

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! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to pl...

Top 3 Reasons Athletes Hold Themselves Back During Games 25.02.2025

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! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks!...

#1 Way to Manage Sports Anxiety Before Games 24.02.2025

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! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 we...

Change the Way You See Mistakes as an Athlete 21.02.2025

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 timidly! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competit...

Manage Stress About Playing Time 19.02.2025

In this episode, you will learn a strategy to manage the stress you feel about playing time as an athlete.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athlete...

Strategy to Manage Overthinking as an Athlete 18.02.2025

Use this sports psychology strategy to help stop overthinking as an athlete.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https:/...

How to Handle Anxious Thoughts After Games 17.02.2025

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, you will learn how you can handle anxiety post-game. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/ment...

How to Play Well When You Put Pressure on Yourself 14.02.2025

Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co/d/gXZfORN 📖 Athlete Mental Training Book: https://a.co/d/bfojamY Free T...

You Need More Optimistic Thinking as an Athlete 13.02.2025

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.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉...

Stop Worrying So Much About the Outcome of Your Game 12.02.2025

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 you can control) the most important part of your game as an athlete.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstart...

How to Be Athletic When You Compete 12.02.2025

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.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing...

How Your Thinking Impacts Your Performance 10.02.2025

Learn how thinking impacts you as an athlete and how the thought-feeling-action cycle can be used to help you increase athletic performance. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally To...

Do You Focus More on Mistakes or Successes? 07.02.2025

Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co/d/gXZfORN 📖 Athlete Mental Training Book: https://a.co/d/bfojamY Free T...

How anxiety causes athletes to not enjoy their sport anymore 06.02.2025

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. Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear &am...

Powerful Mental Rehearsal Exercise for Athletes 05.02.2025

Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind Games Book: https://a.co/d/gXZfORN 📖 Athlete Mental Training Book: https://a.co/d/bfojamY Free T...

Create Confidence for Your Next Competition 03.02.2025

Learn how you can generate a state of confidence going into your next game instead of hoping to feel confident! Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playing with fear & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth ath...

3 Tips to Manage Unexpected Challenges During Competition 24.01.2025

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, or even a sudden dip in your performance, these moments can catch you off guard and threaten to derail your focus and confidence. The way you handle unexpected cha...

What to Do if You're Not Getting Playing Time 23.01.2025

Are you struggling to get playing time? When you do get playing time, do you press and find yourself underperforming? Learn three tips you can apply if you're currently struggling to get as much playing time as you'd like as an athlete.  Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor...

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