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

3 Tips to Handle the Pressure to Play Well 05.03.2024

In this episode, you will learn three actionable tips you can use to handle the pressure you feel to play well. It's time to stop letting pressure keep you from performing your best! 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...

3 Steps to Move on From Mistakes 01.03.2024

In this episode, you will learn a simple but powerful 3 step strategy to manage mistakes 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 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖...

5 Ways Self-Talk Increases Athletic Performance 29.02.2024

In this episode, you will learn five ways positive self-talk will increase your performance in sports.  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)...

3 Actionable Tips to Handle Trash Talk During Games 23.02.2024

In this episode, you learn three mental game tips you can apply to handle trash talk in sports. 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 G...

Strategy to Manage Anxiety During Games 21.02.2024

In this episode, you will learn a simple 3 part strategy you can use to manage anxiety in the moment 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 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth...

Handle Bad Calls During Games 08.02.2024

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...

Impact of Sports Psychology on Young Athletes 04.02.2024

Learn the top five benefits of sports psychology for young athletes. 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/g...

Top Pregame Routine Exercises for Athletes 31.01.2024

Tools to Use: -Self-Talk -Breath Work -Visualization -Mindfulness Meditation -Remembering Past Successes -Reviewing Your Strengths -Performance Objectives -Researching Your Opponent -Creating a Game Plan -Talking to Teammates Work with me! 🧠 1-1 Mental Performance Coaching for Athletes: https://www.successstartswithin.com/mental-performance-coaching/ 👉 Confident Competitor Academy: Go from playi...

Best Way to Stop Freezing During Games 30.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn what causes you to freeze during games, and what you can do to stop freezing and perform freely! Have you experienced the feeling of freezing up? It’s when you’re stuck in your tracks, unable to perform freely. You may be a speaker and you can’t seem to get words to form, a soccer player who won’t shoot on goal, or a baseball player who simply freezes up at the plat...

Manage Distractions During Games 26.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn a 3 part strategy to manage distractions during games.  When you perform your best, one of the defining characteristics is likely that you’re focused. This is true no matter what sport you play or what position you play. When you perform at your highest level, you are locked in. There hasn’t been an athlete I’ve worked with who’s said otherwise. When we are trying t...

How to keep success from leading to expectations 24.01.2024

A common theme I see in athletes I work with is success leading to expectations, which develops into stress, resulting in them underperforming in games. But shouldn't success lead to more success? Shouldn't it generate high level feelings of confidence and trust, knowing they've done it before so they can do it again...yeah, sometimes. But other times success leads to fear and worry...

How to Not Get Down After a Mistake 23.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn a strategy to not get down on yourself following a mistake. Don't let one mistake ruin your entire 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 & anxiety to playing with confidence in just 6 weeks! 👉 Mentally T...

Training vs Performing Mindset in Sports 17.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn the main difference between a training mindset and a performing mindset. Plus, learn tips you can apply to maximize each of the mindset for yourself! 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 c...

Mental Training Tools You NEED as an Athlete 16.01.2024

Performance Objectives: https://youtu.be/XxUe7JdPwTI Self-Talk Routine: https://youtu.be/WkCkZadMdSM Mental Rehearsal: https://youtu.be/qGIZN7eGd4E Mindfulness: https://youtu.be/u7L_TC9Ommo Reframing: https://youtu.be/bjT2QNhYVgA Learn the top 5 athlete mental training tools you need to build mental skills, increase mental toughness in sports, and take your game to the next level! Work with me! 🧠...

Defining Success for Practice 15.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn a 3 step process you can use to define success and make the most out of every practice. 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 y...

Ask yourself these questions to help with anxiety before games. 14.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn five questions you can ask yourself to reduce anxiety going into 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 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes)...

How to Control Negative Thinking During Games 12.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn a two part strategy for managing negative thinking 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 weeks! 👉 Mentally Tough Kid Course (for youth athletes) 📖 Mind...

Ask yourself these 4 questions if you're playing badly in games 12.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn the four questions you can ask yourself to figure out if your poor performance is mental or physical. 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...

Top Confidence Killers in Sports 06.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn the top 6 confidence killers that may be holding you back 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)...

Why you need to change your thinking after games. 05.01.2024

When you review your games, do you typically think about everything you did wrong, or what you did well? If you're like most of the athletes I've talked to and worked with, you probably naturally think about what you did wrong. Your mind sorts through all the mistakes you made. Now, that's not a completely bad thing to do. The underlying idea as to why you're doing it is benefi...

Playing in the Flow State 04.01.2024

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 to Stop Being So Self-Critical 03.01.2024

In this episode, you will learn two steps you can take to stop being such a self-critical 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) 📖 Min...

Best Goal Setting Strategy for Athletes 02.01.2024

In this episode you will learn a 3 step goal setting strategy you can use 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 B...

Visualization technique to help you play relaxed 13.12.2023

In this episode, you will learn a visualization technique you can use to help play more calm and relaxed. 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)...

Two Visualization Techniques to Handle Pressure 12.12.2023

In this episode, you will learn two visualization techniques you can use to perform your best under pressure.  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 athl...

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