The Athletic School Podcast

In this episode, we brought Dr. Alo who is a cardiologist, author, speaker, and personal trainer with an inspiring story to share his knowledge and ideas on how to create a healthier life and how important it is to have a good mindset in order to live a good life. 

Rich Diviney is a retired Navy SEAL Commander and author of "The Attributes". In this episode, we talk about his book, his life experience, some of The Attributes, performance, leadership, success, and much more. 

In this episode, Matt Mountford talks about his path and the lessons that he takes with him from being a professional soccer player to becoming the CEO of Pacesetter Soccer Club. 

The mental game has proven to be an extremely important tool for many athletes to improve their game and perform their best. In this episode, coach AB talks about the importance of a good mindset, and how to approach failure, and she also gives us many different tools to use at practice or even during games. 

Bill Eckstrom is the CEO of Ecsell Sports, an authority in metric-based performance coaching & growth, and a best-selling author. In this episode, we talked about the coaching effect on athletes, how to improve performance by creating connections, and psychological safety.  Tag 2 friends on the thumbnail posted on Instagram and get a chance to win Bill's book. "The coaching effect: What G...

Stoicism has been proven throughout history to help people overcome obstacles in their lives and live. Justice, temperance, wisdom, and courage are the four virtues of Stoicism. Therefore, in this episode, we brought Bob Cymber, a stoic coach to talk about what stoicism is, how we can apply those virtues in our lives, and how athletes can improve their performance using philosophy.  If you wa...

Skin in the game is a concept that we can find in many successful people, especially athletes. Therefore, this episode brings how athletes can benefit from that and become a person with skin in the game. 

With a journey of strengthening by being part of the national USA volleyball team for many years, Rachael Adams shared how was her pathway to success and how to keep her high performance along the years. 

Failure is part of the path to success. Therefore, in this episode, inspired by the book Fail Big, we talked about the importance of failure and how failure is linked to success. 

Mental health or mental toughness? What really matters is that our minds are in control of many things in our lives and having a good mental state can help us perform at our best. In this episode, we brought a mental health specialist to talk about obstacles we face and how to deal with these obstacles along the way.

Matt Johnson played professional soccer and now he is a coach at a collegiate level. With his experience, he shared valuable lessons on how to handle good and bad results and his calmness on and off the pitch. 

Lisa Strom played Golf at the collegiate level, then played professionally for 11 years. Breaking patterns and records Lisa became the head coach for the Women's Golf team at Ohio State. In this episode, we talked about her coaching philosophy that consists of helping her players get better on and off the field, with techniques such as time management, a better mindset, and creating higher standar...

The comfort zone is nice and warm, but for sure it is not winning. What is the comfort zone? Why should you get out and not stay there? In this episode, we shared our ideas of the comfort zone and uncomfortable insights that we had.  "The Get Uncomfortable Challenge" is next week starting on Monday the 24th.  Do something uncomfortable every day for 7 days and discover an infinite growth...

In this episode, we had athletes from many different fall sports sharing some of the lessons that they had throughout their season, moments that they struggled and moments that they succeed, and how they dealt with that failure and success.  Guest Speakers:  Aliyah Perez Emily Johnson  Elliot Ramsey Henrique Gehrke Michaela Eisenhauer

The approach that kids and professional athletes have in sports is very different but many people seem to still have the wrong approach. In this episode, we had a great talk with Vince Laverick about some truths that many people do not say about the sports industry. 

After winning two gold medals in the Olympics in Barcelona and Atlanta, Rustam Sharipov is now the head coach for Ohio State Gymnastics. Working hard and smart is in his mindset. And nowadays, he tried to pass these lessons by for his athletes. 

Becoming a professional athlete takes a lot of work and especially a good mindset. In this episode, Kennedy Shaffer shared her story, the ups and downs of her career, and how she keeps a good mindset. 

Brett Berger has a passion for hockey and the sports industry. After being the coach of the year, now he teaches many of his lessons in a classroom for college students. 

JT Tsui is a mentor, coach, speaker, and writer. For more than 20 years JT has helped student-athletes reach their maximum potential in sports and in life. Therefore, in this episode, we talked about success, greatness, and the importance of failure and joy during the process.  If you want to win JT's book "You Are Greatness - 13 ideas to effortlessly bring Joy, Calm and Peace into your life"...

It is not simple to achieve good results in sports and life. But coach Dennis Hopson and coach Jake Dupree have been achieving good results in Basketball but also in life. Coach Hopson brought to the program valuable lessons from his time playing in the NBA and side to side with Michael Jordan. Matching that with coach Dupree's experience as a player and leadership. 

Nicole Erickson is a mental performance consultant. In this episode, we talk about the role of psychology in sports and how psychology can help athletes improve their performance and overcome obstacles. 

If you are someone seeking success you are also seeking to improve your performance daily. Austin Ross from the Sled Dog Development shared 5 ways to improve your performance. 

Nathan Holley became an NFL player going through a much different path than we are used to seeing. There was no draft, but there was a lot of hard work, and many ups and downs. Today, at Miami Dolphins, Nathan looks back and sees how the tough moments made him stronger. 

Lewis is the Head Football Strength and Conditioning Coach for Georgia Tech. He has been helping his athletes become better players and better people through daily motivational speeches and a different coaching style. In this episode, Lewis shared his ideas about hard work, winning, and success. 

Discovering different cultures and going through dark times can be hard, but Janet did not put her head down and kept going. Today, as Vice President of Athletics at Lourdes University she is bringing people and teams together to accomplish goals that the university never achieved before.