The Next Season Podcast

You watch what you eat. You count your reps. You measure your sleep. But are you tracking your relationships? Are you monitoring who's in your circle? Are they real? Or are they - like the junk food you try to avoid - highly processed ? This may just be a huge blind spot in your performance. Relationships are fuel. Some of them are high octane. Some of them are crap. And just like your diet, y...

Most players think they know what gets them recruited. They're often wrong. Adam Schlenoff has sat in every seat this game offers. D1 college player. High school teacher. 15 years as Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Johns Hopkins — multiple College World Series appearances, D3 offensive records, a national championship game. He's evaluated thousands of players. He knows e...

Part 1 was the warmup. Part 2 is game time. Johnny leads us through a live values exercise — step by step — that will challenge you to do more than name what matters. It will ask you what you're actually willing to lose to keep it. Real values have to be clear, tested, and behavioral. If they don't cost you anything, they're just words. Athletes, ATLAS athletes, coaches — this one'...

Johnny Martin is back. When it comes to coaching high performers, Johnny is a legend. You don't need notoriety and fame to make an impact - and Johnny has impacted elite athletes, veterans and business leaders for years. If you haven't heard Episode 026, go there first. This conversation picks up where that one left off — and it gets real from the first sentence. In Part 1, we get into cur...

There's a moment every athlete knows. You're in a funk, you're slumping, you're losing confidence, you're not performing like you used to — and instead of moving forward, you grip tighter. To the stats. To the reputation. To the player you remember being. To the past. That grip feels like effort — doing the work you're supposed to do. But what if it's actually a trap? W...

We don’t feel suffering or pain because of life's challenges. As an athlete, you may not be struggling because of the pressure and the competition. We struggle because we try to avoid that suffering. We try to avoid the pain. We try to stay clear of the challenges.  We resist . In this episode, I break down suffering, self-reliance, pressure, grit, and resilience - and what they actually mean...

In the old myth, Atlas loses a fight and is condemned to carry the sky forever — not for a moment, but for a lifetime. Knees bent. Back hunched. No recognition. No help in sight. That’s what life feels like for a lot of athletes after the game ends . And that’s why I built ATLAS Athletes . This episode marks the official launch of ATLAS — a new coaching program for athletes adjusting to life after...

039 gave you the awareness. 040 gives you the tools. Nothing was “wrong”… but everything felt heavy. I wasn’t injured. I wasn’t unprepared. I wasn’t lazy. I was exhausted because I was carrying too many moments at once . In this episode, I give you simple, practical tools to stop replaying the past, stop worrying about the future, and finally put your energy where it belongs — right here . We buil...

Some of my biggest struggles had nothing to do with talent. They came from my head being in the wrong place. I was physically present, but mentally stuck — replaying the past, worrying about the future, and trying to perform somewhere other than where my feet were. In this episode, I break down a simple framework I call Process. Perform. Prepare. It's how to align your focus, effort, and energ...

**REPOSTING FOR NEW YEARS DAY 2026** This is episode 014 of the Next Season Podcast! In episode 013, I gave you a better way to set and pursue goals using a brain-based, next-level framework.  In this episode, we're going to take those goals and turn them into habits using neuroscience-backed tips and tools. We'll start with some brain mechanisms and processes, and bust the 21-day habit my...

**REPOSTING FOR NEW YEARS EVE 2025** It's the time of year for goal setting and New Years Failures…I mean Resolutions.  In this episode I share some stats to show just how bad most of us are at setting and achieving goals, then introduce a science-supported framework to help you be better at setting and pursuing goals. I also identify three common mistakes that you may be making - even though...

What do you do when life blindsides you - left laying on the side of the road? In this powerful episode, Jimmy Mudgett shares the story of nearly dying while training for an Ironman after being hit by a car and told he might never walk again. Instead of giving up, he rebuilt his identity, his confidence, his character, and eventually crossed the Ironman finish line he almost lost. This conversatio...

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. If you play baseball — or live a meaningful life — you’re going to get bruised, banged up, embarrassed, humbled, and tested. The question isn’t if pain shows up. It’s what you do next. In Part 2 of our deep dive into pain & toughness, I break down the exact mindsets, tools, and tactics you can use to: Train toughness over time (gradual exposure, menta...

If you’ve got real passion, you’re signing up for pain. Pain is inevitable—it’s the cost of chasing something that matters. But it’s not just physical. Pain is multidimensional. It’s mental, emotional, even social. And when you start to understand that, everything about how you handle it changes. In this episode, I break down the science of pain and toughness—the way your brain interprets pain, ho...

You ever crush a huge goal — and then feel...empty? You thought you’d feel unstoppable, but instead, it’s flat. That’s not weakness — it’s brain science. In this episode of The Next Season Podcast , I break down why success can trigger burnout, emptiness and even depression , and teach a better way to set goals using my Never Summit Goal Setting framework. Learn how to stay ambitious without burni...

You’ve had a garbage teammate before—selfish, lazy, full of excuses. Toxic. Talks crap and puts you down. You're never good enough, you don't belong…you get it. In this episode I continue to garbage teammate series but this time it may be the worst version - that horrible teammate is YOU. You are the worst possible teammate to yourself. We cover what it sounds and looks like to be a garbag...

🚨 Upperclassmen — the way you treat freshmen can make or break your season. Ignore them, exclude them, haze them? You’re not tough… you’re toxic. In this episode of the Next Season Podcast , I lay out 3 huge mistakes upperclassmen make that DESTROY their leadership potential & trash team culture . But I don't stop there - stay to the end because I give you 3 underrated & proven leader...

Don’t be that guy on a new team. You know the one—shows up late, acts too cool, doesn’t listen, and loses respect before the first game even starts. In this episode of the Next Season Podcast , I break down 5 brutal mistakes that instantly make you a garbage new teammate —and how to flip them into habits that earn trust, respect and leadership on day one. Whether you’re a freshman walking into hig...

In Episode 030, I hit you with 6 reasons that the "dumb" mistakes you see may not be on purpose - and they fell in the No Choice Bucket. If you missed it, go back and listen first. Now in Part 2, we go even deeper with 10 more brain-based, logic-driven reasons people make choices that look dumb but actually make perfect sense to them in the moment. From processing speed under pressure to e...

Tell me if these sound familiar… Your shortstop makes a wild throw when he should’ve eaten it. A hitter swings 3–0 with the game on the line and pops up. The ump blows an obvious call. Your mom says something awkward in front of your whole team. A teammate zones out and misses the sign, and you pay the price. Another teammate hits a missile and thinks it's gone, tosses his bat and starts his h...

Coach Murph is changing the game—literally. Chris “Coach Murph” Murphy went from youth ballplayer to landing a front office job with the Red Sox. When he realized there was something missing, he went all-in and has become one of the premier online coaches, including the personal hitting coach to MLB LEGEND MANNY RAMIREZ & MLB draft prospects. In this episode, we unpack his journey, his coachin...

You need to know what coaches and scouts are really looking for. Baseball is a game of details. And if you're missing these ones, you’re in trouble. In Part 2 of this two-part series, I break down 4 more subtle red flags that silently kill trust with coaches and hold players back—on the field and in life. These aren’t just performance issues. These are character issues, mindset traps, and life...

You might have talent—but talent won’t save you if you're making these mistakes. You need to know what coaches and scouts are really looking for. Baseball is a game of details. And if you're missing these ones, you’re in trouble. In this episode, I break down 4 red flags that coaches and scouts hate seeing from players. These aren't the obvious ones. These are the small habits and beha...

Welcome back to The Next Season Podcast — and trust me, this one's a masterclass. I’m honored to sit down with Johnny Martin, a speaker, coach and mentor to Fortune 1 executives, elite military operators, world-record holders, pro athletes, and high-level entrepreneurs. More than that, Johnny is a man who lives what he teaches— a life built on values, vision and grit. When I created the Ambiti...

Baseball moms, this one’s for you. You've traded in Mother's Day brunches for the bleachers. Mimosas are out, replaced by jugs of electrolytes & coolers of water. A long weekend in the sun often ends with 30 minutes scrubbing stains from the white baseball pants, figuring out how you'll get the mixture of grass, dirt, sand, clay, blood and those awesome black turf streaks off the u...