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• Dr. Julie Wiernik, host of “Gettin’ Gritty with Dr. J”” is a sports clinical psychologist with 20 years of experience in the business and a background in sports as an athlete
• Impact of coaches & the role of sports psychologists in helping athletes with mental health
• Specialization in working with collegiate athletes, specifically pitchers and hitters
• Importance of having routines & the ability to handle distractions in order to pitch well
• Problem of fans bullying athletes and the importance of having tools to handle distractions
• The details are everything in sports and there is always room for improvement, 
• Recommendation for athletes to do some reading to learn more about their favorite pitches and develop a deeper understanding of the game
• “Gettin’ Gritty with Dr. J” provides the opportunity to reach the whole world and offer advice, especially to those who cannot afford it.
• Many athletes are afraid to say they work with a sports psychologist, and coaches should start utilizing mental performance experts more.
• The mental game is critical for athletes, especially for pitchers & hitters
• Emulate the best athletes and model from their success.
• The key is to maintain confidence, stay the course, and make adjustments when necessary
• Jose Altuve, kept his confidence even when he was 1 for 15, knowing that's just the reality of baseball.
• Yandy Diaz, a Tampa Bay player who focuses on getting on base and adapting to each pitch.
• Bad coaching and how overly emotional, abusive coaches can negatively affect players and contribute to high dropout rates in Little League baseball.
• Dr. J emphasizes the importance of positive, relaxed, and trusting coaches who believe in their players and understand that mistakes are inevitable.
• Self-awareness is important to understand and express emotions properly to avoid burnout, depression, anxiety, and injuries.
• Communication between coach and player is crucial, especially when dealing with players from other countries.
• Bringing in a mentor for a player can help develop trust, empathy, and kindness, leading to better performance. Nelson Cruz & Wander Franco
• The Washington Nationals' success in winning the World Series was attributed to enjoying the game and focusing on winning one game, one pitch, and one at-bat at a time.

Dr Julie Wiernik's podcast can be found at “Gettin’ Gritty with Dr. J”

For more information about: Dr. J and the Texas Center for Sports Psychology
Dr. J can also be found on Twitter at@JulieWiernik 
texascenterforsportpsychology.com

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Thanks to ChatGPT for providing recommendations on the show notes. 

From Simone Biles’ brush with the twisties to Rick Ankiel’s experience of the yips, the constellation of phenomena known as the yips–and the stories of the athletes who experience it–are some of the strangest in the world of sports. Far more common, but perhaps equally opaque, are mood disorders like depression and anxiety, and on this episode of Losing Control, host Justin Su’a talks with Karen Swartz, a clinical psychiatrist who specializes in mood disorders and community education. Mood disorders destabilize confidence, shift the relationship with the things we care about the most, and impact how we see ourselves–just like the yips–and in the second half of the episode, retired Major Leaguer Rick Ankiel reflects on the yips, mental health, and how his experiences in baseball have shaped his relationship to sports, and to life.

• Rick Ankiel, a retired professional pitcher, outfielder, and author of “The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life”
• Karen Swartz, the director of clinical and educational programs at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Losing Control is a podcast about the yips. But this episode isn’t about the yips. It’s about two of the tools athletes and elite performers utilize to maintain a healthy mind: meditation and humor. Dr. Amishi Jha studies meditation and its impact on our attention, stress levels, and performance. Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas study humor, and the power of a mindset of levity. Part of the yips story is about how we live our lives, and on this episode of Losing Control, host Justin Su’a shines a light on a practice and a quality that can have a profound impact on your performance, your work, and your life. 

• Jennifer Aaker, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-author of “Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life” 
• Naomi Bagdonas, lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-author of “Humor, Seriously: Why Humor Is a Secret Weapon in Business and Life”  
• Dr. Amishi Jha, professor at the University of Miami and author of “Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day”

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Focus on what you can control. It’s a phrase you’ve heard more than once if you’ve been listening to this podcast, and it typically refers to reorienting your perspective or ideas of success from the external to the internal: from elements outside of your control, to elements within your control. But on this episode of Losing Control, host Justin Su’a talks with renowned mental performance coach Dr. Colleen Hacker about how to manage, repair, and sustain a critical component of elite performance that is outside of control: confidence. And for a perspective on how to achieve consistent high performance sustainably, bestselling author Brad Stulberg discusses the perils of heroic individualism and the possibilities of other models of success. The yips are one of the most extraordinary and unusual phenomena in sports, and far more common among elite athletes are battles with confidence–or lack thereof–and achieving success sustainably in environments that demand consistent high performance under pressure.    

• Dr. Colleen Hacker, a professor of kinesiology at Pacific Lutheran University, and co-author of “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls” and "Achieving Excellence: Mastering Mindset for Peak Performance in Sport and Life"  
• Brad Stulberg, author of “The Practice of Groundedness,” and co-author of “Peak Performance” 

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Hello everyone and welcome to another episode from The Performance Psychcast. Today we are very fortunate to be speaking with Dr Phil Clarke from Derby University. Phil's area of expertise is in performance under pressure, the psychological predictors and mechanism’s associated, specifically for 'choking' and 'the yips' within sport and this is exactly what this podcast episode is all about. 

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Jason interviews Womens gymnastics superfan Clara Barton Green and gets the lowdown on what types of things have led to Simone Biles 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Richard Alexander Ankiel was born July 19th, 1979, in Fort Pierce, Florida to parents Richard Patrick Ankiel and Denise Turton. Growing up, Rick loved to play baseball, but his father was an over-bearing, “know it all” parent when it came to sports. He was worse at home, where he was a physically abusive drunk and dealt hard drugs. Baseball then became something Rick had to do, in order to get out of his situation at home. While Rick could play multiple positions, he excelled as a pitcher, and as a Senior at Port St. Lucie High, he went 11-1 with a 0.47 earned run average, striking out 162 batters in 74 innings pitched. Good enough to be named High School Player of the Year by USA Today.

Born in Houston, Texas, Knoblauch came from a baseball family, as his uncle Eddie Knoblauch and father Ray Knoblauch played and managed in the minor leagues between the late 1930s and mid-1950s. Knoblauch played for the Bellaire High School baseball team, which also produced many other former major leaguers, including Chris Young (outfielder) and Jose Cruz, Jr.. Knoblauch missed his senior season (1986) due to a broken leg, but he cheered from the bench as the team won the state championship.

Chuck stole 25 or more bases for 10 of his 12 major league seasons. He has the most stolen bases in Minnesota Twins history since moving in 1961. He returned in 2018 to the new Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the ‘98 World Series Champions.

Chuck was AL Rookie of the Year in 1991. A four-time All-Star and four-time World Series champion, he miraculously walked more times in his career than struck out. He walked 804 times and only struck out 730 times. 

The turning point of Chuck’s story occurred in 1998 when he developed the Yips.

Dr. Delice Coffey is the first Sports Psychologist to appear on the program, and boy did we luck out to have her! An accomplished clinical therapist, sports psychologist, former powerlifter. She speaks about training, mental focus, follow through, and mental health management. 

She also shares information about her excellent nonprofit, the D Coffey Foundation for Athletics and Education. Learn more about this at: http://www.athletesponsorship.org/

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Do you struggle with throwing down to 2nd base or simply throwing balls in a baseball game?

Jason said:

“I grew up playing baseball my whole life. I get nervous when I even just think about throwing and when I try to throw hard at my target I throw it in the dirt or over the person’s head. How do I get over this?”

In this video you’ll learn:

The fears that cause you to throw a ball into the dirt or throw it over the pitchers head or the 1st baseman’s head unexpectedly.

We call this the throwing yips in baseball.

What are the yips?

Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about the yips and what Dr. Cohn says you can do to get relief and throw freely again

Head over to Peak Sports and check out Breaking The Yips Cycle:

Breaking The Yips Cycle: Mental Strategies to Improve Confidence & Throw Freely Again

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Do you struggle with throwing down to 2nd base or simply throwing balls in a baseball game?

Jason said:

“I grew up playing baseball my whole life. I get nervous when I even just think about throwing and when I try to throw hard at my target I throw it in the dirt or over the person’s head. How do I get over this?”

In this video you’ll learn:

The fears that cause you to throw a ball into the dirt or throw it over the pitchers head or the 1st baseman’s head unexpectedly.

We call this the throwing yips in baseball.

What are the yips?

Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about the yips and what Dr. Cohn says you can do to get relief and throw freely again

Head over to Peak Sports and check out Breaking The Yips Cycle:

Breaking The Yips Cycle: Mental Strategies to Improve Confidence & Throw Freely Again

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Do you have great mechanics and putt freely on the practice green, but when you go to the golf course you tend to struggle on the greens?

Don wrote in and said:

“I’m a mid to high handicap golfer and I have problems putting. Mechanically all seems fine but when I get over the ball things start to change. I start to question my mechanics and maybe focus too much on stroke. Do you have any ideas on why this happens for golfers?”

Golfers with the yips, whether it is putting, chipping or full swing, feel different mechanically when they move from the practice green to the course.

Golfers tend to get more mechanical because they think that’s whats going to help them hit a better shot.

What Changes on The Course?

Listen to this week's podcast to learn Dr. Cohn’s mental game tips on how to take your practice putting to the greens.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out our Mental Coaching Programs:

Mental Game Coaching For Athletes

Download our FREE Putting Yips Report!

Anti-Yips Putting Drills: Practice Drill For Freer Putting

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Do you have great mechanics and putt freely on the practice green, but when you go to the golf course you tend to struggle on the greens?

Don wrote in and said:

“I’m a mid to high handicap golfer and I have problems putting. Mechanically all seems fine but when I get over the ball things start to change. I start to question my mechanics and maybe focus too much on stroke. Do you have any ideas on why this happens for golfers?”

Golfers with the yips, whether it is putting, chipping or full swing, feel different mechanically when they move from the practice green to the course.

Golfers tend to get more mechanical because they think that’s whats going to help them hit a better shot.

What Changes on The Course?

Listen to this week's podcast to learn Dr. Cohn’s mental game tips on how to take your practice putting to the greens.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out our Mental Coaching Programs:

Mental Game Coaching For Athletes

Download our FREE Putting Yips Report!

Anti-Yips Putting Drills: Practice Drill For Freer Putting

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Why do ball players go to a different throw in game situations compared to what they are capable of doing in practice?

Fear of failure prevents ball players form using their normal, confident throw in games. What is the underlying challenge in game situations?

Listen to this week's podcast to see what Dr. Cohn says about the underlying issues and what ball plates have to do to regain confidence in throwing.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out Breaking The Yips Cycle:

Breaking The Yips Cycle: Mental Strategies to Improve Confidence & Throw Freely Again

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Why do ball players go to a different throw in game situations compared to what they are capable of doing in practice?

Fear of failure prevents ball players form using their normal, confident throw in games. What is the underlying challenge in game situations?

Listen to this week's podcast to see what Dr. Cohn says about the underlying issues and what ball plates have to do to regain confidence in throwing.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out Breaking The Yips Cycle:

Breaking The Yips Cycle: Mental Strategies to Improve Confidence & Throw Freely Again

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Do you have a coach that wants to change your mechanics because they see you throwing without accuracy in games?

Changing mechanics will not help you over come the yips… The yips are not a mechanical problem.

Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about why Dr. Cohn says changing mechanics is not a solution to overcome the yips.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out The Mental Edge For Ball Players:

The Mental Edge For Baseball and Softball Players: Mental Toughness Strategies For Ultimate Confidence

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle

In this week's sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, starts his new series in Sessions With Doc, where he answers mental game questions.

Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:

Do you have a coach that wants to change your mechanics because they see you throwing without accuracy in games?

Changing mechanics will not help you over come the yips… The yips are not a mechanical problem.

Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about why Dr. Cohn says changing mechanics is not a solution to overcome the yips.

Head over to Peak Sports and check out The Mental Edge For Ball Players:

The Mental Edge For Baseball and Softball Players: Mental Toughness Strategies For Ultimate Confidence

Download our FREE baseball yips report!

8 Mental Game Strategies To Break The Yips Cycle