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WYC 153 – The Playmaker’s Advantage – Dr. Leonard Zaichkowsky talks How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level
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WYC 153 – The Playmaker’s Advantage – Dr. Leonard Zaichkowsky talks How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level
FromThe Winning Youth Coaching Podcast: Youth Sports | Coaching | Parenting | Family Resources
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Leonard Zaichkowsky, PhD, a professor, researcher and consultant for almost four decades at Boston University, pioneered sport psychology by bringing cognitive neuroscience and sport performance together as an interdisciplinary science. His academic textbooks and research publications demonstrated the importance of an athlete’s remarkable brain in anticipating and acting on opportunities during competition.
He has consulted with teams in the NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB, Australian Rules Football, the Spanish men’s national soccer team, and Olympic sport organizations around the world. Len is a former president and a fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and currently section editor on psychology for the International Journal of Health & Sport Science. Recently, the American Psychological Association honored Len with the “Distinguished Service to the Profession” award.
Today, Len is a co-founder and senior consultant at 80 Percent Mental Consulting, advising coaches, teams and sports organizations on developing athlete cognition. After too many Boston winters, he and his wife now live in Fort Myers, Florida.
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Teaching Skills
Ask questions - get the kids to think instead of giving them all the answers
Good book for this: How to Help Children Find the Champion within themselves
Keep instructions to a minimum and brief. Let them figure it out.
Performing in pressure situations
Simulate pressure situations often in practice
Small area games where all the kids get more touches in tight areas under pressure
Encourage the better players to be your leaders and encourage the lesser talented players
Developing athletes
Kids need to be active physically (around the neighborhood, in the backyard) before diving into high-level competitive athletics
The best athletes are typically self-developed, not grown by private lessons at an early age
What makes a Playmaker?
Deliberate practice - It takes a motivated athlete who constantly is thinking about, playing the sport
Overspeed training - Go so fast that you fall down physically. For mental overspeed training - there is a neurotracker. Good website: gamesensesports.com
The one that got away
Len kicked a bag of oranges after a bad call and they went all over the court
Best stolen/borrowed idea
Tight area games
Overspeed training
The Playmakers Advantage
The brain and understanding the thinking process is so important to all areas of life
Buy The Playmakers Advantage on Amazon: Link
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He has consulted with teams in the NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB, Australian Rules Football, the Spanish men’s national soccer team, and Olympic sport organizations around the world. Len is a former president and a fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, and currently section editor on psychology for the International Journal of Health & Sport Science. Recently, the American Psychological Association honored Len with the “Distinguished Service to the Profession” award.
Today, Len is a co-founder and senior consultant at 80 Percent Mental Consulting, advising coaches, teams and sports organizations on developing athlete cognition. After too many Boston winters, he and his wife now live in Fort Myers, Florida.
Buy The Playmakers Advantage on Amazon: Link
Listen Now:
Listen on iTunes: iTunes link
Listen on Stitcher: Stitcher link
Listen on Google Play Music: Google Play link-
-
Teaching Skills
Ask questions - get the kids to think instead of giving them all the answers
Good book for this: How to Help Children Find the Champion within themselves
Keep instructions to a minimum and brief. Let them figure it out.
Performing in pressure situations
Simulate pressure situations often in practice
Small area games where all the kids get more touches in tight areas under pressure
Encourage the better players to be your leaders and encourage the lesser talented players
Developing athletes
Kids need to be active physically (around the neighborhood, in the backyard) before diving into high-level competitive athletics
The best athletes are typically self-developed, not grown by private lessons at an early age
What makes a Playmaker?
Deliberate practice - It takes a motivated athlete who constantly is thinking about, playing the sport
Overspeed training - Go so fast that you fall down physically. For mental overspeed training - there is a neurotracker. Good website: gamesensesports.com
The one that got away
Len kicked a bag of oranges after a bad call and they went all over the court
Best stolen/borrowed idea
Tight area games
Overspeed training
The Playmakers Advantage
The brain and understanding the thinking process is so important to all areas of life
Buy The Playmakers Advantage on Amazon: Link
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Released:
Aug 1, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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