The Catalyst for launching The Heroic Mindset podcast was created from a desire to help serious athletes, coaches and supporting adults to have a top-notch resource for all things mindset, motivation, inspiration and thriving in sports. Hosts Dr. Tom Davis (CEO leaderselevate.com, leadership expert and mindset coach) and Larry Sunderland (USYNT coach, Director of Player Dev FC Cincinnati, & former pro player) will also unfold top-notch interviews from soccer and sports experts with a constan ...
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How to Use ACT and Sports Psychology in Sport with Dave Price
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Dave Price is the Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist for Portsmouth FC Academy in the UK. He blends an innovative approach called, ACT, to help athletes reach their highest potential and to achieve very best. ACT is a unique approach used by Sports Psychologists that stands for A (acceptance), C (comittment), and T (training). ACT blends the p…
Everyone is struggling in one way or another because of all that is happening with COVID. We are all worried about many things. What will happen to professional soccer? What about the season? Are Universities going to play this fall? How can I focus on positive things through this process? What is the future going to look like? It is easy to get ca…
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Jesse Marsch, Coach of FC Red Bull Salzburg on What It Takes to Create a Winning Environment
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Jesse Marsch is the only American coach to be coaching in the Champions League in Europe. His rise to this role is an interesting story - how he has built championship teams is even more fascinating. He played 14 seasons in the MLS and then went on to coach the first season for the Montreal Impact and the NY Red Bulls where he was named MLS coach o…
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Secrets of a Coach's Winning Mindset - a look at Klopp and Guardiola
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Is there a secret formula to creating a winning mindset? It turns out there is. How does Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp continue to have success no matter what club they go to? What are they doing that's different from what everyone else is doing? You can see their passion and joy when they are on the field but why does it work? Can we learn from t…
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How to Create a Motivational Climate with Steve Simonson
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A fascinating episode on how to build, "A Motivational Climate," on your team and in your sport. The fact is that a Motivational Climate already exists. The real question is, "Is the motivational climate you have on your team working for you?" Is it ego-driven or team driven? Does it foster an environment where players can take risk and make mistak…
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#6 Coach Rene Meulensteen of Manchester United-What it Takes to Win
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This week's episode gives us an inside look at what it was like to coach the famed Manchester United team that won 3 premier league titles, the UEFA Champions league, and the FIFA Club World Cup. Rene goes into detail as a first team coach about helping to create the type of mindset in each of the players that helped to win those titles and champio…
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Michael Jordan-The Last Dance: Winning at ALL cost. Is it worth it?
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Dr. Tom and Larry discuss MJ being an outlier and what that means. Is it worth it to win at all costs? What else does it 'cost' you? How did that impact the team and does it matter? Can you build a mindset around MJ's mentality? What is failure and what is success and does that change depending on the person and their values? Larry discusses his fa…
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#4 Carrie Taylor - Creating the 'New Normal' as The Only Female Coach in USA Men's Pro Soccer
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Carrie Taylor is no stranger to taking risk and breaking down walls so new things can emerge. She played on the first-ever women's soccer team for the University of Michigan to start her soccer career. Now she's coaching with US soccer legend Landon Donovan at the San Diego Loyal. In this episode, she talks about the unlikely road that led her to c…
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#3 - Team CULTURE: Who Makes it and Who Breaks It?
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One of the most important focal points in sports is creating a 'high-performance culture' based on trust and accountability. This kind of culture helps everyone to be their best, perform at a high-level more consistently and dispels insecure, toxic competition amongst teammates. But this doesn't happen by accident. It only happens when we are clear…
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Episode 2: Why The Heroic Mindset is key to transformation
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On this week's show Larry and Tom go into detail about why creating the right mindset is essential to success in sports and in life. We dig into tips for players and coaches and also discuss strategies and tools Larry used in coaching the U17 & U16 US National teams before and during international matches. We discuss Robin van Persie's video regard…
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Episode 1: Why The Heroic Mindset Podcast
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Hosts, Dr. Tom Davis, CEO of Leaders Elevate and Larry Sunderland, US National Team Coach and Director of Development at FC Cincinnati, tell their stories and discuss the motivation behind starting The Heroic Mindset Podcast.By Dr. Tom Davis and Larry Sunderland