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Every athlete trains their body, but how many train their mind? Mental Performance Playbook breaks down elite mental strategies used by top performers and gives you simple, actionable exercises to apply immediately.
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5 Ways to See the Game Before It Happens (Mental Imagery for Athletes) | Ep. 175 (opens the original)
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Mental Performance Playbook Episode 175. Brought to you by TAH. The game comes down to who gets the most good reps, and those reps do not have to happen on the field, court, track, mat, or water. In this episode of the Mental Performance Playbook, Gabe Rummel walks through the whiteboard and breaks down 5 ways to see the game anytime, anywhere using mental imagery, also called visualization. You will learn rotation, scanning, third person POV, first person POV, and five senses. You will also hea
Train Attention Because It Wins Games | Ep. 174 (opens the original)
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Mental Performance Playbook Episode 174. Brought to you by TAH (The Athletes Health). Your athlete's attention goes somewhere every second of the game. The only question is whether they're steering it or it's steering them. In this episode, Gabe breaks down Nideffer's attention theory on the whiteboard and turns it into a simple four zone system called RAAP. It's the difference between an athlete who spirals when things get tight and one who has a focus point ready to go, just like a free throw
How Clear Definitions Improve Athletic Performance | Ep. 173 (opens the original)
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Mental Performance Playbook Episode 173. Brought to you by TAH (The Athletes Health). Most problems in sports don't come from bad talent. They come from a definition nobody agreed on. In this episode, Gabe breaks down why definitions might be the most important word in sports, and how one skipped conversation can throw off an entire season. You'll hear real stories from working with student athletes, why "injured" doesn't mean the same thing to every coach and parent, and how a team captain's ad
The Quarterback's Curse | Ep. 172 (opens the original)
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Mental Performance Playbook Episode 172. Brought to you by The Athletes Health. Every quarterback carries a curse. No time to celebrate the touchdown. No time to sulk over the interception. The next play is already coming, ready or not. In this episode, Gabe breaks down the quarterback's curse: the forced short memory that looks brutal from the outside but is actually a trained mental exercise. You'll learn the exact 4-step process quarterbacks use to reset between plays, and how any athlete, in
The Secret of Silence: Go Quiet to Go Fast | Ep. 171 (opens the original)
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Mental Performance Playbook Episode 171. Brought to you by The Athletes Health. In this episode of The Mental Performance Playbook... Every athlete knows that moment right before it matters most, the crowd noise, the hype music, the heartbeat racing right along with it. What most people miss is the other side of that noise. The best performers train themselves to find silence right when the pressure hits hardest, and that silence is the real secret weapon. In this episode, Gabe breaks down silen
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