Our Great Coach on this episode is Petr Kotik

Petr is the holder of a 5th dan in kickboxing and is the Head Coach of the Czech Republic Kickboxing team.

He is a 14 time World Champion, a 5 time world cup winner, and 3 time winner of the USA open.

He has also coached more than 10 amateur world champions.

Petr is a coach with a deep focus on helping his athletes with the specific mental and physical skills they require, to master their fear, and enter the tatami confident that they are able to perform at their very best.

He is a student of coaching, and searches for learning from a broad array of sports and people to ensure that that he has the skills he needs to be the best possible coach he can be for every individual. In fact he describes his role a s a coach, as figuring our what his role needs to be for each person.

I always enjoy learning from Combat coaches, their focus on learning to master fear and build confidence is applicable to so many parts of life, and some of the highlights of this conversation for me were:

• The importance of being calm, as when your emotions are under control you are able to more easily adapt your strategy. And the advice he gives on practicing to be calm by focusing on the combination of physical actions in front of you in that moment.
• That great coaches are partners with their athletes, and they work together to make the necessary changes to achieve success.
• And that you overcome self doubt by focusing on your strengths and the successful moments you deploy them, and making sure that these are a key part of your training programme.

This was a terrific conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much I did.

If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com

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