

MindStrong
Lewis Hatchett
Whether you're an athlete, entrepreneur or student, making sense of the world right now is more challenging than ever. Navigating this landscape demands resilience, accountability, mental fortitude, emotional intelligence, and the courage to embrace vulnerability. Listen to some of the world's most insightful individuals to help make sense of it all. The path isn’t easy, but a strong mind will find a way.
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Aug 10, 2024 • 1h 13min
#204 - Dr Jim Taylor- Do Parent's Get Too Involved In Sport?
Dr Jim Taylor psychologist of performance, sport and parenting, an author and an elite level triathlete.
The most number one challenge I see with both athletes, coaches and teachers talk about in sport is parents. So I wanted to get Jim back on the show to talk to him about a range of different aspects to parenting not only in sport but in everyday life.
Expect to learn, how parents can get caught up in comparison, why you shouldn’t label your kids, the impact of shaming your kids, what positive pushing looks like and much more.
www.drjimtaylor.com
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Jul 21, 2024 • 1h 29min
#203 - Dr Adam Kelly - How Do We Identify Great Talent?
Adam Kelly is a Associate Professor of Sport and Exercise at Birmingham City University and Director of the RAYSDLab.
How do we identify talent, how do we then nuture it and are we letting talent slip through the cracks without us being aware? Adam is at the forefront and wealth of knowledge in the mechanisms of talent identification research and strategies to help us develop talent.
Expect to learn; why we put the individual first, why being born in the start of the year can give you an advantage, why we shouldn’t just select on age, strategies to best identify talent and much more.
X - https://x.com/adamkelly
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
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To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jul 13, 2024 • 1h 33min
#202 - Chris Mesagno - Why Do We Choke Under Pressure?
Chris Mesagno is a senior lecturer at Victoria University whose research focuses on anxiety and choking in sport and exercise.
Why do we choke under pressure? What are the causes for choking under pressure? How do we reduce our chances of choking under pressure? Chris is one of the leading voices on anxiety and choking under pressure and if you’re an athlete that wants to perform in the clutch moments and get out of your own way Chris is a wealth of knowledge and gives some really helpful insights.
Expect to learn; the characteristics of someone that chokes under pressure, why narcissists perform better under pressure, what happens to us when we choke, what could have been going on with Rory Mcilroy in the US Open, strategies to reducing chances of choking, and much more.
X - https://x.com/CMesagno
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
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To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jul 6, 2024 • 1h 5min
#201 - Geir Jordet - The Psychology Of Penalty Kicks
Geir Jordet holds a PhD. in soccer and psychology and teaches and conducts research on psychology and elite performance at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
Expect to learn; the fundamentals to a good penalty taker, are different personalities are suited to penalities, why the style of the kick doesn’t matter, why teams should have enforcers around the penalty taker, mental strategies for improving penalty performance, and much more.
X - https://x.com/GeirJordet
Geir's Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pressure-Lessons-psychology-penalty-shoot/dp/1915780217
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
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To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

9 snips
Jun 30, 2024 • 41min
#200 - 10 Lessons From 200 Episodes
To celebrate 200 episodes of Raising Your Game I break down some of the lessons I've learnt form the past 100 episodes.
Expect to learn; how the support/challenge matrix helps build resilience, the difference between failure and mistakes, why not all self talk is created equal, why to strive for excellence and not perfection, why your emotions aren't bad, how to surround yourself with great people, how to trust your decisions, and much more.
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 22, 2024 • 1h 21min
#199 - Dr Julie Johnston - 8 Strategies For Coaching Gen-Z Athletes
Dr Julie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University who also competed in international swimming for Ireland and Northern Ireland for ten years, participating in three Commonwealth Games and three World Championships.
Her research focuses on behavioural, social and environmental influences on children and adolescent psychosocial development, health and wellbeing, and more recently on Gen-Z athletes and how best to support them.
Expect to learn; the challenges that Gen-Z athletes face, how to best communicate with Gen-Z athletes, whether coaches are becoming softer, strategies to for developing Gen-Z athletes, and much more.
X - https://x.com/julespjohnston
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 15, 2024 • 1h 17min
#198 - Peter Hurley - The Importance of Drive, Character, and Trust
Peter Hurley is an elite sailor for the US and portrait photographer who is regarded as the industry leader in headshot photography having shot world wide athletes and celebrities.
Expect to learn; how to find your drive, how to avoid complacency, the importance of character and effort in sports, the impact of social media on self-image, embracing and accepting your appearance, the role of trust in photography, and much more.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peter_hurley
Website: https://peterhurley.com
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

Jun 1, 2024 • 1h 8min
#197 - Adam Meakins - 5 Myths of Physiotherapy
Adam Meakins a Specialist Physiotherapist, Sports Scientist, and Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Expect to learn why bad posture doesn’t causes back pain, deadlifting won’t get you injured, your weak core doesn’t cause your pain / injury, why muscle imbalances are normal, why how you move or do exercises doesn’t always predict your injury risk, and much more.
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/adammeakins/
X - https://x.com/AdamMeakins
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

May 23, 2024 • 2h 12min
#196 - Patrick Gaudreau - Why We Should Aim For Excellence & Not Perfection
Patrick Gaudreau is a professor of psychology at the University of Ottawa. Patrick’s work has spanned form achievement, motivation, performance, and perfectionism into the realm of excellencism.
Expect to learn, why we have a desire for perfection, why perfectionists make good cheats, what excellencism is, the difference between excellencism and perfectionism, how to set goals for excellence, how coaches and parents can learn to embrace mistakes, how character can shape your idea of success, and much more.
X - https://x.com/GaudreauUOttawa
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com

May 15, 2024 • 53min
#195 - Ben O'Keeffe - How To Take Criticism & Trust Your Decisions
Ben O'Keeffe is an international rugby referee.
Expect to learn: what some misunderstood qualities of rugby referees are, how to deal with criticism, how to not let mistakes stop you from making decisions, how to trust your intuition, why respecting referees is so important, how football's new blue card is a good thing, and much more.
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/okeeffe.ben
Extra Stuff:
Get 20% of MindStrong Sport app subscriptions mindstrongsport.com/checkout (Use code raisingyourgame)
Get in Touch:
Instagram: @lewishatchett
TikTok: @lewis_hatchett
To sponsor or contact the show visit: podcast.lewishatchett.com