The A Game Podcast with Hayden McEvoy

The A Game Podcast with Hayden McEvoy

The A Game Podcast is hosted by Hayden McAvoy, founder of A Team Tuition. Diagnosed with ADHD and failing his first nine years of school, Hayden went on to become a straight A student and help over 20,000 students through partnerships with over 100 schools. Each episode, Hayden interviews sports stars, celebrities, tutors, teachers, principals, and CEOs to uncover the habits, mindsets, and strategies behind high performance and how anyone can apply them in school, business, sport, and life.

Episodes

  1. Apr 22

    How Olympic Gold Medalist Cam McEvoy Got Straight A's & Built a Champion's Mindset

    How do you balance being the number one junior swimmer in the world with getting straight A's in high school? host Hayden McEvoy sits down with his brother — Olympic Gold Medalist, two-time World Champion, and the fastest human on the planet in the water, Cam McEvoy. But Cam isn't just an elite athlete; he's also an elite academic who achieved straight A's in high school and High Distinctions in a rigorous university physics degree. In this deeply insightful Q&A, Cam unpacks the first-principles thinking that allowed him to engineer success both in the classroom and in the pool. Whether you're a student-athlete juggling heavy training loads with schoolwork, or someone looking to build unbreakable confidence and motivation, Cam's analytical approach to high performance is a game-changer. He reveals how he treated the classroom as his primary training ground, why understanding the "why" behind your actions is crucial, and how he revolutionised sprint swimming using his physics background. In this episode, you will learn: The Anatomy of Confidence: Why true self-belief comes from trusting your daily process, not just dreaming of the outcome.Balancing Sport and Academics: How Cam maximised his time in the classroom to survive 20-hour training weeks without sacrificing his grades.First-Principles Learning: How understanding the foundational "roots" of a subject allows you to solve any complex problem.Engineering World-Class Speed: How Cam used his physics degree to invent a revolutionary training system that took him to Olympic gold.Managing Performance Anxiety: Cam's exact mental strategy for the final hour before an Olympic final — and how you can apply it to your next big exam.

    1h 3m
  2. Apr 22

    How to Study Less and Get Better Grades: The A-Student Blueprint

    Are you studying hard but still not getting the grades you want? In this special masterclass episode of the A Game Podcast, host Hayden McEvoy unpacks the exact blueprint used by high-performing students to achieve top marks, often while studying less than their peers. Hayden shares his incredible personal journey of growing up with ADHD, failing his first nine years of school, and discovering the system that transformed him into a straight-A student. Since then, he has helped over 20,000 students achieve the same success through A Team Tuition. Whether you're struggling to pass or aiming to turn B's into A's, this episode breaks down the science of learning, the psychology of academic success, and the actionable strategies you can implement right now. In this episode, you will learn: The Science of an A-Student: Why top students do half the work but get better results.The 3 Pillars of the Ultimate Learner: Mindset, Strategy, and Support.How to Build the "Confidence Flywheel": Why motivation follows competence, not the other way around.The Study Pyramid: A step-by-step framework to maximise learning efficiency.Classroom Focus Hacks: 5 simple strategies to instantly improve your engagement and retention in class — even if you get distracted easily."A students do half the amount of work as B students and even C students... it comes down to how efficiently they do it.""Confidence is the controllable variable because you get confidence by proving to yourself that you can do it.""The point of school is to learn how to learn. If you can leave school learning how to learn, it gives you a massive advantage in every area of life."Grit by Angela DuckworthThe Marzano Taxonomy of Educational ObjectivesThe ABCD Planning Tool

    1h 8m

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The A Game Podcast is hosted by Hayden McAvoy, founder of A Team Tuition. Diagnosed with ADHD and failing his first nine years of school, Hayden went on to become a straight A student and help over 20,000 students through partnerships with over 100 schools. Each episode, Hayden interviews sports stars, celebrities, tutors, teachers, principals, and CEOs to uncover the habits, mindsets, and strategies behind high performance and how anyone can apply them in school, business, sport, and life.