ATHLETE'S MINDSET ACADEMY

Amy Twiggs
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I am a mindset coach for athletes. If you are a coach, an athlete, or parent and are looking for your athletes to become mentally tough, compete with confidence, AND create a winning mindset... this podcast IS FOR YOU. If you want help applying the mindset training tools I teach, simply go to: athletesmindsetacademy.com. If you are looking for Gymnastics Mindset Academy, check out their new podcast and website at gymnasticsmindsetacademy.com.

  1. 12/28/2021

    #156 The Power of Words to Believe New Things

    Words are so powerful. Especially when you are speaking them to yourself.  Listen now to hear about the power of words, and how to help your athletes eliminate words that are not useful for them!  Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    19 min

  2. 12/20/2021

    #155 How to Have Fun and Believe Something New with Coach Claudia Kretschmer

    Coach Claudia has owned and run Gym America for the last 45 years. She shares her thoughts and ideas with us on coaching, especially on how to have fun in the gym. We talk about different ideas for coaching and creating fun. She also shares about Balance Palace, a new board game for beam! https://shopshinecreative.com/shop. Then, we turn the conversation and teach Coach Claudia how to believe something new step by step. This process is the secret to helping your gymnasts overcome fear, performance anxiety and mental blocks. It is one of the foundational tools in our gymnastics mindset training. Join us for this super fun, very educational conversation with one amazing gymnastics coach! Let's learn how to help your gymnasts master their minds. Want to learn more? Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    46 min

  3. 12/13/2021

    #154 Why it's So Hard to Believe Something New (and How to Start)

    Your gymnast has tried hard to think positively, to swap a thought, to believe something new. But they just can't seem to get there. On this week's episode we talk about the brain and WHY it is so hard to do. We also help you learn how to begin the process and how to help your gymnast. Beliefs that will help them overcome fear, manage their emotions and be mentally tough are so important for productive practices and confident competitions. Here's how to work on getting them there! Let's learn how to help your gymnasts master their minds. Want to learn more? Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    22 min

  4. 12/07/2021

    #153 You Have to Believe Something New to Achieve Something New

    The results that we get start with the things we believe. If you want your gymnasts to have great results, they have to learn how to believe something new. Tune in to learn not only how to swap a thought, but step by step how to believe that new thought for good. Your gymnasts can use this mindset training as they work to overcome fears, performance anxiety about the upcoming season and to become mentally for productive practices and confident competitions. Let's learn how to help your gymnasts master their minds. Want to learn more? Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    26 min

  5. 11/30/2021

    #151 Finding Cue Words that work.

    Cue Words can become a short hand code to powerful thoughts and emotions that will fuel your gymnast to perform at her best. Coaches can use this gymnastics mindset training tool to help your gymnasts overcome fear and create confidence in her skills for peak performance. Coach Ali and Coach Stacie talk in detail about how to help your gymnast find the right cue words to create the desired results. Want to learn more?  Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    22 min

  6. 11/23/2021

    #150 Training your brain with affirmations

    Affirmations are a popular tool to use with gymnasts to help them overcome fear and mental blocks, decrease performance anxiety and help in their mindset training.  Used in conjunction with our other mindset tools, they can be very helpful in focusing your gymnasts brain on believing something positive about themselves.  But used incorrectly, and they can deepen the fear or disbelief.  Coach Ali and Coach Stacie talk thought affirmations, when they are helpful and how to use them to help your gymnast in this weeks episode. Let's learn how to help your gymnasts master their minds. Want to learn more? Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    27 min

  7. 11/15/2021

    #149 Visualizing Your Future Self

    How can you help your gymnast overcome fear or a mental block with mindset training?  Visualizing their future self is a powerful tool. It's also a powerful tool for you as a coach or to use with your whole team.  When you tap into the imagination and visualize yourself as the person or the team who has already accomplished their dreams, the brain can begin to use that to help you actually accomplish it.  Gymnastics is a mental sport.  Let's learn how to help your gymnasts master their minds.   Want to learn more?  Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    27 min

  8. 11/08/2021

    #148 Mastering your mind with visualization

    Are you wondering, "How do I help my gymnast learn a new skill they are afraid of?" Or "How do I help my gymnast who is injured or out continue to keep their skills up?"  This week we chat about the second and third steps in powerful visualization.   Visualization is such an important tool to use in mindset training to help your athletes become mentally tough, help them deal with performance anxiety, or help them overcome fear.  Here's how to teach your gymnasts visualization that really works and how to use visualization as part of your training assignments.  It is a powerful tool when used correctly.   Want to learn more?  Check us out at athletesmindsetacademy.com.

    22 min
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I am a mindset coach for athletes. If you are a coach, an athlete, or parent and are looking for your athletes to become mentally tough, compete with confidence, AND create a winning mindset... this podcast IS FOR YOU. If you want help applying the mindset training tools I teach, simply go to: athletesmindsetacademy.com. If you are looking for Gymnastics Mindset Academy, check out their new podcast and website at gymnasticsmindsetacademy.com.

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