Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within

Ron Schmittling
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A sports psychology and mental performance podcast for athletes, sports parents and coaches. Mental performance coach Ron Schmittling (Coach Ron MPM, St. Louis) gives you short, practical episodes on pressure, confidence, focus, the reset after a mistake, and what to say on the car ride home, across softball, baseball, volleyball, basketball, soccer and golf. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More at coachronmpm.com/podcast

  1. 1d ago

    Fear Loves Assumptions

    The college coach is watching. You're going to mess up. Everybody will see. None of that has happened yet. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron explains how fear feeds on guesses, and how one honest question can shrink the night-before nerves before a big weekend. 🎯 Today's Direction: When fear starts talking, ask one question. What do I actually know? Play that game, not the imaginary one. 🧭 Find out what takes over first under pressure: Start Within is a 15-statement self-assessment, about eight minutes, with a report Coach Ron reviews personally. coachronmpm.com/start Winning Starts Within.

  2. 3d ago

    Reset Routine (Workshop)

    You're going to make a mistake this week. The question is what happens in the next thirty seconds. In this Mental Skills Workshop on Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron walks you through building your own reset routine, one you practice on ordinary days so it shows up on the big ones. 🎯 Today's Direction: Build your reset on a Tuesday. So it's there on Saturday. Then use it every single time. 🧭 Find out what takes over first under pressure: Start Within is a 15-statement self-assessment, about eight minutes, with a report Coach Ron reviews personally. coachronmpm.com/start Winning Starts Within.

  3. 5d ago

    Why Athletes Rush

    Bases loaded. Your heart is pounding. And suddenly everything speeds up. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron explains why pressure makes athletes rush, why a racing heart is not the enemy, and how to take back your own tempo when the moment gets loud. 🎯 Today's Direction: Your heart can race. Your routine doesn't have to. Own the tempo. 🧭 Find out what takes over first under pressure: Start Within is a 15-statement self-assessment, about eight minutes, with a report Coach Ron reviews personally. coachronmpm.com/start Winning Starts Within.

  4. Oct 9

    Tiny Choices Become Big Results

    Head down or head up. Jog back or walk back. Look at your teammate or look at the ground. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron explains why the smallest choices you make in the ten seconds after a mistake often decide the next play, and sometimes the rest of the game. 🎯 Today's Direction: You don't control the mistake. You control the next ten seconds. Win those.  📬 Keep training your mental game: Join Coach Ron's free Lighthouse Letter for practical mental-performance tools delivered each week. coachronmpm.com/lighthouse-letter   Winning Starts Within.

  5. Oct 7

    Boring Wins

    Same drill. Third day in a row. You're bored out of your mind. Good. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron explains why being able to handle boredom is one of the most underrated skills in sports, and how to win the rep nobody's watching.  🎯 Today's Direction: Pick the most boring rep in your practice. Give it your full attention anyway. Boring is where the gap gets built.  📬 Keep training your mental game: Join Coach Ron's free Lighthouse Letter for practical mental-performance tools delivered each week. coachronmpm.com/lighthouse-letter   Winning Starts Within.

  6. Oct 5

    Book Breakdown: Atomic Habits

    A bike seat. A pillow. A bar of soap. In this Book Breakdown on Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron reviews James Clear's Atomic Habits: the big ideas, what athletes should take from it, where it falls short as a sports book, and what sport psychology adds about habits that hold up under pressure.  🎯 Today's Direction: Make the habit small enough to do today. Grade your week by the reps, not the results. The results are always running a little behind.  📬 Keep training your mental game: Join Coach Ron's free Lighthouse Letter for practical mental-performance tools delivered each week. coachronmpm.com/lighthouse-letter   Winning Starts Within.

  7. Oct 2

    Your Record Doesn't Get a Vote

    Eleven missed cuts in nineteen starts. Then a sixty-two. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron takes apart the permission system nobody designed — the one where your last month has to approve of your next at-bat. 🎯 Today's Direction: Your record is an input. It is not permission. Winning Starts Within.

  8. Oct 2

    The Tuesday Rule

    Everybody works on their head in the parking lot. New research says that's the worst time to do it. In this episode of Into The Storm | Where Winning Starts Within, Coach Ron explains why mental training pays about twice as much on an ordinary Tuesday — and what to actually do with that. 🎯 Today's Direction: The moment is too late to fix the moment. Winning Starts Within.

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A sports psychology and mental performance podcast for athletes, sports parents and coaches. Mental performance coach Ron Schmittling (Coach Ron MPM, St. Louis) gives you short, practical episodes on pressure, confidence, focus, the reset after a mistake, and what to say on the car ride home, across softball, baseball, volleyball, basketball, soccer and golf. New episodes Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More at coachronmpm.com/podcast

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