The Imperfect Athlete Podcast
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This show is about mistakes, why athletes make them, what they mean to them and ultimately how they change behaviour to make athletes better. Each episode, I talk to an athlete or someone in a related field and we explore how their mistakes formed their career
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Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. In the second part of their conversation, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How speaking in public is helping Sam to continue to grow. What were the pivotal moments in Sam's career and playing to be efficient rather than for a highlight reel.
If you want to get to know sam even better go to https://sampedlow.com/ or you can find him on Instagram.
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
These times are really difficult for self-employed people, especially in the field of sport. You can help me out by telling 2 friends about this podcast and share this episode on social media!
In the second corona virus special, I go through a self-check in strategy that consists of 3 simple questions to help you do a self-assessment of your thoughts, feelings and emotions during the lockdown!
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. Together, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How unorganized games at a cottage lead to becoming a professional athlete. How dealing with pressure is about finding the right frame to look at things. As well as, how to deal with giving up control and learning how to thrive on uncertainty.
If you want to get to know sam even better go to https://sampedlow.com/ or you can find him on Instagram.
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
In the second part of my conversation with athletic therapist, clinic owner and coach Tony Carbonette, we talk about his decision to open his own clinic and what it is like working with para-athletes.
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
There is no doubt that this situation of home isolation is extremely difficult for a lot of people. Yet, the way some social media are approaching strategies to help us through this might be making matters worse instead of better. In this special episode of the Imperfect Athlete, I talk about my way of dealing with this situation, my opinion about how we should deal with it, and maybe just a little bit of a different voice to help people deal with their imperfections.
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
In this first part of my conversation with athletic therapist, coach and clinic owner Tony Carbonette, we discuss what mistakes made Tony want to become an athletic therapist and how they shaped his philosophy, what the difference is between working on professional athletes and 'normal' people and how that can impair your performance and how the US athletic system differs from the Canadian system. Oh, and we briefly talk about the corona virus...
I always enjoy talking to Tony and I am sure you will find his insights and stories just as much fun as I do. Since everyone is in isolation, the sound quality is not always perfect, I hope you understand.
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here, you can check out the full episode here.
With the current situation, all real life sports are cancelled for the foreseeable future, only one remains: E-sport. Competitive gaming is a fast growing business with millions of fans all over the world. However, a lot of people look at this entertainment and say: "E-sport isn't a real sport". In this episode of JWK Explains, I try to answer the question as well as give my opinion about E-sports.
JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here, you can check out the full episode here.
When a team isn't performing as it should in professional sports, there is always one thing you can be sure that is going to happen: the coach gets fired. This strategy has become so common that is is not hard to predict when a coaches' time is up.
In this episode of JWK Explains, I want to have a look at the interesting situation. Is firing the coach actually a viable strategy to boost your team's performance? And what are some of the proposed reason behind this move?
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In this the Imperfect Athlete podcast special, I compare the performance environments of the teams starring in the popular Netflix shows Last Chance U and Cheer. I look at several different factors and try to understand how these teams work and why athletes and coaches display some of the behaviour you see in the shows.
If you enjoyed this episode, leave a like or comment on on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube. For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/.
In the second part of my conversation with Ryan, we shift focus away from his career as an athlete and look at a completely different but at the same time similar performance environment: Ryan's career as a science fiction writer. We discuss a bunch of topics including how to keep growing your skills, the challenges of being a full-time writer and what lessons learned through sport can be applied to a writer.
I really loved this conversation about a topic I did not know that much about myself. I definitely learned a lot and I hope you will too.
If you are interested in Ryan's books, check out the first one in the series here: https://www.amazon.ca/Equalize-Post-Apocalyptic-LitRPG-Ether-Collapse-ebook/dp/B07NFB3XX2
You can also find him on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EtherCollapse/
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
Ryan DeBruyn is a good friend of mine with an amazing life story that goes from being a professional athlete to writing and publishing his own book series, Ether Collapse. In the first part of my conversation with Ryan, we talk about his life as an athlete, what he loves about volleyball, what his biggest mistakes were in university and as a pro. On top of that, we discuss the unique ability athletes have to make and keep making mistakes without being affected by it too much.
If you are interested in Ryan's books, check out the first one in the series here: https://www.amazon.ca/Equalize-Post-Apocalyptic-LitRPG-Ether-Collapse-ebook/dp/B07NFB3XX2
You can also find him on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EtherCollapse/
For more information on my work as a mental performance trainer, visit my website: https://www.jwkmentalperformance.com/ or find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
In the second part of my conversation with Madison Farnsworth, we talk about her work as a mental performance consultant. More specifically, together we explore the concept of stress and anxiety and Madison explains what techniques she teaches her clients to help them deal with their stress.
If you are interested in working with Madison, go to https://toramentalperformance.com/ and contact her.
In this first of two parts, I talk to former NCAA track and field athlete and fellow mental performance consultant Madison Farnsworth. In this part, we talk about learning how to properly self-evaluate and what mistakes you can make not taking rest seriously enough.
You can find Madison on social media as Tora Mental Performance.
In this solo episode, I dive deeper into the neuroscience of mistakes, talking about one particular characteristic of our brains: noise. A concept that at first glance seems a weird blip in evolution turns out to have an important function in helping our brain perform optimally.
Mistakes are not only important to athletes. Coaches make and learn from their mistakes all the time. In this episode, I talk to cross country skiing and rugby coach Geoff Tomlinson about some of the biggest mistakes he made as a coach, and how they have helped him to become the coach he is now.
In this episode, I talk with PhD candidate and co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport: Krista van Slingerland. We talk about her career as a varsity basketball player and her work regarding mental health issues in sport.
In this episode, I talk to Team Canada Volleyball player and Olympian Justin Duff about how he got into volleyball, what it is like to be a professional athlete in Europe but mostly, about the mistakes that made him into the player and person he is today.
In this episode, I have a conversation with fellow mental performance consultant Laura Parrott. Together, we try to answer the question: what if an athlete want to be perfect? by talking about perfectionism. This concept is surrounded by a lot of misconception and misuse. Hopefully, by the end of this episode, you understand perfectionism a little bit better and have some tools to help you deal with you mistakes effectively.
In the first proper episode of The Imperfect Athlete Podcast I talk to Derek Watkins, a former national high jumping champion. We discuss what mistakes he made throughout his career and in the end, Derek has some really strong advice for young athletes!
Nobody changes their behaviour after a successful play, win or season. Only when a mistake is made, people tend to change their behaviour. Yet, when we talk about athletes, we mostly talk about their achievements. I want to change that by interviewing athletes, coaches and other support staff and ask them about the biggest mistakes they made in their careers, but most importantly, how those mistakes made them into the person they are today.
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