{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pressure Lab ","title":"Catch Them Being Good: What Olympic Sports Psychology Teaches Young Athletes About Mental Performance | The Pressure Lab Ep. #9","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1803,"description":"What does it actually take to build mental toughness in young athletes, and how does the psychology used at the Olympic level translate to a 15-year-old competing on a Saturday morning?In Episode 9 of The Pressure Lab, Keith Wilford sits down with one of the most accomplished sports psychologists in the world to find out.Dr. Colleen Hacker has served as a member of the United States coaching staff for six Olympic Games as a Mental Skills Coach and Performance Psychology Specialist, beginning her national team service in 1995 with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. During her tenure the team won the first gold medal ever awarded in women's soccer at the 1996 Olympic Games, followed by the dramatic overtime victory over China in the 1999 World Cup. She most recently served on the gold medal staff for USA Ice Hockey at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang. Across six Olympic Games her teams have won four gold medals and two silver medals. She is also the author of Catch Them Being Good, co-written with champion soccer coach Tony DiCicco, and her most recent book Achieving Excellence. This episode is not about elite performance for elite athletes. It is about the mental skills that work at every level, and why the principles Dr. Hacker has applied in Olympic locker rooms are exactly the same ones that can change how a young athlete experiences pressure, failure, and growth.What does \"catch them being good\" actually mean in practice for coaches and parents of young athletes?\nThe title of Dr. Hacker's book is also a philosophy. Most coaching, most parenting, and most self-talk defaults to what went wrong. Dr. Hacker makes the case that the most powerful developmental tool available to any coach or parent is learning to identify and reinforce what is going right, consistently and specifically. This is not about ignoring mistakes. It is about where you direct your attention and what that does to an athlete's confidence over time.How do the world's best athletes...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aCOLZLSQsvs91ubHdJnOnF_QBl8zewxBsD1GbOGIOiE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNWVi/Zjk4YjFhN2RjYTc0/ZGU5OWVlZWI2YWQw/Nzk4MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}