Podcasts
Our podcasts will complement the blog posts and provide greater insight into the highlighted topic. The host, Brandon Shintani, will be chatting with guest speakers ranging from student-athletes to professionals who specialize in sport psychology, mental training, and performance enhancement. Some notable guests on the show include Ron White (2 Time USA Memory Champion) and Graham Betchart (NBA Trainer). If you want to learn about the mental aspect of sports, this is the podcast for you!
Mind-Design Sports also has another podcast called the Sport Mind Avenue Podcast. The hosts, Jonny Mondo and Elliott Steinberg, discuss current events happening in the sports world as well as the mental impacts these events can have on athletes and their surrounding community. They also integrate different psychological segments to end each show such as Q&As, fantasy drafts, and interviews. The episodes aim to break down the big news stories you see each day through a psychological lens for younger athletes. If you want to dive deeper into current sports stories, then this is the podcast for you!
Young and Powerful: How Teen Athletes Thrive - EP22 w/ Errol Chandler
In this episode, Brandon and Errol touch on some of the challenges they have faced as young entrepreneurs and athletes who have both founded organizations that deal with the mind and sports. They talk about establishing goals, committing to them, dealing with stress and negativity as well as the importance of self-awareness when it comes to growth as an athlete and person as a whole.
The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 14: USA is #1, NFL Vaccine Talk, and Field of Dreams Game
The US dominates the summer Olympics once again as people doubted them at the beginning of the games. Today we will dive into the US dominance basketball as both the women's and men's teams win gold again. The US women's soccer team wins bronze, and the men's baseball and softball team wins silver. As the COVID19 cases continue to rise, the boys will discuss whether the NFL should be enforcing players to get vaccinated or not. Players like Deandre Hopkins, Cam Newton, and many others have not got vaccinated and risk their teams getting infected.
The Mindset to The Olympics - EP17 w/George Steffey
In a match or even during practice, we get along with different situations with allows us to have better skills. Also, in situations like injuries where our mindset is key in the recovering process. In today's podcast, we get along with George Steffey, an experienced and professional ski athlete, and he will give some tips on controlling and setting the right mindset in these different situations.
Tennis Talk, Mental Slumps, & Consistency - EP15 w/Alan Hua
Establishing a bar and maintaining consistency as an athlete can be very difficult especially as a young one in high school. In this episode, Brandon is joined by Alan Hua, a highly ranked tennis player. They talk about some of the challenges associated with being a young athlete with such a high rank as well as struggles in maintaining consistency.