The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast

Mental Training for Athletes Who Want to Perform with Confidence

The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast by Eli Straw teaches athletes how to build confidence, overcome performance anxiety, and perform freely in competition. This is a practical mental training podcast for athletes, coaches, and parents who want real mental game strategies they can apply directly in games, races, and competition.

Many athletes train well physically but struggle mentally when it matters most. They tighten up, overthink, lose confidence, or feel pressure in competition. This podcast teaches you how to strengthen your mental game so you can trust your training, compete freely, and perform naturally.

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Sports Psychology Podcast Overview

  • Hosted by mental performance coach Eli Straw

  • Helps athletes overcome fear of failure, pressure, and confidence struggles

  • Focused on real competition mindset, not theory

  • Practical tools athletes can apply immediately

  • Covers performance anxiety, choking under pressure, negative self-talk, and confidence in games vs practice

What This Sports Psychology Podcast Teaches

Each episode focuses on simple, practical mental training skills athletes can apply immediately in competition:

  • How to stop choking under pressure

  • Overcoming performance anxiety and competition nerves

  • Letting go of fear of failure

  • Rebuilding confidence when performance drops

  • Handling confidence in games vs practice gaps

  • Overcoming negative self-talk during competition

  • Competing without perfectionism and over-control

  • How to stop dwelling on mistakes mid-performance

  • Trusting your training instead of forcing performance

  • Competing in front of scouts, coaches, and crowds

  • Coming back confidently after injury

  • Focus, composure, and mental toughness

  • Visualization and mindfulness for athletes

  • Performing freely instead of tight and controlled

This podcast is about training your mind the same way you train your body.

Is This One of the Best Sports Psychology Podcasts for Athletes?

The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast is built specifically for real competition, not theory. It focuses on the actual mental challenges athletes face when performing.

What makes this podcast different:

  • Practical mental training, not just concepts

  • Focus on competition, not just practice mindset

  • Real solutions for choking, pressure, and fear

  • Helps athletes close the practice vs game performance gap

  • Used by youth, high school, college, and elite athletes

  • Simple coaching athletes can apply immediately

If you want to perform freely instead of tight, anxious, or overthinking, this podcast teaches the mental skills to do it.

Who This Podcast Is For

This sports psychology podcast is for:

  • Athletes who perform worse in games than in practice

  • Athletes who choke or tighten under pressure

  • Athletes dealing with performance anxiety or nerves

  • Athletes struggling with fear of failure or perfectionism

  • Athletes stuck in negative self-talk during competition

  • Athletes who dwell on mistakes and lose momentum

  • Athletes returning from injury and rebuilding confidence

  • Athletes nervous performing in front of scouts, coaches, or crowds

  • Coaches and parents who want to understand the mental side of performance

If your physical ability is there but your mental game holds you back, this podcast will help.

About Eli Straw – Mental Performance Coach

Eli Straw is a mental performance coach who works with athletes worldwide to strengthen confidence, reduce performance anxiety, and improve mental performance in competition.

He specializes in helping athletes:

  • Stop playing scared

  • Overcome choking under pressure

  • Let go of negative self-talk

  • Trust their training and instincts

  • Rebuild confidence after setbacks or injury

  • Perform freely in competition

The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast shares the same mental training principles used in Eli’s coaching programs with athletes at the youth, high school, college, and elite levels.

Topics Covered in The Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast

Episodes regularly cover:

Why Athletes Listen to This Podcast

Athletes listen to the Sports Psychology Coaching Podcast to:

  • Stop choking under pressure

  • Build lasting, real confidence

  • Close the gap between practice and game performance

  • Reduce performance anxiety and nerves

  • Let go of fear of failure

  • Stop negative self-talk during competition

  • Recover mentally after mistakes

  • Trust themselves in games

  • Compete freely and naturally

FAQ

What is a sports psychology podcast?

A sports psychology podcast teaches mental skills like confidence, focus, and composure to help athletes perform better in competition.

Athletes, coaches, and parents who want to improve confidence, reduce performance anxiety, and strengthen mental performance.

This podcast helps athletes overcome choking under pressure, performance anxiety, fear of failure, negative self-talk, perfectionism, dwelling on mistakes, and confidence drops between practice and games.

It focuses on simple, practical mental training that athletes can apply immediately in real competition.

  • Practical mental training, not theory
  • Focused on real competition mindset
  • Built for athletes struggling with pressure, fear, and confidence
  • Clear, simple coaching you can apply immediately

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