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!
Important Psychological Skills - Episode 33 w/ the ACL Therapist
Everyone practices psychological practices daily, whether they are aware of it or not. In today’s podcast, Brandon speaks with Keagen Hadley, also known as the ACL Therapist, on the importance of various psychological skills.
Strong Mentalities in Olympic Ice Hockey - Episode 32 w/ Noemi Neubaurova
Only the best of the best make it to the Olympics. In today’s episode, Olympic athlete Noemi Neubaurova discusses her experiences with ice hockey throughout her brilliant career so far.
The Mental Side of Race Car Driving - Episode 31 w/ Aditya Swaminathan
Race car driving can be one of the most dangerous sports out there, so having a sharp mental game is important at all levels of the sport’s competition. Today, Brandon talks with Aditya Swaminathan, a professional 18-year-old race car driver from Bengaluru, India, to discuss his perspective behind the wheel.
Balancing Your Plate: Eating Well as an Athlete - EP30 w/Cynthia Sass
We've all heard that saying: you are what you eat. As athletes, we place a lot of emphasis on physical health alongside mental health, and a healthy body must be nourished. Today, we sit down with nutritionist Cynthia Sass to discuss the ways the right eating habits can optimize your physicality, as well as how to improve your diet
Proper Eating Routines - EP29 w/ Internationally Known Sports Nutritionist Nancy Clark
In this podcast, we have a conversation with a sports nutritionist, Nancy Clark, who has experience working with soccer teams. Also, she is an author of the guidebook called "Nancy Clark's sports nutrition guidebook" she describes how diets are important in our life.
Today she will explain the importance of a proper diet and food consumption. For example, it is better to have peanut butter with bread rather than not to have any breakfast at all.
How to Overcome Mental Health Problems During The Pandemic - EP 28 w/ Jarrod Spencer
In this podcast, Brandon chats with Jarrod Spencer, who serves as the sports psychologist for several professional teams and individual athletes. The mental health of numerous athletes was affected by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, and Jarrod explains the different impacts of the lockdown while also making recommendations on how to benefit from this at home.
Photography in the Sports Industry - EP 27 w/ Billie Weiss
When one thinks about sports, there is a good chance that certain players or teams come to mind. However, one underlooked, but also very important, aspect of the sports industry is photography. A wide range of lessons can come from the artistic side of sports, many of which can not be learned in athletics. Today, Brandon speaks with professional sports photographer Billie Weiss to explore the world of sports photography.
Training Your Brain: Developing Mental Fitness - EP 26 w/ SportPsychMDs (Torrey Troggio & Armin Hoes)
As athletes, we spend large portions of our time training our bodies’ ability to perform well- our physical fitness- to perfection. But mental fitness can play just as large a role as a well-trained body in athletic success. After all, a good arm is nothing if you freeze up right before the critical moment. What constitutes a mentally fit attitude, especially for student-athletes? In this episode, we dive into this question with psychiatrists Torey Troggio and Armin Hoes of Sports Psych MDs. They discuss some individual components of mental fitness, pass on some sage advice, and even analyze the playing styles of current NBA athletes.
Performing for Better Skills: Manage Your Energy - EP 25 w/Emily Galvin
As athletes, we are faced with different kinds of situations every day. These situations may apply unnecessary stress to our lives, whether they concern our teams, coaches, or even ourselves. An important factor in success through these situations is the way you manage your energy. Your energy management strategy can make a drastic difference when tackling problems and striving for a healthier and more productive life. Today we invite Dr. Emily Galvin, a certified mental skills trainer and performance consultant, to ask about how can we effectively manage our energy for performing good skills, covering topics from mental health to sleeping routines.
Get Inspired with Sport Performance Thoughts - EP24 w/Eddy Sheeky P2
Even in sports, there is a whole world of different opinions, experiences, and personalities, where each person can feel identified. In this episode we meet Eddy Sheeky, a mental skills coach at sport performance. During the podcast he tells us how to be persistent people and athletes and how to inspire others using references from world sport by developing your own confidence, he also recommended some of his favorite documentaries and phrases to motivate you.
Controlling The Controllables & Tennis - EP23 w/Josh Burger
In today's Podcast, Josh and Brandon talk about the importance of psychological control and give some suggestions in some aspects of the game, tips on unique occasions where one can get confused, comparison of individual sports like tennis versus team sports like basketball.
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.
Playing Smart On and Off the Chess Board - EP21 w/ Dr. Denise Bouah
Dr. Denise Bouah is a three-time National Women's Chess Champion, Sports Psychologist, and author of "Sport Psychology for Children: A Textbook Manual using stories to teach mental concepts". In this episode, Brandon and Denise discuss the mental and physical side of chess.
The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 18: MLB Playoff Recap, NBA Season Preview, and NFL Story Breakdown
In Today's episode of the Sports Mind Avenue Podcast, the boys will recap the MLB playoffs and talk about all the series that have led up to the World Series. The biggest one is the Boston Red Sox making it to the ALCS and Johnny's Yankees. They will preview the Braves vs. Astros World Series as both teams come in red hot off their series wins. The boys also discuss the newest in the NBA and the NFL.
Get Inspired with Sport Performance Thoughts - EP20 w/ Eddy Sheeky (Part 1)
Even in sports, there is a whole world of different opinions, experiences, and personalities, where each person can feel identified. In this episode we meet Eddy Sheeky, a mental skills coach at sport performance. During the podcast he tells us how to be persistent people and athletes and how to inspire others using references from world sport by developing your own confidence, he also recommended some of his favorite documentaries and phrases to motivate you.
Performance for Better Skills: Commitment and its Effect on Mental Health - EP19 w/Angus Mugford
In this podcast, we invite Angus Mugford, a director of health performance for over 15 years, whose main focus is to help people reach their mental potential, to speak to us about the importance of commitment in resulting high sports performance.
The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 17 : Yankees Sweep Red Sox And The NFL Is Unpredictable
In Today's episode of the Sports Mind Avenue Podcast, the boys will recap week 3 of the NFL and recap the final week of the MLB regular season. The AL Wild Card spot continues to be a struggle get. Ben and Mondo will bicker about who's better, whether the Red Sox or the Yankees. The boys discuss all of this, and way more, in this new episode of Sport Mind Avenue!
The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 16: The Football Episode and MLB Playoff Update
In Today's Episode, the boys will recap a full week of both NFL and college football. They will first talk about the goods and bads of teams and players from week 1 in the NFL. Mondo will get to roast Ben and Elliott about the Dolphins beating the Patriots. There was a record of nine underdog wins in week 1 from that being the Bengals, Texans, Steelers, and Raiders are some of the teams that got the job done.
The Sport-Mind Avenue Episode 15: Fire Alarm Issues, Conference Alliances, and MLB Playoff Push
In Today's episode, the boys talk about the alliance with the Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC as they discuss whether this is good or bad for the NCAA and college sports. In baseball news, we are now one month away from October, and the MLB playoff race is heating up in both leagues as teams like the Yankees and Braves are cooking while the Red Sox and Mets have slipped from previous spots in the standings. Johnny will get to go off on Ben and Elliott, who have roasted Johnny in prior episodes this summer.
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.