22 - Hannah Huesman Phillies Mental Performance Coach "Mental Strategies"

Bio

• Current Mental Performance Coach for Philadelphia Phillies
• Creator of the #MentalSweatMonday on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIN
• Former Adjunct Faculty member of John F Kennedy University
• Mental Performance Coach for SportStrata in New York, New York
• Mental Conditioning Coach Intern for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Was a Rehabilitation Specialist for the North Shore Chiropractic and Rehab
• Mental Training Intern for the International Junior Golf Academy

 

Show notes

• Who the person is, what works best for them, and how to implement it to help them
• Know what to focus and focus on it at the right time
• If you have the ability to turn on and off what you want to focus on is a big separator.
• It is just as important to turn off as it is turn on
• Reset routines (looking at the foul pole, deep breath, visualize) to help focus better
• When you change the routine you are messaging your body that something is wrong
• Contingency plan (plan when I fail) - being aware of when I am struggling and stop and work your plan
• Be whatever you want it to be as long as it has MEANING
• INTERNAL MOTIVATION is the biggest factor and separator
• Bridging the gap between old school and new school while maintaining confidentiality by creating relationships with players and coaches
• Number 1 is build trust with players
• Be around, be there to help build trust and show you care about the person first (say hello, how YOU doing), baseball player second
• KNOW THYSELF
• Growth mindset and fixed mindset, educate people of where they fall, and which one would help their career, and then work to get/keep that mindset
• Culture, Coaches, and Players are the priority of mental skills to be part of the lifestyle
• Routines, Being in the present moment, Inside your control (process not outcome)
• Being in the present moment - self talk, use deep breath, 
• You can't know what’s in your head without being in your head
• Has to be practiced outside of the game
• I work myself out of a job!!! 
• Mental skills need to be danced not wrestled to the ground and forced
• Mental skills need to start with the WHY, then HOW, and finish with WHAT
• Use the everyday skills (make your bed, brush your teeth) as foundational mental skills to implement in the game
• Let’s focus on how we studied versus the grade I got (process versus outcome)
• Implementing it on a daily basis
• Not having electronics at the table to instill being present!
• When you are evaluating yourself evaluate what you can control!! 
• Refine the mindset to focus on the process not the result - here is why you made an A (I know how hard you worked to get that A)
• Praise the process and be consistent
• Reward the things that people can control!! Attitude, effort, preparation (control your APE)
• Intstagram - HannahHuesman
• Twitter @Hannah_Huesman
• Be your biggest critic and your biggest fan!