Brian Cain Peak Performance: Recent Episodes
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So I get this question a lot… “Why did you make the jump from how-to writing to fictional storybooks?” In my podcast interview with Jon Gordon, he shared some great principles and strategies for why he writes the way he does. Watch this video below to learn more about the new fictional storybooks: The 12 ... Read More
To become more, you’ve got to surround yourself with people who are doing what you do at a higher level. Watch this video below to learn how you can surround yourself with the best coaches on the planet: Inside of the Inner Circle, you immediately surround yourself with the best. If you are a coach who ... Read More
This week, you get to hear from Inner Circle member Ed Padalecki. Coach Padalecki is a high school baseball and football coach in Flower Mound, Texas. On this episode, you’ll learn about: The #1 biggest improvement Coach Padalecki has experienced in the last year The power of a community of like-minded individuals What it takes ... Read More
This week we take you live inside The Brian Cain Experience event from McKinney, Texas, July 30-31, 2016. You’ll learn from members of the Inner Circle and how they use the mental game on a consistent basis to help better develop themselves as coaches so that they can best develop and train their players. Better coaches ... Read More
“Are you a coach of success or a coach of significance?” This week, we reach into the Peak Performance Vault for a episode featuring leadership & culture guru Jeff Janssen from 2007! On this episode, you’ll learn: How to KNOW you are making a difference in the lives of your athletes The training needed to develop ... Read More
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This week’s guest is one of the top high school football coaches in the nation. Hal Wasson has been the head football coach at Southlake Carroll in Southlake, TX, since 2007. The Dragons are widely recognized as a top high school football program and annually find themselves ranked in the top 25 nationally and competing ... Read More
This week’s guest is Alan McDougal, head baseball coach at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, TX. Alan is widely regarded as one of the top coaches in the game when it comes to developing a mindset and a championship culture. He has coached multiple Major League players and routinely puts players into Division One ... Read More
This week’s guest is one of the most respected high school football coaches in the nation. Randy Jackson is the head football coach at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, TX, and was named the 2015 Tom Landry High School Football Coach of the Year. He is one of the most sought-after speakers on Championship Culture, ... Read More
This week’s guest is LSU Softball head coach Beth Torina. She has led the Tigers to Oklahoma City and the Women’s College World Series in three of her first five seasons and has quickly become one of the game’s most respected coaches. In this podcast she shares how TIGERS is an acronym for their championship culture ... Read More
Victoria Hayward was born in Toronto before her family moved to Mountain View, California. She went on to star as a member of the Mountain View High School softball team from 2007 to 2010, earning Most Valuable Player honors in her final season. She was also a member of the Sorcerers club team that won ... Read More
This week’s guest is Lasse Leppäkorpi, the CEO and founder of Beddit, the world’s leading sleep app. Beddit’s sleep analysis is based on ballistocardiography (BCG), which is the measurement of the mechanical cardiac activity from the platform supporting the body. Each time the heart beats, the acceleration of blood generates a mechanical impulse that can ... Read More
This week’s guest is Cal State Fullerton Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Chad Cordero. Cordero was an All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton and was the 20th overall pick in the 2003 draft. He was the 1st player to make the Major Leagues from that draft, spending less than 2 months in the minor ... Read More
You asked. We listened. For the 100th episode of the Peak Performance Podcast, I answered several of your most pressing questions… The questions include: Which sport is your favorite to work with on game day? How do you get a reluctant player to buy in? Which aspect of your mission brings you the most fulfillment? What ... Read More
This Exclusive Birthday Video Podcast is my gift for you… In this video, you’ll hear about: My recent updates in training for Ironman Arizona The 1 thing I’ve learned about myself while training… How you can support the #MilesForSmiles mission! and much more… Visit BrianCain.com/Ironman to learn more and support #MilesForSmiles!
This week’s guest is Chad Baum, assistant coach for Cal State Fullerton Baseball. Regarded as one of the top assistant coaches in all of college baseball, Baum has been to Omaha five times before the age of forty. In this podcast he breaks down his coaching career path and lifts the lid on Titan Baseball to give you ... Read More
Ray Tanner is the athletic director and former head baseball coach at the University of South Carolina. Tanner won back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2010 and 2011. His South Carolina teams qualified for 13 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, the longest active streak in the SEC. On this podcast, Tanner discusses: Initial resistance to sport psychology ... Read More
This week’s guest is Augie Garrido. Coach Garrido is the NCAA’s all-time wins leader in any sport, with 1975 games won! Augie won 5 NCAA National Championships over 4 decades (1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005) and is the #1 best-selling author of Life Is Yours to Win. In this podcast, recorded on April 28, 2013, in ... Read More
This week’s guest is Luke Mandola, Jr. Luke is the Senior Vice President of Fuddruckers, home of The World’s Greatest Hamburgers. In this podcast, Luke talks about the Fuddruckers 8-step process known as The Stairway to Burger Heaven, and about leadership and their championship culture of FCCPPST. A former baseball standout for the Tulane Green ... Read More
This week’s guest is international best-selling author Jon Gordon. His books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous coaches and teams in the NFL, NBA and MLB and by Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals and non-profits. He is the author of ... Read More
Dr. Steve Taubman’s early years were plagued by crippling anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Despite graduating as valedictorian from one of the nation’s top chiropractic colleges and running a thriving practice, Dr. Steve found that his outer success did little to calm his inner turmoil. Thus began a thirty-year journey to understand the root of ... Read More
Former TCU Baseball assistant coach Heath Autrey is the head coach of the Dallas Banditos #1 Ranked 13U baseball team and is also the head baseball coach at Corsicana High School in Corsicana, TX. Autrey is an Inner Circle member and has coached numerous Major League players including Clayton Kershaw and Chris Davis, among other ... Read More
Mark Doran is known internationally as a premier batting instructor. He played baseball and football at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned the All-American award in baseball. Out of college, Mark was drafted in the first round by the California Angels in 1983, 23rd overall, where he excelled at every level in the minor ... Read More
Shelby Pendley was drafted 2nd overall out of The University of Oklahoma in the 2015 NPF College Draft by the USSSA Pride. She was a 2x Big 12 Player of the Year, a 3x NCAA All-American and was the 2015 NPF Rookie of the Year. Pendley is 6th all-time in NCAA Softball career home runs. She ... Read More
Ryan Harrison is a certified Sports Performance Vision Trainer with SlowTheGameDown. He has a degree in Exercise Physiology from University of California at Davis, where he was a kicker for the football team. Since 1998 Ryan has been working with international softball, collegiate and amateur softball teams. Ryan also has been a key consultant to ... Read More
Lacey Waldrop was the 2014 NCAA Softball National Player of the Year. She was a 3x All-American Pitcher and 2x ACC Pitcher of the Year for the Florida State Seminoles. In 2015 she was drafted third overall by the Chicago Bandits in the 2015 NPF Draft. Waldrop discusses the mental game of softball and how ... Read More
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with one of the greatest baseball coaches of all time, Skip Bertman. During his tenure at LSU, Skip won 5 NCAA National Championships – in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 2000. On this podcast, you’ll hear: Our exclusive 90+ minute interview at LSU Great stories about Skip’s national championship ... Read More
Kaleigh Rafter has been a member of the Canadian National Team since 2007. She was a member of the 2010 ISF World Championship team that won a bronze medal in Venezuela, and also won two silver medals at the Pan American Games (2007 and 2011). Rafter competed with the 2012 ISF World Championship team that ... Read More
This week’s guest is the man that makes MMA events happen, Burt Watson. A career in boxing and MMA that began more than 30 years ago has allowed Burt Watson to serve in a host of positions with some of boxing’s and MMA’s most-recognized names. As a consultant, advisor, promoter and event coordinator, Burt commands a ... Read More
This week’s guest is former MLB Pitcher and one of Cain’s best friends from childhood Jonah Bayliss. Jonah pitched in the Major Leagues with the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates, had a tour with the Team USA Baseball Olympic Qualifying team and one season in Japan. Bayliss who was the #5 pitcher on his high school team ... Read More
This week we reach into the Vault, going all the way back to December 2014 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches educational clinic at The European Baseball Coaches Association Clinic. Enjoy Cain live as he takes more than 100 coaches from all over the world through the fundamentals of competing one pitch at a time.
Senior graduating captain Chris Bradley of RPI Hockey is this week’s guest on the Peak Performance Podcast. Listen to how passionate Chris is when talking about the Mental Game of Hockey and competing one shift at a time.
Mike Spillane is the former goal tender for The University of Vermont and a former professional hockey player. Spillane is a master of the mental game in the net and talks with Peak Performance Coach Brian Cain about the demands placed on the most mentally demanding position in all of sport: the hockey goalie. Click ... Read More
Brian Cain is the author of The Mental Game of Ice Hockey, Playing One Shift At A Time and the most sought after mental game of ice hockey consultant in the USA. Cain works with top college, high school and select hockey programs on developing a process that allows players and coaches to consistently be ... Read More
Jason A. Kersner has been coaching top-level Midget teams in the Washington DC/Baltimore region for most of the past decade. Under his leadership his teams became recognized as one of the best Midget programs in the country, as measured in both wins and championships. Jason is also co-owner of Pinnacle Performance, an elite training program ... Read More
Lyndsey Fry was a member of the 2014 Team USA Women’s Ice Hockey Silver Medal winning team at the Sochi Olympics. She is from Chandler, Arizona, and played collegiately at Harvard University. In this podcast Fry talks about the mental game challenges she faced when going to college and when playing in the Olympics, what ... Read More
This BONUS Podcast Episode features a preview of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance audiobook… Get your copy of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance today for just $20!
Seth Appert took over the men’s hockey program at RPI prior to the 2006-07 season. A coach who routinely has one of the toughest schedules in the nation, Appert talks about the importance of the mental game of ice hockey and competing one shift at a time as well as coaching the most important aspect ... Read More
This week we reach into the VAULT, going all the way back to 2010 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches’ educational clinic to over 500 coaches. Join Cain live as he takes you through the fundamentals of mental toughness training and peak performance. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
This week’s guest is Kirk Saarloos. Kirk is the pitching coach at TCU and is widely regarded as the top pitching coach in all of college baseball. A former All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, Kirk went on to have a 5-year Major League Baseball career in which he threw a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium. ... Read More
Matt Knoll is the head men’s tennis coach at Baylor University. As one of the most successful tennis coaches in the country, Knoll discusses how he builds mental toughness and a culture of one-point warriors in his program. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Rob Childress is the head baseball coach at Texas A&M University. In this podcast Coach Childress discusses the mental game of baseball, how he builds toughness in the players in his program, and the championship culture that is the foundation of his program. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Sean Cotter is the former head softball coach at UMass Lowell and led the River Hawks to great heights when at the helm of their program. Cotter is a master of the mental game, and in this podcast he talks about coaching the mental game and strategies for building mental toughness on the diamond. Follow Cain ... Read More
This week’s guest is SMU Football director of recruiting and offensive analyst Mark Smith. Mark is one of the most positive and high-energy people I have ever been around and one of the top football coaches in the nation. In this podcast, he talks about his journey into the mental game of football and coaching ... Read More
This week’s guest is Tim Dixon. Tim is the founder of The Mental Locker, a peak performance group dedicated to helping baseball pitchers maximize their potential, and the founder of The Elite Performance Academy helping corporate and business professionals perform at their best on a consistent basis. A member of the Cal State Fullerton 1995 ... Read More
This week’s guest is Julie Radzyminski, Director of Business Innovation at Benco Dental. Julie is a former softball player at Boston College, and in this podcast she shares what she learned through participation in collegiate athletics that has helped her perform at the highest level in the corporate world and in life. Truly an inspiration, ... Read More
This week’s guest is West Virginia University Baseball Assistant Coach Steven Trout. I first met Trouty when he was a player at TCU in 2006 and have had the privilege of seeing his growth as an assistant coach at The University of Houston, Texas State, and now at West Virginia University. Trouty talks about his ... Read More
This week’s guest is Coach Derek Matlock. I have known Matlock since 2006 when we first met working together with TCU Baseball. He has been a highly successful high school and college coach and is currently the pitching coach at West Virginia University. He breaks down the mental aspects of pitching and what makes a ... Read More
Dr. Declan Connolly is an exercise physiologist at The University of Vermont and has worked in multiple Olympic games and served as a consultant to top teams and athletes in the world. Connolly breaks down the importance of fueling for performance and how you can eat to win. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
In this podcast, former Vanderbilt Baseball pitching coach Derek Johnson shares strategies for helping pitchers compete one pitch at a time and reach their maximum potential through mental conditioning. Johnson is considered by many as the top pitching coach in the world. He currently works as the pitching coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers. Follow Cain on ... Read More
In this podcast, master of the mental game Brian Cain breaks down what it takes to succeed on the diamond one pitch at a time. Cain also fields questions on the mental game of baseball. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Firas Zahabi is one of the most respected MMA trainers in the world. He is the head coach of TriStar Gym in Montreal, Canada – home of 2010, 2011 and 2012 Canadian Athlete of the Year and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre. Zahabi is a master of the mental game and is excellent at ... Read More
Frank Anderson is the pitching coach at The University of Houston and the former head baseball coach at Oklahoma State. He is also the father of Major League Baseball pitcher Brett Anderson. Coach Anderson discusses the mental aspects of pitching and what it takes to perform your best one pitch at a time on the ... Read More
Jack Dahm is the former head baseball coach at The University of Iowa. Dahm discusses the importance of routines and being able to slow the game down by being able to slow yourself down to give you the best chance for success on the diamond. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Keith Bateman is the head baseball coach at Augsburg College in Minnesota. Bateman is a master of the mental game and is one of the top young coaches in the game of baseball. In this podcast he discusses competing against the game one pitch at a time. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Kyla Holas is the head softball coach at The University of Houston. One of the premiere pitching coaches in the country, Holas was also an All-American pitcher at The University of Louisiana Lafayette. In this podcast, Holas discusses the mental aspects of softball performance and what it takes to achieve success at the highest level ... Read More
This week’s guests are husband and wife Lesa and Brian Master. Lesa is the assistant athletic director in the Birdville ISD in TX and Brian is a longtime high school coach and scout with the Texas Rangers. In this podcast they each share their unique perspective on the mental game, how to apply it as ... Read More
This week’s guest is Ethan Miller. Ethan is the Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach for Central Springs High School in Manly, Iowa. In this podcast, Ethan discusses how he uses the mental game to help create a championship culture in the athletic department and to inspire and motivate his team and students on a ... Read More
This week, Brian Cain joins us on the other side of the microphone as he shares his story from being a PE Teacher to 7 years as an athletic director to one of the world’s most sought after peak performance coaches. He shares what he knows now that he wishes he knew when starting out ... Read More
Spanky McFarland is the former head baseball coach at James Madison University and one of the best men in college baseball history. McFarland talks about creating a program of excellence, built on character and competing one pitch at a time. Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.
Steve Smith is the former head baseball coach at Baylor University and the all-time wins leader in Baylor history. Smith shares insight into coaching the mental game and into the core values of the program, competing one pitch at a time, and what he has learned from a lifetime of being in the game of ... Read More
Kyle Peterson is one of the top college baseball analysts in the world and can be seen every weekend on ESPN covering college baseball. Peterson was an All-American pitcher at Stanford and went on to have a successful professional baseball career. Peterson talks about his mindset as a pitcher and what he sees as similarities ... Read More
This week’s guest is Bill Walker, a Washington High School Athletics Hall of Fame Coach and one of the top high school baseball coaches of all time. Coach Walker won multiple state championships and in this podcast discusses the importance of the mental game, sticking to the process, setting goals, controlling what you can control ... Read More
This week’s guest on The Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast is one of the only players in the history of college football to be a 3x All-SEC Defensive Player. Our guest is former Mississippi State Bulldogs middle linebacker Barrin Simpson. Simpson was also a 1st Team All-American who went on to play for 11 seasons in ... Read More
This week’s guest on The Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast is Scott Belger. Coach Belger recently won his second state championship in two years as head baseball coach at Southeast Polk High School in Iowa. Belger is one of the top coaches in the country and has a clear set of core values that make ... Read More
This week’s guest is Coach Donald Hawes, the head baseball coach and quarterbacks’ coach at Bear River High School in Tremonton, Utah. Coach Hawes is one of the top coaches in the country at implementing a mental conditioning program for his teams and his students. In this podcast he shares his top strategies for building ... Read More
This is the 50th episode of the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast – 50 episodes in which Cain has interviewed the top coaches and athletes that use his system for establishing a championship culture and for competing one play/pitch at a time. Cain is one of the most highly sought-after coaches and speakers on topics ... Read More
This week’s guest is UAB Softball head coach Marla Townsend. Coach Townsend has led UAB Softball to the NCAA Tournament in 5 of the last 6 seasons and has guided the Blazers program since it began in 1998. In addition to being named Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2013 and being known as traditionally ... Read More
This week’s guest is former Mississippi State and University of Georgia head baseball coach Ron Polk. Coach Polk is one of the most storied coaches in Southeastern Conference, college baseball and NCAA History. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009 and has since served as the volunteer assistant coach under Brian ... Read More
This week’s guest is UAB Baseball Head Coach Brian Shoop. Coach Shoop is one of the most organized men I have ever met. His practices are some of the most fast paced, competitive and detailed in the country. A man of the highest character and integrity, Coach Shoop talks about his philosophy for building a ... Read More
This weeks guest is Mike Bianco, Head Baseball Coach at The University of Mississippi. Coach Bianco has led the REBS to the 2009 and 2014 SEC Conference championships and a trip to Omaha in 2014. Bianco played and coached at Louisiana State University with quite possibly the greatest mental conditioning coach of all time in ... Read More
This week’s guest is Todd Whitting, head baseball coach at The University of Houston. Coach Whitting led the Cougars to the American Athletic Conference Championship in 2014 and in 2015 and to an NCAA Super Regional in Austin, Texas, in 2014. I first started working with Coach Whitting when he was an assistant coach at ... Read More
This week’s guest is Erik Bakich, Head Baseball Coach at The University of Michigan. Coach Bakich led the Wolverines to the Big 10 Conference Championship in 2015 and participated in the NCAA Tournament for the first time as a head coach. I first started working with Bakich when he was an assistant coach at Vanderbilt ... Read More
This weeks guest is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Cat Osterman is a 4-time NCAA All-American softball pitcher originally from The University of Texas. The Houston native is also a 2 time Olympic medalist having pitched the USA Women’s Softball Team to the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the ... Read More
This weeks guest is Coach John Brubaker. Coach Bru is a nationally renowned performance consultant, speaker and award-winning author. He teaches audiences how to obtain better results in business and sports with straightforward tools that turbo charge performance. Using a multidisciplinary approach, “Coach Bru” helps organizations and individuals develop their competitive edge. John is the ... Read More
This weeks guest is Jason Spector. Jason is a former 2x NCAA All-American wrestler and MMA Fighter. He is currently a high school health and wellness teacher, wrestling coach, fitness professional, body builder and the top anti bullying speaker in the country with Sweethearts and Heroes. In this podcast Jason breaks down: 1. His mindset ... Read More
Mike O’Day is a legend in high school athletic administration. Inducted into the Vermont Principals Hall of Fame and a recipient of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Thomas Frederick Award (given to the top athletic director in the nation each year) O’Day invested 31 years in leading the athletic department at South Burlington High ... Read More
Nathan Choate and Greg Wallis are the pitching coach and offensive coordinator for the Grand Canyon University Baseball Program in Phoenix, Arizona. I have worked with these two up incoming college baseball coaches since 2006 at UC Irvine. Choate and I played little league baseball together in Williamstown, Mass before he moved to California. These ... Read More
Adam Revelette is a volunteer assistant coach at Baylor University and editor of Inside Pitch Magazine. Revelette ran the Baylor University baseball operations in 2013 after joining the staff on Aug. 9, 2012. Prior to coming to Baylor, Revelette spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Transylvania (Ky.) University. He served as the Pioneers’ ... Read More
This weeks guest is Trevor Moawad, one of the top Mental Conditioning Coaches in the country. Moawad has held multiple roles as both Director of Mental Conditioning and Director of the multi-disciplined IMG Performance Institute (at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida) and most recently Moawad was the Vice President of Pro/Elite Sports and Mindset at ... Read More
Wayne Rickman is the author of the book Fair To Fabulous in Fifteen Minutes: Your Personal Journey To A More Inspirational Life and is vice president of sales/marketing for Wyndham Vacation Ownership in Myrtle Beach, SC. He has served as a VP for Starwood Vacation Ownership and VP for Santera Resorts. During his career, his ... Read More
This weeks guest is Bill Mosiello, Associate Head Baseball Coach at TCU. Coach Mo is one of the top minds in all of baseball having invested his life into coaching the game at the college and professional levels. He has tutored top MLB players such as Todd Helton and Mike Trout and was instrumental in ... Read More
This weeks guest is Jim Schlossnagle, Head Baseball Coach at TCU. Coach Schloss is one of the top minds in all of collegiate coaching and has led TCU to the 2010 and 2014 CWS. Schloss was recently named Big 12 Conference Baseball coach of the year in 2015 and was the on field manager of ... Read More
Jack Warren is the host of the Top Coach Podcast, as well as a featured partner of the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast on the Top Coach Network. He is the creator of the Top Coach Podcast series, featuring the top baseball and softball coaches from around the country. In this podcast, Jack discusses his ... Read More
Steve Springer is the master of quality at bats. From a non-starter his senior year of high school baseball to playing in the Major Leagues and now coaching numerous all-star hitters on the mental side of the game “Spring” is a gem and the baseball version of Rudy. In this podcast he breaks down the ... Read More
Alan Jaeger is a master of mental training, long toss and arm care. He has helped hundreds of baseball and softball players from the youth level to the major leagues learn to maximize their arm and mental strength Jaeger is a believer that training should address more than just an athlete’s physical skills and preparation. ... Read More
Todd Bradley is the head softball coach at Campbell University in North Carolina. I have known Bradley for the past five years having had the chance to work with him at the Florida State Softball camp. He has impressed me as a passionate, dedicated and hard working coach with an excellent knowledge of the game and ... Read More
Dr. Daniel M. Laby is a member of the clinical faculty (Assistant Clinical Professor) of the Harvard Medical School, he also instructs students from the Boston University School of Medicine and the New England College of Optometry. He works with the St Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox baseball teams and evaluates the teams annually ... Read More
Dan Cimini is the head baseball coach at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan. ULS has won more games than any other high school team in the State of Michigan, has been to 4 straight State Championship Games (Winning 3 State Titles in 2011,2013 and 2014), has been named State Coach of the ... Read More
Olaniyi “Nee” Sobomehin “Show Bo” [OH-la-nee-yee Shuh-BO-muh-heen] played college football at Oregon State University and Portland State University before signing on with the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. Nee’s podcast was fascinating. He shared insight into the mindset that it takes to succeed in the NFL and spoke at length about his teammate Drew ... Read More
Garrett Black is the athletic director and softball coach at Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia. He has one 17 district titles and state championships in Georgia 5A softball in 2004 and 2014. He is one of the most accomplished softball coaches in the country and a master of the mental game. In this podcast ... Read More
Russell Cooper is an international softball pitching icon and one of the most respected authorities on softball pitching in the world. In this podcast he shares his advice on reaching your potential in softball and in life and also on the challenges that parents who coach can face when coaching their own children. His advice ... Read More
Travis Wilson was playing softball for the New Zealand National team and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves. His first at-bat EVER in baseball came in professional baseball. After playing with hall of fame MLB players in the minor leagues and in two Braves Major League Spring Trainings, Wilson is now a highly sought after ... Read More
Craig Snider is an assistant softball coach at Florida State University and one of the top assistant coaches in all of college softball. Snider has also coached at college softball power The University of Oklahoma and won two conference titles while working as an assistant at Stephen F. Austin University in Texas. Snider breaks down ... Read More
Lisa Navas has over 700 NCAA Softball wins as a head coach, started the program at NC State in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is now an associate head coach at The University of South Carolina in the mighty Southeastern Conference. In this podcast she shares what she has learned in over 30 years of ... Read More
This podcast takes you inside a session at the 2014 Florida State University softball winter camp where Brian Cain works with youth softball players on mastering the mental game. Learn the system that Cain teaches to help softball players of all ages play one pitch at a time and give themselves the best chance for ... Read More
Tim Leiper is the first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays and has spent over 30 years in professional baseball. A minor league player for 12 seasons, a infield coordinator, minor league manager and Major League Coach, Leiper’s energy and passion for teaching the game of baseball and player development is unmatched. In this ... Read More
Pat Trainor has worked in the field of strength and conditioning and professional baseball with the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres and Major League Baseball International. In this podcast he discusses the characterizes he has observed in the elite players he has had an opportunity to work with from a mindset standpoint. This interview ... Read More
John Voldenlich is the head baseball coach of the 2005 & 2014 NCAA Division III National Champions, The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Voldenlich shares his insight into what separated his teams that won it all form those that didn’t and what it takes to be the last team standing. This interview took place at the 2014 ... Read More
Jeff Krushell is the former strength and conditioning coach or The Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently the Director of Human Performance for Major League Baseball International and runs one of the top athlete development programs through Krush Performance in Calgary, Canada. Krush also runs the most downloaded podcast on Human Performance through his radio ... Read More
Rick Lynch is one of the most successful high school coaches in the country. His teams are consistently ranked in the top tier of high school baseball programs in the nation and he is a master of the mental game. I started with Rick back in 2006 when he was the head baseball coach at ... Read More
Jason Schreiber is an assistant baseball coach at Alvin Community College in Alvin, TX and the founder of The Millennial Method, a sure-fire tool that allows coaches to be certain all of their athletes fuller understand the concepts taught the day before while taking zero time way from practice. The Millennial Method greatly enhances an athletes ... Read More
David McCorkle is one of the most successful high school softball coaches in the country. He has rebuilt Dawson High School softball into one of the top programs in the nation and has done so also at Clements High School and with the Aces Express elite travel softball organization. He has rebuilt these programs with ... Read More
Robbie Monday returned to his alma mater (UNCW) following a season (2012) on the staff at Barton under the tutelage of another former Seahawk coach Josh Simmons. Monday played for the Seahawks in 2009 and 2010, finishing his career as the program’s all-time leader in slugging percentage (.620) and fourth with 32 career home runs. ... Read More
Eric Davis is one of the most well respected high school athletic directors in the nation and a former college basketball player and coach. I have worked with Eric at both Ellensburg High School and Hanford High School in Washington at creating a peak performance, leadership and character coaching curriculum for his coaches and athletes. ... Read More
Pat Murphy was promoted to Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at UNCW in September of 2007. During his time at UNCW, Murphy has overseen the strength, speed, agility, power, balance and conditioning for all 19 Varsity sports. Though the use of proper exercise technique and proven exercise progressions, Murphy designs and implements year-round, sport specific training plans to pave ... Read More
Brain Cain is one of the most sought after Sports Psychologists in the world. He has worked with numerous world champions in MMA, the Olympic Games, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and in the National Football League. All of these world champions, and those who win national championships at the collegiate level or ... Read More
Mark Scalf enters his 23rd season as head coach for the UNCW Baseball program. He has over 700-career NCAA Division 1 wins. I have known Mark since first working with him in 2007. He is one of the most consistent coaches in all of college baseball. His consistency on a daily basis is a big ... Read More
Greg Priest is the Director of Athletics in the Tyler, Texas ISD. Last year at this time Coach Priest as the Men’s Golf coach of the nationally prominent Baylor Bears. He made the decision to walk away from a dream job to pursue a dream life with his family and a lifestyle where he could ... Read More
Courtney Ceo is on the staff of LSU Softball and in 2014 as a player not only led the Oregon Ducks to a PAC-12 championship and the Women’s College World Series, she led the nation with a .493 batting average. She was a 2014 USA Softball Player of the Year finalist, 2014 NFCA First Team ... Read More
Chris Hatcher was was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 5th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He began his professional career with the Marlins organization as a catcher and made it to the Major Leagues for the first time on September 1, 2010 as ... Read More
Matt Carpenter is a 2X Major League All-Star (2013 & 2014) a World Series Champion (2011) and a Master of The Mental Game. In this podcast, Carp breaksdown his mental approach to the game and how ONE DECISION that he had at TCU changed his life and his career for ever. I started to work ... Read More
Tom Walter is the head baseball coach at Wake Forest and a hero and role model for us all. When he was the head baseball coach at the University of New Orleans he led his team through the unimaginable adversity that Hurricane Katrina brought to the city. His family, his players and his program lost ... Read More
Cliff Godwin is the head baseball coach at East Carolina University and one of the top young coaches in all of NCAA athletics. Godwin worked as an assistant under two national championship winning coaches in Tim Corbin at Vanderbilt and under Paul Manari at LSU. He also was instrumental as an assistant coach in leading ... Read More
The Brian Cain Peak Performance podcast features Cain speaking with top coaches, athletes and corporate warriors about peak performance. The topics covered will relate to creating a mindset for high level achievement and the strategies for success that will take you to the top. The content shared is content used by the featured guest. Most ... Read More
Brian Cain was recently interviewed by Mark Watts of Elietefts.com about ways strength and conditioning coaches and implement more mental conditioning into their work with athletes. In this audio you will learn strategies to help build more mental toughness while training physical toughness as a strength and conditioning coach. Here is the link to the episode ... Read More
In this podcast episode Brian Cain is a gust of former University of Texas Softball phenom and Chez Sievers of The Smart Softball Podcast. Cain and Chez discus the mental game of softball and how players can coaches can best deal with the failure that is such a big part of the game. Here is ... Read More
Brian Cain was recently featured in the Winning Athlete Magazine in an article titled Highway to Excellence. View this article here! Here is the link to the episode in my podcast on iTunes You can also download the podcast app for your phone in the iTunes store. Then search the podcast library for Brian ... Read More
Headed out to the west coast of California to hear from Chino Hills High School Head Baseball Coach Kyle Billingsley, who played at the division 1 and professional level before becoming a high school coach. Billingsley talks about the curve balls that life throws you but the life lessons learned through the game of baseball ... Read More
Stay cool when the game is on the line. Back-to-Back State Champion Champlain Valley High School Head Baseball Coach Tim Albertson is featured in the third of this series of four interviews between podcast host Matt Morse and various Masters of the Mental Game. Albertson implements three core covenants with the Champlain Valley baseball program: ... Read More
The application of mental conditioning covers much more than athletics. Corporate warrior Tom Taylor breaks down how the mental game relates to management and business in the second of this series of four interviews between podcast host Matt Morse and various Masters of the Mental Game. Tom talks about using signal light recognition, acting your way into ... Read More
In the first of this series of four interviews between podcast host Matt Morse and various Masters of the Mental Game, hear from Western Kentucky University assistant baseball coach Brendon Dougherty talk about the importance of the mental game and how he uses it with his players. Brendon has spent several years training with Cain, ... Read More
“Ole Miss baseball coach Cliff Godwin sings his praises and just the mention of his name on Twitter brings a flood of responses, so I just had to talk to him. I first chatted with Brian Cain on Top Coach Resource to let him tell our community of coaches about his books, videos, speeches, and coaching. I was so ... Read More
“Yeah, everybody’s talking about him — for good reason. Ole Miss Baseball’s Cliff Godwin will eat fire for the guy. Everybody else will at least Tweet for him. It’s Brian Cain and he’s bringing the message of the solid mental game to your team. Arizona State, TCU, Ole Miss — just to name a few — are all programs that think so highly ... Read More
In this podcast episode, Brian Cain discusses how to prepare for playing in and attacking “big games” with the same mindset as every other game, winning one pitch/play at a time. Mastering the mental game is so important to slowing the game down, breathing and competing on the big stage. So many of the teams ... Read More
Ever wonder what Cain is reading while he travels around the country? In this podcast, Cain talks about some of his favorite reads that add value to his life and can help you as well. Brian Cain also breaks down how Roger Banister broke through mental barriers and became the first man to ever run a ... Read More
Brian Cain reviews the recent pages in the Daily Dominator as well as this week’s Monday Message before diving in to a hot seat podcast edition with Matt Morse. Matt presents random topics such as nutrition, sports psychology and more while Cain responds with whatever first comes to his mind. Here is the ... Read More
Brian Cain and podcast host Matt Morse are joined by current collegiate baseball player and future corporate warrior Tyler Mims to discuss mental imagery in the game of baseball and how it compares to professional selling in the corporate world. Mental imagery greatly enhances the chances for success on sales calls. Cain breaks down the ... Read More
Listen to how Brian Cain compares running a marathon to the mental game of sports, as he just completed the Phoenix Marathon! Also, hear some of the latest lessons straight out of the Daily Dominator, including the concept of “Eating The Frog” to increase your productivity and energy. Here is the link to the ... Read More
Brian Cain has worked extensively with many of the Arizona State Sun Devils. In this podcast, Cain talks about his relationship with head baseball coach Tim Esmay and how they implement Cain’s mental conditioning products at ASU. Also, hear some of the latest lessons straight out of the Daily Dominator and a recap of Cain’s ... Read More
Brian Cain has worked with many of the top MMA Fighters in the world. In this podcast, Cain talks about his relationship with some of these fighters and how they implement Cain’s Mental Conditioning Systems in the octagon. Also, hear some of the latest lessons straight out of the Daily Dominator and a recap of ... Read More
Brian Cain gives another “behind the scenes” look at the TCU Horned Frogs baseball program and how they have utilized the mental game to take their program to the next level. Brian talks about TCU head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle and the culture he has established. Check out the following videos that TCU Baseball has published ... Read More
One of the reasons why you read my blog and listen to my podcast is that you are committed to excellence. Jim Schlossnagle, the Head Baseball Coach at TCU and Field Manager for the 2013 Team USA Collegiate National Baseball Team, is also committed to excellence and runs one of the top programs in all ... Read More
Brian Cain joins us from Waco, Texas where he is working with the Baylor Bears to discuss the three essentials of a championship program! Listen as Cain also breaks down the four stages of “buy in” and how athletes and coaches move from being resistant to becoming ALL IN. Here is the link ... Read More
Listen to Brian Cain discuss how to prepare for the big game and how the Seattle Seahawks, head coach Pete Carroll and QB Russell Wilson utilize the mental game to succeed. Every professional athlete has skill, but it’s their sharp mental game that separates the great ones and allows them to be successful over a ... Read More
This week Brian Cain discusses the PPT’s, as well as the most recent lessons out of his newest book, the Daily Dominator, and gives an update on where Cain is currently DOMINATING the DAY! Here is the link to the episode in my podcast on iTunes You can also download the podcast app ... Read More
As the beginning of the spring semester rolls in, Brian Cain provides some strategies to DOMINATE in the classroom as well as on the field. Learn time saving tips to maximize your performance and get the most out of your potential. Here is the link to the episode in my podcast on iTunes ... Read More
Brian Cain offers his insight into one of the greatest BCS National Championships of all time. Hear Cain talk about the mental aspects of football and how playing the game one play at a time gives you the best chance for success in performing on college football’s biggest stage. Here is the link ... Read More
This week Brian discusses how to DOMINATE in 2014 and get the most out of your potentail. If you want to be more, you must become more and Cain shares with you specific and concrete stratagies to become more in 2014. Cain also breaks down UFC Champion Anderson Silva and his fight with Chris Wideman ... Read More
One of my good friends is a high school football coach in Texas and just took over one of the top programs in the state which has been down a bit in recent years. He sent me this e-mail after they just started 5-0. It was so good I had to share it with you. ... Read More
I hope and fully expect that you are DOMINATING The Day! And are going to make this week, the week of October 7, 2013, the greatest week of your life… How? By deciding right now that it will be. October 1, 2013, marks the start of the 4th quarter in the game called DOMINATING 2013. ... Read More
I was recently interviewed by John Sikes with Championship Performance Newsletter, one of the top educational newsletters that goes out to coaches all over the world. Like you, John is a true master of the mental game and in this interview we break down how you can make the most of your ability by ... Read More
I fully expect that you are DOMINATING The Day! This week my gift to you is a interview where I was featured on Peak Performance Radio with host Marcello Aller. On this radio show I break down how I got into the field of sport psychology and mental conditioning and what I do on ... Read More
Here is my most recent Podcast. I recently sat down with John Morris, an assistant athletic director at Baylor University, and talked about what it is I do with the Baylor Bears in Baseball and Tennis in facilitating their Mental Conditioning program. In this interview you will hear us breakdown: Baylor Baseball and their run ... Read More
I have had the privilege of working with Dave Serrano, one of the top college baseball coaches in the country since I was a graduate student at Cal State Fullerton in the fall of 2001. Dave has had a tremendous impact on my coaching career. He is one of only eleven college baseball coaches to ever ... Read More
I recently had the opportunity to be featured as a guest on Tom Michler’s St. Louis based radio show Mind Games and we discussed The Road Warrior Mentality – How To Win When Playing On The Road. In this interview, we breakdown some very critical aspects of performance including: Exorcising the demons and taking possession of ... Read More
I recently had the opportunity to be on the Mind Games Radio Show again (check out my previous visit). This time we talked about coaching the mental game and program development. In this interview we breakdown some very critical aspects of performance including: The role the coach plays in peak performance and mental conditioning Building strong ... Read More
This podcast is from the Mind Games Radio Show in St. Louis with host and master of the mental game Tom Michler. In this interview we talked about what the mental game is, and what mental conditioning and peak performance training are all about. Listen as we breakdown some very critical aspects of performance including: ... Read More
I have known Erik Bakich since January of 2007 when he was an assistant baseball coach at Vanderbilt University. He has since been the head coach at The University of Maryland (2010-2012) and took over as the head baseball coach at The University of Michigan in 2013. Bakich is the youngest head baseball coach at ... Read More
This is the fifth in a 5 part Mental Conditioning Musts Series. These training tools MUST be on your iPhone and the easiest way to assure you have them is through subscribing to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast. In this video, the Even Longoria E:60, you learn how the mental game has helped turn ... Read More
This is a highlight video of Brian Cain, Peak Performance and Mental Conditioning Coach speaking at the National Baseball Coaches Clinic to over 5,000 of the top baseball coaches in the country. Here’s to you peak performance TODAY! Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES Click here to leave ... Read More
This is the fourth in a 5 part Mental Conditioning Musts Audio Series. These audios MUST be on your iPhone and the easiest way to assure you have them is through subscribing to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast. In this audio, Cain talks you through hitting mental imagery. The reason why mental imagery is ... Read More
This is the third in a 5 part Mental Conditioning Musts Audio Series. These audios MUST be on your iPhone and the easiest way to assure you have them is through subscribing to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast. In this audio, Cain talks you through pitching mental imagery. The reason why mental imagery is ... Read More
This is the second in a 5 part Mental Conditioning Musts Audio Series. These audios MUST be on your iPhone and the easiest way to assure you have them is through subscribing to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast. In this audio, the Inhale 6-8 Second and Exhale 8-10 second breathing sessions, you learn how ... Read More
This is the first in a 5 part Mental Conditioning Musts Audio Series. These audios MUST be on your iPhone and the easiest way to assure you have them is through subscribing to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast. In this audio, the 5-4-3-2-1 Relaxation Session, you learn how to quiet your mind and get ... Read More
This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST is Cain taking a team through a mental imagery session the night before a game. He uses the four key aspects of a mental imagery session. 1. Relaxation 2. Confidence Conditioning 3. Mental Recall 4. Mental Rehursal This is a must listen for any baseball or softball player that ... Read More
This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST is Cain discussing his keynote presentation at the 2012 Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association National Conference in Orlando, Florida on Thursday May 10, 2012. Cain discusses how you can separate yourself from the field of other strength and conditioning coaches by adding value to what you bring to ... Read More
Are you getting the research based recommended 9 hours and 15 minutes of sleep? This video is a presentation by Dr. James Maas of Cornell University about his book Power Sleep. I have always been a person who prided himself on being able to operate at a high level with 6 hours of sleep routinely ... Read More
This highlight video is of Brian Cain speaking on his 5L’s of Leadership. Live, Love, Learn, Laugh and Leave A Legacy. Please tweet @briancainpeak what you think the best part of this video is. This video was created by Kyle Bombardier of Game Day Video Productions. Please visit their website at www.gamedayvideoproduction.com for all ... Read More
The Grind is a video that plays before each home game during the 2012 TCU Baseball Home Season. You will see that this video contains many key principles of mental conditioning and peak performance. Please tweet @briancainpeak what you think the best part of this video is. This video was created by Red Productions under ... Read More
Quiet Confidence is a video that played before each home game during the 2011 TCU Baseball Home Season. You will see that this video contains many key principles of mental conditioning and peak performance. Please tweet @briancainpeak what you think the best part of this video is. This video was created by Red Productions under ... Read More
This video was done by Johnathan Steele from Tarleton State University Baseball. This video highlights how Tarleton State University Baseball and Coach Bryan Conger use the PRIDE program available at www.briancain.com to help them play one pitch at a time. The music in this video is “Time” by Hans Zimmer from the Inception soundtrack. This ... Read More
This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST is Cain discussing the importance of the Today + Today + Today Approach to sports and life. Here’s to you peak performance TODAY! Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES Click here to leave a comment on my Facebook Page
This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST is Cain breaking it down with some of the top college softball players in the country. They discuss leadership, mental toughness and competing at the highest level of college softball. Here’s to you peak performance and becoming a great softball player. Click here to access the Brian ... Read More
This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST gives you the Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t. Cain has worked with 4 Ultimate Fighting Championship World Champions and has worked with NCAA National and Olympic World Champions. In this audio he gives you an insight into what they know that you don’t. Here’s ... Read More