Stay ConnectedWelcome to the Wrestling Mindset podcast, hosted by the nation’s leading authority on wrestling specific mindset training. On this podcast you’ll find a mix of interviews with Mindset Mike & company, keynote speeches and mindset training with Co-Founders Gene and Jeff Zannetti. Visit our website to learn more at https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the great wrestling Olympian Barry Davis.
Together they discuss how you can trick your mind into dealing with pressure, the importance of doing the small things right, and how to help wrestlers understand they aren't defined by what they achieve but by who they are as individuals.
Timestamps:
0:41 - Greatness starts with the mind
1:30 - If you want to win, do the small things right
8:20 - Don't choke under pressure, trick your mind
17:48 - Play your own mind games
20:50 - What you do isn't who you are
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with who many believe to be the best youth wrestling coach in the nation, Mike Krause. Together they discuss how getting you kid in early helps to develop a positive mentality for life, why coaching phrases are so important to motivate the wrestlers and how all techniques should be broken down and taught, no matter how difficult they may seem to be.
Timestamps:
1:15 - Positively brainwashing at an early age
2:25 - Coaching phrases
8:58 - Technique fluency
11:05 - Mindset and training
13:33 - Subconscious mindset
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti talks about the aftermath of Fargo and your next steps going forward. He talks about prepping for next year now, the importance of putting your mindset on paper to have a clear visual, and how you can take your game to the next level.
Timestamps:
0:30 Toughest tournament in the country
1:10 How do you get the next best thing
2:25 Put your mindset on paper
5:45 Take it to the next level
7:10 Start mindset young
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the coach of one of the most competitive schools in the country, Tony Walters of St.Anthony's on Long Island. Together they discuss coaching philosophy and athletic fatherhood as well as share tips on how to deal with the biggest fans, the parents.
Timestamps:
0:48 - How to manage parents
10:36 - Your way vs. the coach's way
19:33 - Parents on the sideline
25:00 - The biggest fans are the parents
31:02 - Athletic fatherhood
36:09 - Always be a learner
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the owner of NOVA Wrestling Club and Fortune 500 business man, David Swinger. Together they discuss NOVA's beginning, how the golden circle rule applies to wrestling, and what his vision is for the future.
Timestamps:
0:41 - The Genesis of NOVA Wrestling
7:50 - The Golden Circle, begin with the why
12:30 - The Macrovision of Wrestling
26:08 - Ensuring a chance
35:07 - The Open Arms Approach
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Bo Bassett. Together they discuss Bo's ''Machine Gun Mindset'' that's made him one of the hardest working young men in wrestling. They talk about Bo's Sunday Circuit videos, the importance of taking chances, and how we always need to learn and get better.
Timestamps:
1:52 - Sunday circuits and more
4:01 - The importance of taking chances
7:17 - The willingness to always grow
9:46 - Summer schedule
11:30 - Don't be content, go for more
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Olympian Colton Brown. Together they discuss the mindset needed to compete in an Olympic event, combining wrestling with judo, how the two relate to each other, and some necessary philosophies needed to coach both.
Timestamps:
1:11 - Mindset at the Olympic level
3:23 - 100% Ready for any tournament
9:05 - How wrestling and judo relate to each other
16:42 - We need to talk a lot more about judo
17:34 - Coaching philosophies
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with Donnie D of the Yale Street Wrestling Club. Together they discuss Donnie's unique mindset on training, how important it is to know what you want as a wrestler but also be coachable, and the power of reversals.
Timestamps:
1:40 Does the focus change once the season ends?
7:22 Donnie's Mindset
12:57 Being coachable and knowing what you want
24:32 Differing vs. taking the choice
30:27 The lost art of reversal
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This week, Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti sits down with the man who trained all the Zannetti brothers, Eugene Lezark Jr. Together, we discuss coaching philosophies, what are the healthy green flags to look for that all great wrestlers have, and when it is time for kids to start making some serious decisions about their wrestling future.
Timestamps:
0:36 - Coaching philosophies
2:55 - What should kids be starting with
7:37 - What age should kids start making decisions
9:36 - Which are the green flags
13:30 - Developing training for kids individually
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This week Wrestling Mindset founder Gene Zannetti continues going through the ''Developing the Predator Mindset'' book. This week is only a small part of Chapter 2, Introduction to the Prey Mindset and the Fan Mentality. This chapter explains how those who follow the prey mindset focus on the uncontrollables in life rather than changing the factors they have power over.
Timestamps:
1:27 - Avoiding the Prey Mindset
4:50 - The Fan Mentality
8:30 - Getting caught in the hype
13:02 - Thoughts that bring out our best performance
15:30 - Practice how you want to play
18:04 - Focusing too much on the outcome
21:09 - Chapter recap
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