Hannah Huesman - Mental Skills coach for The Philadelphia Phillies
Mental Skills in baseball, life and normalising situations with Hanna Huesman
Hannah Huesman is a mental skills coach with MLB organisation, The Philadelphia Phillies.
As someone that works at the cutting edge of high-performance sport, in a relentless environment like professional baseball, we thought Hannah would have a unique take on a fascinating topic; the mental side of sport. Oli talks to the former softball star about a whole bunch of stuff which frankly could have gone on for hours!
Hannah has a fascinating insight, especially with her experience working with high profile players such as Bryce Harper and Andrew McCutchen.
On today’s Podcast we discuss:
An intro from Hannah and how she got into her current role
The mental side of sport for an individual as opposed to a team
Staying present - a key factor in baseball
Compartmentalisation as a learned skill
Assessing an athlete’s mental skills based on background, culture etc.
Normalising the person in the professional environment
Putting mental skills training into practice
How we can and should always be learning
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