I recently caught up with Lauren Burge, a 16-year-old American Skeet shooter from Texas, to find out more about her recent successes as well as her future plans. I get goosebumps when I see what she is accomplishing in her sport of American Skeet at such a young age.

Lauren let us in on how she assembled her star team of technical (Steve Brown and Paul Giambrone) and mental trainers (myself), using their expertise to train her in how to shoot a perfect 4 x 100 in a recent competition as well as achieving significant wins in other competitions. 

She also shares her go-to strategies for her shooting sport success, and gives some practical advice for other young shooters, especially young women, on best practices for success on the field.

Lauren Burge - Assembling your sports "team" and practical advice for young athletes

A decade or so ago, I taught my high-performance system to Maureen Vandermey for the purpose of her running hobby. Although I was not a runner, except for using it to augment my karate training, our experience helped us both to reframe the running experience and, as you’ll hear in the interview, gave Maureen several tools with which to enjoy the running game when many around her train and compete in misery.      

Maureen dropped me a note recently telling me about her experience of running the Toronto Marathon.  So we sat down together over Skype to discuss the race, her perseverance as a beginner and the strategies that helped her, such as mental drafting, staying in the Zone and applying mental gymnastics to “flatten out hills.”  Her commentary can teach beginners and pros some good lessons in resiliency, no matter what your sport.

Maureen Vandermey - How to survive and thrive running a marathon

I recently spoke with Tommy Cultrona, a competitive Sporting Clays athlete from Ohio. Tommy had purchased the audio version of my book for the shooting sports - Mind vs Target, and also did the training in our new online video training program - ZoneQuest.

In this podcast, Tommy talks about how the strategies learned in the book and in ZoneQuest have helped him not only in his competitive sport but also in his work.

Podcast Tommy Cultona - On strategies for his competitive game

Top athletes by nature are perfectionists. Not only do they want it “now,” they want it to be achieved somewhat painlessly—as do their parents. And thus far, I’ve rarely, if ever, seen either of those outcomes become a reality, as learning to win will take some time and learning to win requires a high degree of (meaning a lot of) losing and pain.  

So, in this podcast, I’ve come up with a list of seven things that every parent (coach) should know about dealing with adversity in the process of learning how to win.

Building Character in Your Teen Athlete -- Calvin's Father Had It Right

Whether your dream is experiencing the joy of competing to win, becoming an Olympian or pro, excelling in your current contract or just having fun, the SportExcel formula is your blueprint for success in your sport.

In this podcast, you’ll hear from some of our high-performance athletes who share some of the strategies they have used to win on the world stage. You’ll also get other training tips to get you on the road to creating the game of your dreams.

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