Inner Game Academy Podcast

In this episode, Luke, Martin, and Rob dive deep into the parent-child dynamic in sports, exploring how post-game conversations, expectations, and communication shape young athletes' experiences.

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In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss how hard it is to be your true self in and around new environments.

We discuss:

• The importance of staying true to oneself
• Luke's personal story about maintaining a…

In today's episode, we talk about expectations.

One of Rob's favorite sayings is "Expectations will screw you" so how do we get a handle on our expectations are they a good or a bad thing?

We discuss:

• A…

In today's episode, we have performance nutritionist Richard Allison.

Richard worked for Arsenal under Arsene Wenger and Mikel Arteta.

We discuss:

• Where do footballers go wrong with their foods 
• How to g…

In today's episode, we have Rotherham's Jordan Hugill, we love Jordan's mindset and how he deals with adversity so we discuss:

• Jordan's journey and how he made it into professional football 
• Why Jordan…

In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss what it takes to be a great leader and captain.

we discuss:

• The best captains Luke's played under and why
• What it takes to be a great captain
• Do you need to change …

In this episode, Luke discusses his pre-season does he keep training or does he rest?

We discuss:

• Luke's past experience of being fear-driven and not finding a balance between rest and training
• Why you …

In today's episode, we talk about confidence for performance.

Is it the most component of performance?

We discuss?

• Is your confidence outcome orientated?
• Why Luke bases his game on intentions
• Where does L…

In today's episode, we talk about how to deal with failure.

If you play football, then "failure" comes as a part of that package.

We talk about:

• Why failure is just learning
• How Luke deals with failure 
• W…

In today's episode, we have Boreham Wood manager Luke Garrard, he also runs Boreham Woods Academy.

We discussed:

• How your mindset changes from a manager to a player
• Why football is 80% psychological 
• Why…

In this episode, Luke & Rob discuss how to deal with pressure.

We discuss:

• What can we do pre-match and post-match to help with pressure
• Luke's experience of Wembley and how his body shut down
• Why the st…

In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss how to deal with football trials. It's come up a few times in the academy so in this short episode we will give you some tools to help you be less nervous so yo…

In today's episode, Ali Al-Hamadi talks about his experience with coming through the academy with Swansea City,  joining Wycombe Wanderers, and signing for AFC Wimbledon.

We discuss:

• How joining the In…

In this episode we have Adebayo Akinfenwa, this was recorded from a special live we did and he said so many golden nuggets we had to release it as a podcast episode.

We discuss:

• Confidence how do you c…

In today's episode we have sports psychologist Keval Patel we talk about dealing with fear and anxiety in football.

We discuss:

• Why accepting that you might have a bad game is actually positive 
• How to …

In today's episode,  Rob & Luke talk about adversity & build resilience.

• How to deal with setbacks in football
• Can you train resilience and how do you do that?
• How to control your controllable's

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