Purple Patch Podcast

If 2020 was a chapter in an athlete story, it would be classified as a massive challenge and a setback that includes disappointment and most certainly failure.

But, the great athlete would navigate, …

In Part 1 of this Two-Part Series, Matt presents a Model of Performance Culture for coaches and businesses.

He defines each step and illustrates how he has applied each phase with Purple Patch since …

We’re midway through the year and now is an appropriate time to take a step back and reflect on the unpredictable and unprecedented year we’ve had so far. For better or worse, it has forced change, b…

Despite the turbulence and despair of 2020, the challenges, and the crumbling race plans, we commit to making the end of 2020 all about performance excellence!

We create PURPOSE.  We create DIRECTION…

Matt welcomes Purple Patch athlete, Heather Grahame, to discuss her adventurous multisport journey to joy.

Based in Helena MT, Grahame spent 100k miles on a plane last year as lead counsel of a publi…

Performance and Mental Coach, Jeff Troesch, returns this week to talk about navigating THE NOW - this era of COVID-19 and the lack of races and our usual structured season.

A mental coach is often fo…

Matt and Sports Psychologist, Jeff Troesch, talk about the role of a sports psychologist and some of the biggest myths regarding successful athletes, especially as it pertains to mindset and performa…

For time-starved fitness enthusiasts, what are the five fundamental key rules to commit to on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis? 

What are these tips that, if you nail down as habits, will s…

Today's show focuses on effective leadership -  looking ahead over the coming months on how coaches should consider approaching the uncertainty with their athletes. Coaches are leaders and there is p…

In honor of Father's Day, we present our "Ask Daddy Anything" episode. Matt answers your questions related to:

• Return to Racing this Year

• Hopes and Fears for Athletes as they Emerge from the Pand…

Make no mistake, the fabric of society is being stretched and global stress is elevated for almost everyone. The acute awareness of the need for resilience, adaptability, and a platform of health is …

What is the difference between inclusion and real belonging in a community? Can you have one without the other? Yes, indeed, you can.

Unfortunately, there are too many groups where you can be include…

Over the last two months, you've stabilized, adapted and innovated. The weather is improving in most places, and maybe, just maybe, races are on the horizon?

We don't know, but what we do know is tha…

An effective coach or leader will be equipped to guide their pupils through the change. They will set the conditions to enable a course correction and acceleration and the really great ones will find…

Jesse Thomas joins Matt to discuss his recent retirement from a successful 10-year professional triathlon career.

This conversation with Matt and Jesse is full of stories that include many lessons of…

In this episode on our continuing series of #emergingstronger, Matt outlines a playbook for a "ramp to racing."

A return to racing will happen soon. We don't know exactly when, but when it happens, y…

Whether you’re an athlete, an individual, a parent, a leader, or a business, we’ve all been navigating through several different phases of this thing called Covid-19. There was the sudden change, the…

This week, we showcase a recent live presentation Matt debuted for GetSetUp, a resource and education site that focuses on re-skilling Seniors who then teach other Seniors how to do all the important…

For many, the compass or guiding light of race targets are hidden by the fog of COVID-19, with little real understanding of when the fog will lift.

• How do you train for something when you don’t know…