The Sideline Perspective Podcast

"Injuries are such a common thing in the sport - if you get through a ski racing career without a major injury, you're probably not pushing it hard enough... I knew it was going to come, and because …

Bryn Drescher is a mental conditioning coach to NBA, NCAA and elite high school athletes across the country. Bryn started her journey into mental conditioning when she walked onto Michigan State Univ…

Kassie & Sondra met playing college volleyball for the University of Toledo.  A dynamic duo both on and off the court, they saw each other through the ups and downs of college life and beyond. Now, t…

We all have a mix of masculine and feminine qualities in us, but our athletic experiences and sport culture tend to push us to favor one over the other (any guesses which? ... ahem, masculine). In th…

"After almost 25 years of high-level competition sports, I am about 1 year into healthy-retirement (those first 2 were brutal). While claiming to “be an athlete” no longer feels like me, I know I am …

Anyone who's had a career in competitive sports knows the journey isn't linear. We can go from the highest highs to the lowest lows in an instant - but it's not about how high or low we are, it's abo…

What does it mean to be "All In" - to commit yourself wholeheartedly to something and then to have to shift gears and re-orient? For Natalie it's about backing yourself, having confidence in your abi…

"Even if you’re in the back of the line, lead yourself and you’ll be surprised who follows."

Coming from a family full of football players, Ky can't remember a time when he wasn't surrounded by the ga…

Kim is a former NCAA Division I swimmer where she competed at The University of North Carolina. In her athlete career, she struggled with depression in retirement and has since dedicated herself to d…

What happens when it's time to move on from a high flying adrenaline sport like aerials skiing? How do you ensure that you land on two feet on the other side of the transition? Alex Bowen's answer: p…

Leeann Passaro played elite club soccer throughout her childhood and into high school before continuing on to play at Washington & Lee University. The Division 3 athlete experience allowed Leeann to …

The "bigger, faster, better" athletic mindset around training is something that helps us to be successful at our sport. But what happens when we're no longer in that competitive zone or required to p…

Welcome back to The Sideline Perspective podcast! We kick off Season 2 with Amanda Johanson, a former gymnast and aerials ski jumper. She competed at the University of Denver from 2007-2011 on a full…

Mac and Sam talk about the behind the seasons of creating Season One of The Sideline Perspective Podcast. They touch on highlights from both a host and listener point of view and even reveal some exc…

It can be hard to navigate our bodies as they change throughout our athletic career. In some cases body image relates to performance... and in other cases it doesn't. We have to dodge societal expect…

Every athlete in the world right now is sidelined due to COVID - how are we coping with it? How are we finding opportunities to train, to learn, and improve in our sport while balancing concerns for …