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THE MENTAL GAME Sports Podcast
Published by Larissa
- Sports
- Baseball
- Hockey
Larissa created, "The Mental Game Academy" in sports podcast is to help support athletes and bring awareness to interpersonal skills much needed in sports today. It takes a village to develop young athletes, parents, coaches and trainers even refs and how are act around them and demonstrates emotions plays a key role in their social development and over all athletic success. We are interviewing athletes, professional and amateur, coaches, refs and parents that all want to see changes in sports to help our athletes to prevent mental health issues before they happen. Ultimately, athletes need emotional intelligence and resilience to further their career and time spent learning these skills will help them more in their athletic journey's. Working with NCAA, OHL, GOHL, NHL and PWHL athletes and in all sports.
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- Jenny Perez - CEO & Founder - Unplugged Canada
During this episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast we had on Jenny Perez to discuss how we plan to change the norm together. Unplugged Canada’s mission is to change the current societal norm where kids and teens depend on smartphones and social media. We discuss how we can help lead the way in educating athletes and sports organizations to play a leadership role in this norm-shifting initiative! Jenny Perez is an economist, MBA, entrepreneur, children’s mental health activist, and the founder of Unplugged Canada. Unplugged Canada is a grassroots, volunteer-parent-led movement working across the country to raise awareness of the effects of online technologies on children’s minds. As a parent of a 11-year-old daughter, Jenny brings both personal insight and a growing national platform to the conversation around child development, digital environments, and age-appropriate safeguards. Through Unplugged Canada, Jenny has helped mobilize thousands of families nationwide to delay smartphones until age 14 and social media until age 16, working to shift societal norms.
- Jessica Frame - Buffalo Jr Sabres Head Athletic Trainer / Athletic Recovery Specialist
On this exciting episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast we have Jessica Frame discussing various topics regarding recovery, performance and her journey on impacting athletes lives! We had the opportunity to chat about creating synergies between her areas of expertise to develop a more holistic approach to athletic development, and addition of Cognitive Performance Coaching to her approach. Tune in and up your mental game! Jessica Frame grew up in the South (Virginia and Georgia) training horses and showing Holsteins. She earned a Bachelor’s in Special Education; Master's in Health and Human Performance; 16 years of Athletic Training/ Sports Medicine; over a decade of experience in hockey and developed a passion and specialty in recovery; loves gardening, hiking, and spending time at the lake!
- Jason Ward - Brampton Canadettes u22AA Head Coach
On this episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast we have 10 year NHL veteran and current Brampton Canadettes u22AA head coach Jason Ward. Jason was born in Chapleau Ontario and grew up in the Oshawa. Jason played his minor hockey in Oshawa and was drafted by the Niagara Falls Thunder in the OHL 6th Overall. Jason Proudly represented Team Ontario in 1996, Team Canada U18 in 1997 winning gold, 2 World Juniors Championships in 1998, and 1999 winning Silver. Jason was drafted 11th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1997 and went on to play over 700 professional games playing for the Canadiens, New York Rangers, LA Kings, and Tampa Bay Lightning. Jason started his coaching career in the OHL with the Brampton Battalion from 2011-2013. After taking time away from the game and moving back to North Bay Jason returned to coaching in 2020 joining the Georgetown Raiders in the OJHL as an assistant coach in 2021-22 season and spending the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons with the Oakville Blades as an Associate Head Coach. In 2024-25 he begun his tenure as the Head Coach and GM of the Brampton Canadettes Junior team U22AA and is currently going into his 3rd season.
- Dr. Kevin Willis NHL XMRadio Series - Mental Assessments For Elite Level Players
Dr. Kevin Willis (DrDub) joins NHL Radio on SiriusXM to discuss the mental side of hockey performance. Topics draw from his 20+ years working with athletes across all levels, including his work on player psychology, decision-making under pressure, and what it actually takes to compete at your best when it matters most.
- Dr. Kevin Willis NHL XMRadio Series - NHL Combine
Dr. Kevin Willis (DrDub) joins NHL Radio on SiriusXM to discuss the mental side of hockey performance. In this episode, learn how athletes can perform at their best by simply learning how they are wired and what they think. Have the best combine with the best mental and cognitive performance tools out there. https://mentalgameacademy.com/athletes-page-8945 Topics draw from his 20+ years working with athletes across all levels, including his work on player psychology, decision-making under pressure, and what it actually takes to compete at your best when it matters most.
- Dr. Kevin Willis NHL XMRadio Series - Cognitive Data
Dr. Kevin Willis (DrDub) joins NHL Radio on SiriusXM to discuss the mental side of hockey performance. Topics draw from his 20+ years working with athletes across all levels, including his work on player psychology, decision-making under pressure, and what it actually takes to compete at your best when it matters most
- Sasha Gollish - Are Women Dropping Out of Sports?
- Dr. Matt Brown - Calgary Flames Sports Psychologist
- Will Mansour - What Can We Fix In Hockey?
- Jake Gradwell - Accountable Athletes Are Successful
- Dale Ann Melnick - Six Pack Recruiting
- JC Westerlund - Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club
- Eric Lindros
- Jason Carney - FC Portland Soccer Academy
- Taryn Sheehan - Morrigan Athletics Coaching & Consulting
- Walter Aguilar - Energy And Thought Process
- The Mental Game Academy Podcast - Travis Sherman
On this episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast, host Larissa Mills has her first-ever conversation with a skating coach as she sits down with Travis Sherman from Perfect Skating. Travis brings a deep understanding of how skating development connects to confidence, mindset, and overall growth in young athletes. Together, they explore what truly helps athletes improve, from building proper mechanics to developing behaviours like focus, consistency, resilience, and accountability. Travis explains how effective coaching goes beyond teaching skills and becomes a process of shaping habits that support long-term success. They also discuss what parents can do to better support their children’s development on and off the ice. You can reach Travis at (519) 694-7504, on social media @perfectskatinglondon, or online at london.perfectskating.ca.
- The Mental Game Sports Podcast - Bryan Gent
On this episode of The Mental Game Sports Podcast, host Larissa Mills talks with Bryan Gent, a former pro hockey player who is now a nutrition coach and firefighter. Bryan runs Hockey Nutrition, where he helps young athletes build healthy routines, understand their energy needs, and fuel for stronger performance. He can be reached at bryan@hockeynutrition.ca . Bryan shares insights from his time in Junior A, NCAA, SPHL and UHL hockey, and explains how proper nutrition supports focus, recovery, confidence, and long-term development. He also offers practical tips for parents and coaches to make healthy eating realistic at home. This conversation gives families clear tools to help young athletes grow stronger both physically and mentally.
- FIXING Canada's Sports Ecosystem with Matt Young
https://getsuccessfaster.com/ On this episode of The Mental Game Academy Podcast , we welcome Matt Young , founder of FSQ Sport and a global leader in Long Term Athlete Development. With over 20 years of experience transforming sport systems, Matt shares how to move from theory to action—helping organizations, coaches, and athletes build sustainable, people-centered programs. He dives into why outcome-obsessed cultures fail, how to “give sport back to the kids,” and what true leadership in sport really looks like from the top down. 📱Connect with Matt: matt@fsqsport.com | LinkedIn | fsqsport.com
- HOCKEY HOCKEY Hockey, Honesty, Honesty Honesty with Warren Nye
Warren Nye has become a MGA Certified Cognitive Performance Coach. He has played, he as coached he has been an advisor and agent, now teaming up with MGA to make more impact. We discuss what is happening to development in Canada and what is happening under that helmet. Behaviour has changed in the passed 20 years but hockey is still the same game.