Episode 11: The Winning Formula, Overcoming the Yips, and Peak Performance with former Navy Seal Jason Kuhn
Jason Kuhn’s baseball career abruptly ended due to the yips but he refused to let it define him.
Harnessing the winning formula he learned as a SEAL, he's now sharing the power of a team-first mindset, and helping athletes like Tyler Matsek from the Atlanta Braves and 2009 US Open Champion Lucas Glover conquer the yips and reclaim their peak performance levels.
00:00 Intro
02:18 Jason’s why
03:58 Background as a baseball player and developing the yips
08:45 Reliving the darkest times and switching from a victim mindset
10:45 9/11 World Trade Center events helped inspire his path to military and SEALS
11:55 Team first mentality fueling success in the Navy SEAL channeling energy into team and mission
12:12 What the SEALS and combat taught him about performing under pressure and what performance is
14:19 Team first mindset he teaches
15:57 How that mindset translates to individual sport like golf
19:09 Connecting being a sniper thanks to team first mindset
20:22 Explanation of the yips and what’s happening
25:16 Mainstream Sports psychology not getting to the root of the issue
26:54 Rehabilitation process for the involuntary nature of the yips
30:38 How he works with corporations
33:46 The impact of Jason’t work
36:31 Talking about the Guardian Foundation for fatherless youth
37:48 Book plans
39:50 Powerful inspirational message to those suffering with the yips
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