Performhappy With Rebecca Smith

In this episode of the PerformHappy podcast, I’m talking to sports parents about how to maintain your sanity when you’re feeling frustrated with your athlete who isn’t performing the way you know they can.

In this episode of the PerformHappy Podcast, I am talking about Simone Biles and what happened when the greatest gymnast suddenly couldn’t perform her skills. I’m going to talk about exactly what the “twists” are, why it happens, how to stop the confidence hemorrhage, and the 3 steps to getting your confidence back.

In this episode of the PerformHappy podcast, I help athletes who are stuck on a plateau and show you how to know when you’re ready to move through your breakthrough. We’ll discuss the stages of change that come before a breakthrough, where you’re at in those stages, and how to move through them once you know where you’re at. Also, I talk to sport parents about what they can do to help athletes move forward. Big hint - it’s a lot less than you think!

In this episode of the PerformHappy podcast, Coach Rebecca interviews gymnast-nutritionist Christina Anderson. This podcast is for coaches dealing with adolescents and their bodies and their need to be properly fueled. There are many mistakes coaches make (I know, I made them, too) when trying to help athletes with their nutrition, and today, Coach Christina gives greats tips and tricks on how to help athletes with their nutrition.

In this episode we will talk about essential tools for summer - the top 3 mental skills that you should be working on. Get ready now so that you are ahead of the game come Winter. Don’t make the same mistakes that most athletes make. PLUS learn about how to get a free coaching session! Jumpstart your confidence today, champions are made in the off season!

In this episode, Coach Rebecca speaks to parents with athletes who don’t want their help! As a parent, you may know exactly what they need if they could only see what you see… but they resist your help, mental training, and even talking about their sport. If this sounds like you, this podcast is for you! Listen for some great suggestions!

Today’s podcast is a testimonial story from a PerformHappy athlete - a young gymnast who came to us with fears and blocks and is now a level 8 champion! Listen to hear her journey.

Today, Coach Rebecca get’s on her soapbox to talk about what needs to change in the culture of youth sport, specifically gymnastics. Join Rebecca on her crusade to start calling out inappropriate, unhealthy behavior, so we can give athletes a healthy, happy, successful sport career.

Coach Rebecca interviews human potential coach, motivational speaker, and athlete, Jason Fowler. After a devastating accident when he was 17 years old, Jason continued on to complete road races, marathons, triathlons, and even win two Iron Man triathlons in the handcycle division. This podcast is for you if you find yourself making excuses, comparing yourself to others, or are looking for inspiration in sport or life.

Coach Rebecca shares her sport story and the real reason she quit gymnastics. Learn the mistakes she made when trying to deal with her fear, the mistakes her coaches made, and some lessons she had to learn the hard way so that you don't have to make the same mistakes she did.

Coach Rebecca talks to athletes about slumps - underperforming, mental blocks, performance anxiety - any kind of setback that leads to low self-confidence or unhappiness in your sport where you just feel like you're not doing your best. Listen for her 3 steps on how to "unslump" yourself.

On today's podcast, we are going to be talking about what to do after you've had a bad day on a scarey skill. On those days when you've had a fall, or you just get shaken and are like "Wow, I didn't like that". Here's what to do if you feel like your brain goes into revolt and is like I don't want to do this at all, here's how you can get moving forward again.

Coach Rebecca shares tips on how athletes can communicate with their coaches in a way that helps them.

On today's podcast, I'm going to give you some suggestions on how to help your shy or quiet athlete to start speaking up. Because when they have a solid confident voice that they can rely on, when they have strong boundaries, when they know what they need and how to ask for it, confidence in sport and life will increase exponentially.

On today's podcast, I am going to give you three mindset hacks that will help you to be better in competition this weekend, or this month, or whenever your next competition is. Three quick shifts that you can make mentally that will allow you to walk out there with confidence.

On today's podcast, I am going to tackle the myth that you need to think about scores in order to get good scores and I'm actually going to kind of give you "what for" about my opinion on what talking about scores does to an athletes confidence. So this one's for you, parents, if you are the kind of person that likes to post "Yeah, my daughter got a good score at her meet" on Facebook, then pay attention!

On today's podcast, I'm going to talk to the shy athletes, more the parents of the shy athletes but I hope the athletes are listening too. I'm going to teach you some skills that will allow you to learn to speak up. Which is a skill that will not only help your sport but will help your life. Stick around for some fun easy tips to help you speak up when what you are being told to do doesn't line up with how you really feel.

Hey Guys, I wanted to let you know I just started taking questions live on Instagram on Thursday afternoon. So Thursdays at 4:30 Pacific Time every week I will be live on Instagram in sort of an "ask-me-anything" situation. So if you have questions for me I would really encourage you to send them my way. You can find me at rebecca@performhappy.com and you can send them to me directly. I want to be in the trenches with you answering your specific questions and I would love to have you join me live on Thursdays at 4:30 PST. What you are about to hear is my answer to one question about making things possible. One little gymnast basically felt like his back handspring wasn't possible, so I'm going to give you guys 3 quick tips to make the impossible feel possible. So shoot me those questions and let me know what you are up against and what you are struggling with. I would love to chat with you personally. You can find me on Instagram at Complete_Performance. Let's take it away.

On today's podcast, I have the pleasure of interviewing Vahid Moavenzadeh who is the coach and the team director of Chapel Hill Gymnastics all about creating a healthy gym atmosphere. You are going to hear some of the evolution of his process that not only led to really great communication with his athletes, and more confidence but even though he took the emphasis off scores these kids ended up winning. 

On today's podcast, I have the pleasure of interviewing Stacey Herman, who is a fellow mental skill and sports psychology expert who works with gymnasts. So she and I are going to nerd-out and talk about how to help athletes through mental blocks and how to improve the whole gymnastics experience. If you are not a gymnast you can still get a lot out of this!