Podcasts by The Imperfect Athlete Podcast
This show is about mistakes, why athletes make them, what they mean to them and ultimately how they change behaviour to make athletes better. Each episode, I talk to an athlete or someone in a related field and we explore how their mistakes formed their career
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Working smart & comfortable being uncomfortable with Samuel Pedlow from 2020-05-01T14:05:36
Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. In the second part of their conversation, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How speakin...
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3 simple questions to check in with yourself during the lockdown: corona virus special #2 from 2020-04-21T15:18:47
These times are really difficult for self-employed people, especially in the field of sport. You can help me out by telling 2 friends about this podcast and share this episode on social media! Listen
Pressure, finding the right frame & unorganized games with Samuel Pedlow from 2020-04-17T12:02
Samuel Pedlow is a Canadian professional beach volleyball player and all-round great guy. Together, Jelle and Sam discuss a bunch of different topics. How unorganized games at a cottage lead to ...
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Opening a clinic and working with para-athletes with Tony Carbonette part 2 from 2020-04-10T13:46:52
In the second part of my conversation with athletic therapist, clinic owner and coach Tony Carbonette, we talk about his decision to open his own clinic and what it is like working with para-ath...
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Special: How are you and I dealing with the quarantine? from 2020-04-06T17:50:59
There is no doubt that this situation of home isolation is extremely difficult for a lot of people. Yet, the way some social media are approaching strategies to help us through this might be mak...
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Turning bad into good & a knee is a knee is a knee With Tony Carbonette from 2020-03-30T19:30:41
In this first part of my conversation with athletic therapist, coach and clinic owner Tony Carbonette, we discuss what mistakes made Tony want to become an athletic therapist and how they shaped...
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JWK Explains: Is E-sport a real sport? from 2020-03-26T19:46:25
JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here...
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JWK Explains: Why do coaches get fired? from 2020-03-16T13:48:59
JWK Explains is a series of youtube videos in which I look at unique events or situations and try to explain what happens through sport psychology. I decided to post the audio only versions here...
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Special: Last Chance U vs Cheer from 2020-02-27T16:55:53
In this the Imperfect Athlete podcast special, I compare the performance environments of the teams starring in the popular Netflix shows Last Chance U and Cheer. I look at several different fact...
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A little less imperfect every time with Ryan DeBruyn from 2020-02-03T18:40:17
In the second part of my conversation with Ryan, we shift focus away from his career as an athlete and look at a completely different but at the same time similar performance environment: Ryan's...
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Teamwork, The Success Payoff and Being Able to Fail from 2020-01-18T18:33:27
Ryan DeBruyn is a good friend of mine with an amazing life story that goes from being a professional athlete to writing and publishing his own book series, Ether Collapse. In the first part of m...
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Stress: Goal Setting, Visualization & Muscle Relaxation from 2020-01-06T20:32:40
In the second part of my conversation with Madison Farnsworth, we talk about her work as a mental performance consultant. More specifically, together we explore the concept of stress and anxiety...
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Self-evaluation and taking rest seriously with Madison Farnsworth from 2019-12-20T20:19:29
In this first of two parts, I talk to former NCAA track and field athlete and fellow mental performance consultant Madison Farnsworth. In this part, we talk about learning how to properly self-e...
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The Neuroscience of Mistakes: How Noise Helps Us Learn from 2019-12-07T15:39:48
In this solo episode, I dive deeper into the neuroscience of mistakes, talking about one particular characteristic of our brains: noise. A concept that at first glance seems a weird blip in evol...
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Emotions, being flexible and language mistakes with coach Geoff Tomlinson from 2019-11-25T15:28:35
Mistakes are not only important to athletes. Coaches make and learn from their mistakes all the time. In this episode, I talk to cross country skiing and rugby coach Geoff Tomlinson about some of t...
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Asking the right questions and mental health issues in sport with Krista van Slingerland from 2019-11-08T19:10:05
In this episode, I talk with PhD candidate and co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Mental Health in Sport: Krista van Slingerland. We talk about her career as a varsity basketball player and h...
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Working hard & Listening to your body with Justin Duff from 2019-10-25T17:52:28
In this episode, I talk to Team Canada Volleyball player and Olympian Justin Duff about how he got into volleyball, what it is like to be a professional athlete in Europe but mostly, about the m...
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What if an athlete wants to be perfect? with Laura Parrott from 2019-10-11T16:00
In this episode, I have a conversation with fellow mental performance consultant Laura Parrott. Together, we try to answer the question: what if an athlete want to be perfect? by talking about perf...
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Injuries, big headed and trying too hard with Derek Watkins from 2019-09-27T18:36:10
In the first proper episode of The Imperfect Athlete Podcast I talk to Derek Watkins, a former national high jumping champion. We discuss what mistakes he made throughout his career and in the end,...
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The Imperfect Athlete Intro: Why are mistakes so important? from 2019-09-27T18:31:57
Nobody changes their behaviour after a successful play, win or season. Only when a mistake is made, people tend to change their behaviour. Yet, when we talk about athletes, we mostly talk about ...
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