The Athletes Health

About The Athletes Health

Every athlete trains their body, but how many train their mind? Mental Performance Playbook breaks down elite mental strategies used by top performers and gives you simple, actionable exercises to apply immediately. Hosted by Gabe Rummel, Mental Performance Coach, Founder of The Athletes Health™, and creator of it's Phronoic Gym™, where athletes train their minds like they train their bodies. Whether you’re looking to reset after mistakes, boost focus under pressure, or build unshakable confidence, this playbook has you covered.

Publisher

Gabe Rummel, The Athletes Health

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Mar 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

183 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Expertise in Time, How Athletes Build Skills Faster | Ep. 182

   Every new skill feels hard at first. You think about every step, every grip, every movement, and your brain gets tired fast. That is not a sign you're bad at it. It's a sign you're early in the process. Welcome to Day 2 of 75 on the Mental Performance Playbook. Every day until January 1, 2027, we're dropping one whiteboard mental training session built for student athletes, parents, and coaches to use right away. Today's session is Expertise in Time. We break down a simple graph every athlete lives through. When you start a skill, your mental energy is high and your physical skill is low. The goal is to flip that. Over time, the skill takes over and the overthinking fades. The best athletes don't just put in more time. They put in smarter time, so they reach the top level faster. We walk through the Expertise Triangle: pattern, methods, and approach. Pattern is the routine and form you repeat. Methods are how you break the skill down and study it. Approach is how you put it all into action. Then we cover four ways to make every hour count. Motivation to learn, so you chase getting better and not only the result. Feedback, so you know what's working and what isn't. Correspondence to performance, so you can see if practice is actually showing up in games. Deviations, so you can spot what changed and keep what works. Your challenge today is simple. Pick one of those four and put it to work in your next practice. If this helped, share it with an athlete, parent, or coach who needs it. Subscribe so you don't miss tomorrow's session, and leave a five-star review to help more athletes find the show. New mental exercises drop every day on YouTube at @gaberummeltah, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts at Mental Performance Playbook. Free resources and training links are below. Website: ⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/)https://www.theathleteshealth.com/⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/%E2%81%A0) Instagram: ⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/)https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/%E2%81%A0) Free Athlete Assessment: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder) Free Parent Snapshot Questionnaire: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot) Text us! (319) 349-9553 #mentalperformance #athletemindset #sportspsychology #studentathlete #mentaltraining Keywords mental performance, sports psychology, athlete mindset, how to learn skills faster, skill development for athletes, deliberate practice, athlete expertise, mental training for athletes, student athlete mindset, youth sports mental training, overthinking in sports, muscle memory, feedback in sports, motivation to learn, mental performance coach, high school athletes, mental exercises for athletes, Mental Performance Playbook

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Diamond or Dust, The P Cycle of Practice, Pressure, Perform, Produce | Ep. 181

   Two teammates, same drill, same coach. One treats practice like a playoff game. The other coasts because the big game isn't until Friday. Guess which one shows up when it counts. In this episode of the Mental Performance Playbook, Gabe Rummel grabs a pen and paper and breaks down the P Cycle, the four-step circle of success he has seen separate athletes more this fall than any year before. Pressure is coming either way. It can turn your athlete into a diamond or into dust, and practice is where they decide which one. In this episode you will learn: The four steps of the P Cycle, practice, pressure, perform, and produce Why treating practice like a performance is what's driving results this season How to put pressure on yourself at practice so game day feels familiar Why the cycle is a circle, and what to do after you produce Diamond or dust, and why dust can still be rebuilt How to find the missing step when an athlete isn't producing Simple questions parents can ask to get the practice conversation going This week, find the spot in the cycle your athlete can fill in, and plug in one mental exercise to train it. If this episode helps, follow, subscribe, leave five stars, and share it with an athlete, parent, or coach finishing their fall season. Free resources and training links are below. Website: ⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/)https://www.theathleteshealth.com/⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/%E2%81%A0) Instagram: ⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/)https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/%E2%81%A0) Free Athlete Assessment: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder) Free Parent Snapshot Questionnaire: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot) Keywords practice like you play, pressure in practice, how to perform under pressure, practice habits for athletes, game day performance, mental toughness, diamond or dust, finish the season strong, mental performance playbook, mental performance coach, mental exercises for athletes, sports psychology, student athletes, sports parents, youth sports, high school sports, Gabe Rummel, TAH, Top Athlete Habits

3. 

   12 Oct 2026

   How to Learn Plays Faster, The Science of Memory for Athletes | Ep. 180

   New season, new team, new plays. The coach puts in three sets at practice, and by the car ride home half of it is gone. In this episode of the Mental Performance Playbook, Gabe Rummel heads back to the whiteboard to break down how memory works for athletes, from the moment information hits your senses to the moment a play runs on autopilot. Memory trains just like a muscle. The more reps and depth you give it, the stronger it gets. In this episode you will learn The path every memory takes, environment, senses, short-term memory, depth of processing, and long-term memory Why the brain takes in one thing at a time, and how to stack reps so a new play sticks The forgetting curve, and why spacing reps over a few days beats cramming How meaning and emotion lock memories in deeper The visual sketchpad, using imagery to see the play and see yourself in it The self-talk loop, talking through the play and listening back to yourself Three extra boosts, elaborate on the why, test yourself on the sideline, and learn with intention Why walking through a play where you'll perform it makes it stick Parents and coaches, pick one mental exercise from the board and hand it to your athlete this week. Lock it in now, so they can stop thinking and just play when the games start. If this episode helps, follow, subscribe, leave five stars, and share it with an athlete, parent, or coach. Free resources and training links are below. Website: ⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/)https://www.theathleteshealth.com/⁠ (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/%E2%81%A0) Instagram: ⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/)https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/gaberummeltah/%E2%81%A0) Free Athlete Assessment: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/free-mental-max-out-finder) Free Parent Snapshot Questionnaire: https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot (https://www.theathleteshealth.com/tah-mental-max-snapshot) Text us! (319) 349-9553 Keywords memory for athletes, how to learn plays faster, sports memory, muscle memory, depth of processing, working memory, forgetting curve, spaced repetition, mental imagery, visualization for athletes, self-talk, learning new plays, sports IQ, mental performance playbook, mental performance coach, mental exercises for athletes, sports psychology, student athletes, sports parents, youth sports, Gabe Rummel, TAH, Top Athlete Habits

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YouTube views

471

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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99

Social presence

94

YouTube

64

Engagement

32

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