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Dr. Christian Zepp is an expert for sport psychology, a researcher and lecturer whose motivation it is to help his athletes, coaches, teams, and students take the next step in their athletic, mental and personal development. Based on his experiences as an athlete, national team coach and his applied work with many elite athletes, coaches and teams from different countries in the world, he shares with you tips, tricks and strategies to develop an optimistic attitude, have powerful habits, and ...
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ZEPP FM 019 - Squash and death threats from the Taliban with Maria Toorpakai
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Maria Toorpakai is a Pakistani squash player who had the dream to become an athlete as a young girl. Unfortunately, the culture, the society and the Taliban don’t allow girls to be actively involved in sports in Pakistan – and especially not in remote tribal areas like Maria’s home, South Waziristan. However, Maria never gave up fighting for what w…
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ZEPP FM 018 - Keeping it simple in sport psychology with Lisa Ruebsteck
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After studying psychology, Lisa focused specifically on the field of sport psychology, because she enjoys helping other athletes learn new things and improve their performances. Today she is living and working in The Hague in the Netherlands, owning ToughMinds together with two other sport psychologists, a company that delivers sport psychology ser…
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ZEPP FM 017 - Turning off the mind with Nick Symmonds
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Nick Symmonds is a two-time Olympian, who competed for the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. With 7 NCAA titles, 9 U.S. titles, a silver medal at the World Championships and a personal best of 3:59.68 for One Mile, he can be pretty satisfied with what he achieved during his active career. However, Nick doesn’t enjoy the good life af…
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ZEPP FM 016 - Holistic athlete development in eSports with Fabian Broich
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In this episode, Fabian gives great insights into the lives of eSports athletes, how they train, how they live and how he tries to improve not only their level of performance through the application of several methods from sport psychology, but also their mental and physical well-being through new diets, more physical activity and fresh air. Moreov…
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ZEPP FM 015 – Learn from the past and get ready for the future
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Many students and people at workshops or keynotes regularly ask me about the methods and strategies I apply when working with people. With this solo episode today I am sharing one of the strategies with you, which I use for myself and which I apply with athletes and other clients when it’s all about defining new goals for the future. I’m taking you…
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ZEPP FM 014 - One toe at a time with Kevin Rempel
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Kevin Rempel is a 2014 Paralympic Bronze medalist, author of the book ‘Still Standing: When You Have Every Reason to Give Up, Keep Going’, and founder of the Sledge Hockey Experience. Kevin has an incredible story that has captivated audiences across Canada. He firmly believes that the greater the challenges you face, the greater your story will be…
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ZEPP FM 013 – My personal top 5 books of 2018
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Every year I’m reading many books to see what I can learn from them for me personally and for my work with students, athletes, coaches and other clients. A couple of years ago people started asking me which books I read, which books I can recommend, or which books I frequently give away as presents. After telling the same things over and over again…
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ZEPP FM 012 - Sport psychology in eSports with Ismael Pedraza
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Still, one of the very few sport psychologists working in eSports is Ismael Pedraza from Colombia. After playing football himself he realized during his studies of sport sciences how important the mental side of the game is, and he started to specialize in the field of sport psychology. Although he never really played video or computer games himsel…
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ZEPP FM 011 - Coaching athletes to high performance
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Only very recently I was invited to speak at the 8thEuropean Pole Vault and High Jump Conference in front of coaches and athletes about a topic that is truly important to me: coaching athletes. While preparing this presentation, I always had a statement by John Amaechi in mind, that illustrates why I think it’s so important to reflect about how we …
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ZEPP FM 010 - Big Jumps and little steps with Matthias “Hauni” Haunholder
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Matthias “Hauni” Haunholder is a professional freerider, and he is also an adventurer. Hauni competed on the Freeride World Tour between 2008 and 2011, finishing regularly among the Top 5 athletes and he started going on expeditions in 2008. He travels to Antarctica to search for powder snow, hikes through Siberia to climb the highest peak in Easte…
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ZEPP FM 009 - Bouncing back from sport injuries with Dr Les Podlog
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A dislocated elbow, several shoulder dislocations, a hernia, a fractured hand and three reconstructive knee surgeries in seven years forced Les to give up wrestling after 13 years of training and competition. However, he didn’t start bee keeping or basket weaving as his doctors suggested. Instead, Les started researching why and how some athletes s…
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This summer I made a short trip to Norway. I crossed the Hardangervidda, Europe’s biggest high alpine plateau, alone – only with my tent, sleeping bag, mattress and enough food for nine days. I did this trip not as a vacation. Instead, I wanted to see if hiking over a couple of days would be a worthy method I could include in my coaching portfolio.…
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ZEPP FM 007 - Playing volleyball with Khmer Rouge soldiers in Cambodia with Senghay Ly
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Back in the early days of the Cambodian National Volleyball League – Disabled (CNVLD), Senghay was one of the first players to compete in the only volleyball league for disabled athletes in the world. His effort, his motivation and his determination helped him deal with his disability, social adversities, as well as several other challenges in his …
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ZEPP FM 006 - About good and really bad advices in sport psychology with Grzegorz Wieclaw
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Grzegorz is one of only very few sport psychologists who work in Poland with athletes, teams and coaches – both in able-bodied and in disabled sports. It took us several months to finally schedule a date for our interview because he is so busy travelling and working with his teams, that it’s hard to get ahold of him. However, we made it – and I’m m…
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ZEPP FM 005 - Acceptance and gratitude in sports with Daniel Kirk
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Daniel Kirk used to play Australian Ruled Football quite successfully – until he injured his ankle during a match, needing several surgeries that unfortunately left him with only 20% range of movement in his lower leg. Ultimately, he wasn’t able to return to his sport. However, he didn’t give up, fought his way back into sports and found a way to b…
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ZEPP FM 004 - Emotional intelligence - or how to breathe with Dr Sylvain Laborde
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Sylvain is not only a very good colleague of mine - he is one of the most successful early career researchers in sport psychology and especially emotional intelligence. Talking to Sylvain about his passion for research and how athletes can benefit from his knowledge was truly inspiring for me. Every time I’m travelling to scientific conferences and…
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ZEPP FM 003 - Being an athlete role model with Charles Fernandez
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Today’s episode is very special to me because it is the first one with a guest, and it’s a pleasure that Charles Fernandez is the very first guest on the show. In 2014 Charles and I met in Guatemala, while he was preparing for the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz. Charles’ story is really inspiring, because he is the youngest modern…
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ZEPP FM 002 - The 25 lessons I've learnt so far
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At the end of every semester, at the end of most workshops and classes, and at the end of each individual coaching session I ask my students, clients, coaches etc. what they have learnt over the last X days, hours, minutes. From my experience this question is great for helping them so briefly reflect about everything they are taking away from today…
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Welcome to the first episode of ZEPP FM, a podcast by Christian Zepp to uncover the methods and strategies athletes, coaches and teams use to achieve their goals - from finishing a marathon to winning olympic medals. In this episode, Chris talks about his inspiration for this podcast and sport psychology.…
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