The Limitless Game: Sports, Inner, & Mental Performance Podcast
Limitless Performance is a holistic youth sports performance and training company offering year-round services and camps. With over 400 five-star reviews collectively online, Limitless Performance is the premier sports organization in southern Wisconsin. We are currently located in Janesville, Wisconsin. Our youth client pool ranges from Kindergarten through professional athletes.
Our mission is centered around bringing out the best version of every individual involved. The more energy we focus on results, the less energy we spend on the process that brings those results in the first place.
Our blend of training and philosophy fosters greatness. Not just greatness, but an enjoyment of the process and journey toward greatness. Not just enjoyment, but a character that everyone looks up to and aspires to become. It’s about who we become through the process, not just what we accomplish.
We simplify our sports psychology framework into the following key pieces. All content on this podcast will center around your sport and how you can integrate our curriculum into your daily life to see immediate results.
Coach Jack, the author of this podcast, holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He spends much of his time developing this curriculum, as it reflects how he trains himself. This involves extensive reading and learning from experts in the field. His studies include Eastern philosophical meditations and mental training tools, paired with the wisdom of ancient philosophy. He then validates these insights through scientifically supported evidence and Western psychology practices.
Coach Jack’s mission is to synthesize this invaluable knowledge into a modern, accessible format for busy people to implement and see remarkable transformations in their lives.
“Others have certainly attempted what I am aiming for. However, this focus on youth and sports is unique. I firmly believe there is a better way to educate and provide youth and parents with a stronger foundation for finding their own answers. It’s not about projecting my beliefs onto you. I don’t claim to have all the answers; in fact, I believe I know very little. However, I have a deep understanding of various tools that have been used for thousands of years to reduce suffering, build compassion, and enhance performance across all areas of life effortlessly. My curriculum is based on a holistic approach, showing you what has worked throughout human history in training the mind. This isn’t a curriculum claiming to have all the answers; it’s about helping you find YOUR answers.”
The Limitless Game: Sports, Inner, & Mental Performance Podcast
Tension vs. Freedom: The Emotional Battle Every Athlete Faces
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In this podcast episode, Coach Jack explores emotional regulation for athletes and performers, emphasizing that trying to control or avoid feelings creates tension and reduces performance. Instead, the speaker advocates for accepting and fully experiencing emotions—both positive and negative—to create a sense of spaciousness and freedom. The episode introduces mindfulness techniques, such as breath-focused meditation and labeling feelings, to help listeners sit with their emotions without judgment or avoidance. By reducing the urge to control internal states, the host suggests listeners can achieve better performance and a healthier relationship with their emotions.
The Illusion of Managing Your State (00:00:00) Explains why trying to control emotions creates tension and reduces performance; introduces the concept of "managing your state."
Spacious vs. Condensed Emotional States (00:00:56) Describes how best performance feels spacious and light, while poor performance feels condensed and pressurized.
The Role of Wanting in Emotional Tension (00:01:56) Discusses how wanting to feel a certain way creates tension and reduces emotional spaciousness.
Acceptance Over Avoidance (00:03:54) Advocates for accepting and sitting with feelings instead of running from them to create emotional space.
How to Feel Your Feelings (00:04:48) Explains practical steps for feeling emotions without trying to fix or avoid them, emphasizing impermanence.
Separating Story from Reality (00:06:24) Covers mindfulness: distinguishing between mental narration and actual experience to become more present.
Summary and Transition to Meditation (00:07:15) Recaps key points and introduces a breath-focused meditation practice to help feel and label emotions.
Labeling Feelings in Meditation (00:08:04) Guides on labeling feelings (not just thoughts) during meditation, and returning to the breath if unsure.
Meditation Practice Instructions (00:09:04) Provides final instructions for the meditation exercise, including posture and focus, before beginning the practice.
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