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Dialed & Driven Mentality Podcast

Dialed & Driven Mentality Podcast

著者： Jeff Lerg & Chris Palmer
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Dialed & Driven Mentality Podcast with hosts Jeff Lerg and Chris Palmer, is a space for athletes, parents, and coaches to see the depths of hockey and the mental hurdles that come with it.


Jeff Lerg has extensive experience as a former player and current coach that propels his knowledge and life advice. Jeff has reached the ultimate pinnacle of what it means to be a successful D1 Collegiate Athlete. Playing at Michigan State University, he has won countless awards and accolades displaying his success. Also, a former professional goalie for 10+ years across the U.S. and Europe, he has had first-hand experience reaching his own goals and helping others achieve theirs.


Chris Palmer, M.A. in Psychology, is a Hockey Mental Performance Coach who trains individuals, coaches, and teams from house leagues to Pro and Amateur in the US, Europe and Canada. He trains “heart, head, and guts,” with a proven process that helps clients maximize mental toughness and motivation to develop a grinding and intense compete level. As a former NCAA runner, x2 All-American, and Nike-sponsored athlete, Chris brings a great deal of knowledge in athletics and the mental performance space to positively impact the lives of athletes all over the world.

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  • Why Today’s Athletes Struggle to Believe in Themselves

    Why Today’s Athletes Struggle to Believe in Themselves
    2026/08/18

    Welcome to Episode 83 of the Dialed and Driven Mentality Podcast!

    In this episode, Jeff Lerg and Natalie Ferenc take a step back from the technical side of sports to talk about one of the biggest challenges facing young athletes today: self-belief.

    Athletes are training more than ever—but are they training the part of the game that controls everything else?

    Jeff and Natalie share what they've seen firsthand through years of coaching, mentoring, competing, and working with athletes across different sports. From athletes breaking down after one mistake to young players struggling to identify their own strengths, they explore why so many athletes are having a harder time believing in themselves—and what can be done about it.

    You'll hear Jeff's personal story of overcoming adversity and developing an unwavering belief in himself, along with practical strategies athletes and parents can use to build confidence, create better practice habits, set meaningful goals, and stay committed when success doesn't happen overnight.

    Episode Highlights:

    • Why today's athletes are struggling with self-belief more than ever
    • Why training your mind is just as important as training your body
    • How one mistake, bad game, or coach's decision can quickly impact an athlete's confidence
    • Jeff's personal story of overcoming adversity and believing he could become a professional goalie
    • Why self-belief can't be measured by a coach, scout, teammate, or anyone else
    • How doing hard things and practicing with intention builds confidence
    • Why athletes need to understand their strengths and areas for improvement
    • How to turn long-term goals into short-term goals and daily practice habits
    • Why parents need to focus on their athlete's goals—not their own
    • How surrounding yourself with like-minded, driven people can influence your mindset
    • Why instant gratification can make long-term athletic development more difficult
    • How small successes can create momentum and make athletes hungrier to improve
    • Why success isn't defined by playing college or professional sports
    • What it really means to reach your personal peak potential
    • How the Dialed & Driven Success Formula helps athletes train their mentality
    • The vision behind Dialed & Driven and the goal of reaching 50,000 youth athletes

    AND SO MUCH MORE!

    If you're an athlete who has struggled with confidence, a parent trying to support your child's development, or a coach looking for ways to help athletes become more mentally resilient, this episode is for you.

    You can't control every result.

    You can't eliminate every mistake.

    You can't guarantee where your athletic journey will take you.

    But you can control the work you put in, the goals you set, and the belief you build along the way.

    Because success isn't about guaranteeing that you'll become a professional athlete.

    Success is leaving no stone unturned in your development to reach your personal peak potential.

    Stay dialed. Stay driven.

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    21 分
  • Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik U.S. Olympic Ice Dancers: “You Have One Life—Run Toward Your Dreams”

    Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik U.S. Olympic Ice Dancers: “You Have One Life—Run Toward Your Dreams”
    2026/08/11
    Welcome to Episode 82 of the Dialed and Driven Mentality Podcast!In this episode, Jeff Lerg, Chris Palmer, and Natalie Ferenc sit down with U.S. Olympic Ice Dancers Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik to go behind the scenes of their incredible rise to the highest level of their sport.Just four and a half years after becoming skating partners, Emilea and Vadym went from being in the middle of a highly competitive U.S. ice dance field to the Grand Prix Final, U.S. Nationals podium, Four Continents Champions, 5th at the Olympics, and 3rd at Worlds. But as they explain throughout this episode, their success was anything but overnight.Their story is filled with sacrifice, setbacks, pressure, doubt, family support, mental preparation, and thousands of hours of repetition.You'll hear how they learned to trust each other, overcome fear of failure, handle the enormous pressure of performing on the Olympic stage, and stay focused when the outside world became louder than ever.Emilea and Vadym also open up about the mental challenges they faced before working with Chris Palmer, how improving their communication changed their partnership, and why knowing that they had each other's backs allowed them to perform with more freedom and confidence.Episode Highlights:The incredible four-and-a-half-year journey that took Emilea & Vadym to the OlympicsHow they went from the middle of the U.S. ice dance field to becoming Olympic athletesThe sacrifices required to chase an Olympic dreamWhy having the right people in your corner can change everythingHow their families supported them through the toughest momentsThe mental and physical demands of Olympic ice dancingHow Emilea overcame a fear of failure that once made her extremely nervous before competitionsWhy their relationship and communication became one of their greatest competitive advantagesHow they learned to lean on each other when things went wrongThe importance of bringing your practice routines and rituals into competitionWhy repetition is key to successHow thousands of repetitions prepared them to improvise during a five-second mistake at the OlympicsHow they prepare for mistakes before they ever happenThe different approaches Emilea and Vadym use for visualization and competition preparationHow they managed the overwhelming media attention and distractions surrounding the OlympicsWhy athletes need to learn when to say “no” to distractionsHow to separate your performance from your identityHow they handle criticism, negativity, and social media “haters”Why you have to focus on becoming better than you were yesterdayHow to find success in a subjective sport where results aren't always completely in your controlWhy their ultimate goal isn't just winning medals—but making people feel somethingThe courage it takes to pursue something you aren't sure you'll be good atHow doubt from others can become fuel instead of a limitationWhy belief in yourself has to come from your own progress—not someone else's validationThe importance of finding joy in what you doWhy you only get one life—and you should run toward your dreamsAND SO MUCH MORE!This episode is about so much more than ice dancing.It's about what happens when you choose a dream that other people don't believe is possible.It's about surrounding yourself with people who believe in you.It's about preparing so relentlessly that when something goes wrong, you're ready to respond.It's about learning to trust your partner, your preparation, and yourself.And most importantly, it's about continuing to move forward when the results, the opinions, or the circumstances don't go your way.Emilea and Vadym are incredible examples of what can happen when you combine belief, preparation, repetition, resilience, and the courage to keep chasing something you care about.As Vadym says:“You have one life. If you're not running towards your dreams like there's no tomorrow, you're doing something wrong.”Stay dialed. Stay driven.Send us Fan Mail📲 Connect With UsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dialedanddriven/X: https://x.com/dialedanddrivenYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDialedandDrivenPodcast🎙️ Listen OnSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0PRwBFDkvYi56TdzIPMRgeApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dialed-driven-hockey-mentality-podcast/id1791139650Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b1168059-6e38-4352-b3d5-c5fdbba6067f/dialed-driven-hockey-mentality-podcast
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    44 分
  • Cooper Black: Charlotte Checkers Goaltender on the Power of Self-Belief

    Cooper Black: Charlotte Checkers Goaltender on the Power of Self-Belief
    2026/08/04
    Welcome to Episode 81 of the Dialed & Driven Mentality Podcast!

    Up next in The Goalie Nation Series, Jeff Lerg and Natalie Ferenc sit down with one of the fastest-rising young goaltenders in professional hockey, Charlotte Checkers goaltender Cooper Black.

    Standing 6'9" and coming from the small hockey town of Alpena, Michigan, Cooper's journey is anything but conventional. From playing house hockey and AA, leaving home at 14 to chase AAA, returning to high school hockey, getting cut from multiple junior teams, and nearly walking away from the game altogether, his story is a powerful reminder that there is no single path to success.

    Now entering his fourth professional season after signing with the Florida Panthers organization out of Dartmouth College, Cooper shares how resilience, patience, and an unwavering belief in himself helped him overcome rejection after rejection while continuing to chase his NHL dream.

    Throughout the conversation, Cooper explains why adversity became his greatest motivator, how learning to trust the process transformed both his game and mindset, and why developing the mental side of hockey has become the biggest separator at the professional level.

    He also gives listeners an inside look at the realities of junior hockey, Division I college hockey, and life in the American Hockey League, while sharing what it's really like competing every day with one goal in mind: earning an opportunity to play in the NHL.

    Episode Highlights:

    • Growing up in Alpena, Michigan, and taking an unconventional path to professional hockey

    • Why returning from AAA to high school hockey didn't end his hockey dreams

    • Nearly quitting hockey after his junior year—and what changed everything

    • Getting cut from multiple junior teams before finally earning an opportunity

    • Using rejection as fuel instead of letting it define you

    • The importance of loving the game through every setback

    • Choosing Dartmouth for both hockey and academics—and how his mindset evolved once he arrived

    • Transitioning from college hockey into the business of professional hockey

    • What surprised him most during his first days as a pro

    • Why the mental side of the game becomes even more important at the AHL level

    • Learning to trust preparation instead of overthinking during games

    • Why patience is one of the most important qualities for developing athletes

    • How confidence is built through consistent work—not outside opinions

    • Why every athlete's journey looks different, and why that's exactly how it's supposed to be

    AND SO MUCH MORE!

    Whether you're a goalie, athlete, coach, or parent, this episode is filled with valuable lessons on perseverance, patience, confidence, and trusting your own path—even when it doesn't look like everyone else's.

    Cooper's story proves that setbacks don't determine your future. Being cut, overlooked, or doubted doesn't mean your journey is over. If you're willing to keep showing up, keep learning, and keep believing in yourself, your biggest opportunities may still be ahead.

    Stay present. Stay dialed. Stay driven.

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    24 分
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