This is a must watch for any aspiring student athlete. Join host Matt Brown for a conversation with University of Washington Softball Pitcher and Biology Graduate, Sophia Ramuno on Softball pitching, life as a BIG10 athlete, and finding strength and determination through personal goals.

In this episode, Jane Randall shares her journey from equestrian athlete to coach, exploring the nuances of horse training, rider-horse relationships, and the mental and physical demands of dressage. Discover insights into flow, mindset, and the art of performance in equestrian sports. In this episode, we explore the transformative power of breathwork, the connection between horses and nervous system regulation, and practical techniques to enhance performance and well-being. Guest Jane shares her journey into functional breathing and its applications in sports, therapy, and everyday life.

Where to Find Jane:

Jane@signaturebreath.com

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On the Mind and Movement Podcast we have our Guest Benoit Foucher who is an Elite ATP Tennis Professional Coach who talks to us about how he coaches, subtle differences in the players techniques based on their Motor Signatures and the Motor Preferences within them.He has been instrumental in coaching Arthur Fery who made it into the 2026 Wimbledon Semi Finals representing Great Britain and rising star Oliver Bonding. In this episode, Benoit Foucher shares his journey from a tennis player to a coach, exploring the concept of action types and motor signatures in tennis.

Discover how understanding different motor families can transform coaching and improve player performance. Benoit talks about how serves vary, how your setup to return serves vary, it's an interesting watch and list for any aspiring Tennis Players and Coaches

Key Topics

Action types and motor signatures in tennis

Personal coaching journey and evolution

Adapting coaching to individual motor families

Practical exercises for movement variability

The importance of connection and understanding in coaching

Information about Coaching amateurs tennis players with Benoit: https://www.ready2perform.comBook a free call with Benoit (online coaching) https://www.ready2perform.com/contactFree ebook Your Natural Tennis (EN) https://www.ready2perform.com/yournaturaltennisBenoit's Youtube channel for Tennis: https://www.youtube.com/@benoitfoucher-ready2performFor Tennis Coaching Advice you can contact Benoit through his website - https://ready2perform.com/For more information about how to be profiled in North America, Europe or Australia please contact us via our website.

We can teach you what your motor preferences are for movement, vision, show you how your mind sees the world and change your brain and body to experience what changes occur under pressure https://motorpreferencescoaches.com/

Our Guests for Episode 1 are Aaron Lewis who is a Physiotherapist and Fast Bowling Coach based in Australia. Aaron is an ActionTypes (Motor Signatures and Motor Preferences) Coach that has been working with numerous professional bowlers globally helping them rehab from injuries like Stress fractures. He uses profiling to help the athletes understand themselves, how they learn, how they move and one of his numerous success stories is the England Fast Bowler Sonny Baker who has recently represented England for T20s and One Day Internationals, he has been selected for the England Test Match Squad for 2026.

Sonny explains his journey, how he came to meet Aaron and come back from injury (3 Stress Fractures in the spine) to make it into the England Setup and working towards becoming one of the fastest bowlers in the world.

Aaron can be followed on instagram by his personal page - Instagram

Linkedin - Aaron Lewis | LinkedIn

Pace and Power Website to Contact Aaron for Fast Bowling Coaching - Power + Pace | Fast Bowling Academy Sydney | APA Physio CoachingSonny Baker - InstagramMotor Preferences Coaches Website (If you want to be profiled in England, India or North America) - Motor Preferences Coaches

Motor Signatures (And the Motor Preferences within them) have been developed over the last 36 years by Bertrand Theraulaz (Switzerland Volleyball) and Ralph Hippolite (French Volleyball and won over 60 Olympic Medals as a coach with Motor Signatures).

Each person has their own Unique Motor Signature which comprises of their Deep Motivational Drivers (Subconscious level) and a Motor Profile (More in the Conscious) which is how we move, think and perceive the world which then leads to how we interact with the world through movement and communication.

We have Four Motor Families, two of which are 'Walking Top': Rhythmical (Initiate from the Reft) and Conceptual (Intitiate from the Right) and two are 'Walking Bottom': Distal (Initiating from far away) and Global (Initiating from Close to the Body).

Throughout the day we use all of the four motor skills for different purposes, our main profile is when we are: Energetic, and feeling positive, our Exploration zone is also a recovery zone is when we are tired, stressed or learning. We have other profiles for our Creative side.

There are numerous preferences which are discussed in the podcast:

Horizontal vs Vertical (Orientation of limbs to the spine and for perception of information at angles)

Motor Shoulder (Our aiming Shoulder and this determines whether we hip shoulder separate more or less in the Preparation phase or the Follow through phase

Mobile and Stable Point (Levels of Hip Shoulder Separation or the XFactor in Biomechanics, do we need more/less to generate force)

Motor Hip (Which hip we rotate around)

Motor Eye (This is used to track moving objects and information at high speeds; whereas the Dominant eye is used to aim at static targets ie Darts)

And more

For more information about Motor signatures please visit our Scientific study website www.motorsignatures.com

To get entry level courses and contextual advice about how to use Motor Signatures within your sport please visit Motor Preferences Coaches We can run courses globally for your team/organisation/coaching system. I work with various National Boards and present at National Coaching Conventions an introduction into Motor Signatures and Motor Preferences, we can send a coach with your sports specific skillset to add that context too.

For more information about In Depth courses (In North America and Europe) into Motor Signatures Please visit ActionTypes