Dr. Jack Llewellyn joins Sports ‘N Torts this week for a super informative and entertaining episode. Dr. Jack is a sports psychologist who was the first psychologist to bring his skills and approach to professional athletes – specifically baseball players. Dr. Jack got his start in Major League Baseball after a former student of his invited him to work with the Expos. This allowed Dr. Jack to work with professional athletes on the mental side of the game to complement their physical skills. Ultimately, Dr. Jack was asked by Bobby Cox and the Atlanta Braves to help (at that time) a young pitcher named John Smoltz who was struggling. Working with Dr. Jack jump started Smoltz’s career and his continued work with the team helped them on an unprecedented run of success. Dr. Jack tells us all about that experience working with the Braves and other MLB players including Chuck Knoblauch and Paul O’Neil.

Dr. Jack’s true passion, and current passion, is helping young athletes. As a father of two young athletes, I was specifically interested in what he had to say about the right way to raise children to find success and happiness in sports. Dr. Jack was not short on answers on everything related to how our children can get the most out of their youth sports career and how we should be talking to them during, before and after games. If you are a parent with young children who enjoy sports this is a must listen for you. We talk about proper goal setting and why it is important to lets kids be kids. 

Dr. Jack is an author of multiple books and a frequent speaker to Fortune 500 Corporations. He talks about how his mental approach system applies to the corporate world as well. 

Finally, Dr. Jack gives me some tools to overcome those first tee jitters on the golf course and how to better approach 3 foot putts. 

If you are an athlete, parent of an athlete, like sports, have a job or just want to strengthen your mental approach in life …. This podcast is right for you. You can find out more on Dr. Jack at https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Jack+Llewellyn/4463 and a simple google search will bring up his books. My favorite is “Get The Mud Out of the Water”. 

As always, this podcast is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm – a personal injury law firm in Atlanta, GA – www.jsteinlawfirm.com.