The Journey to Olympic Gold | Alix Klineman and April Ross

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

This week’s conversation is with professional volleyball players and Olympians Alix Klineman and April Ross. Otherwise known as, The A-Team.

On August 6 of this year, Alix and April captured the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, after winning in straight sets versus Australia.

In the entire tournament, they went undefeated in match play, only losing one set throughout seven matches.

Two weeks later, the pair won the AVP Manhattan Beach Open, their second time winning this tournament together.

I’ve had the privilege to work with both of them - Alix while she was a member of the USA women’s national team for indoor volleyball and April throughout the 2016 Olympic Quad.

It was an absolute joy to watch them come together to grab the gold in Tokyo.

In this conversation, we discuss their journey to Gold… the formation of their partnership, their process for building trust, and what goes into performing at their best when the stakes are the highest.

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0:00.0	I'm really big at proving to yourself that you can trust yourself and coming through all the
0:06.7	challenges and all the stress and really like I said before trying to do what's best for my future
0:12.4	self and knowing that if I work really hard, you know, I'm going to figure it out. I'm going to
0:18.4	make mistakes. I'm not going to always know the answer but I can trust myself to do the best
0:23.6	with reality and the present moment and figure it out and figure a way forward.
0:38.8	Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast on Michael Jervé.
0:44.0	And by trade and training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist and I'm fortunate to work
0:47.9	with some of the most extraordinary thinkers and doers across the planet. And you know,
0:53.0	that ranges from F1 drivers to Superbowenning teams to artists who fill stadiums and
0:59.9	action-sport athletes who force us to reimagine human potential. And then also fortune-fifty
1:06.0	organizations whose missions and products have enhanced our lives. And I love my work and
1:11.5	the whole idea behind this conversation behind these podcasts is to learn from people,
1:17.0	to literally pull back the curtain on their psychology, to explore how they've committed
1:21.7	to mastering both their craft and their minds. Our minds are our greatest asset.
1:27.9	But you have to train your mind for it to be an asset. So this is just a little quick note here.
1:32.8	If you want to learn more about how you can train your mind, you can check out our online psychological
1:37.3	training course that we built where we've pulled together the best practices to meet the intersection
1:42.3	of high performance and well-being. So we walk through 16 essential principles and skills for
1:48.4	you to train your mind in the same way that we train world-class performers. And you can find
1:53.4	all of this at findingmastery.net forward slash course. Finding Mastery is brought to you by Apollo
2:00.8	Nuro. I'm really excited about what Apollo Nuro is building. If you haven't had the chance to listen
2:06.5	yet, I recently had a fantastic conversation with our co-founder Dr. David Raven on the podcast.
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