In this episode of the podcast, I talk to Shawn Humphries, who is a mindset coach, that works with riders like Justin Barcia, Michael Mosiman, Pierce Brown, from Team Gas Gas, and Star Racing Yamaha riders including Nick Romano, Justin Cooper, and rookie sensation Matthew Leblanc, as well as creator of the EPS Academy (Elite Performance Systems), where students come to learn and perform mindset training at the highest level.

If there's one subject that I find fascinating more than anything else, it is this, mindset training. For years, growing up racing and riding freestyle motocross, I can't tell you how many times I heard someone say that motocross is 90% mental, yet there was absolutely no emphasis on improving the mental game between the ears. 

Sure, I knew how to motivate myself, talk myself through fear, but what was really going on up there? Shawn found himself asking the same questions 20 years ago, why is all the focus on technique and why can't I tell you why my athletes performed well and when they did not?

An opportunity with Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, led to working with one of the greatest coaches of all time, Bill Parcells, this led to access with athletes at the highest level of sport, and a doorway into the Olympics, sports highest pinnacle of performance. Countless hours of training students, 20 years of data acquisition, unheard-of success rates, from iconic players like Drew Brees, has culminated into the EPS Academy (Elite Performance Systems), a mindset training program where you can learn to master the steps and become a master of your craft.

Listening to Shawn's podcast Mind of a Champion, for the first time ever, I had the terminology to some of the stuff I used myself, but most of all, I heard a ton of new stuff, I had a framework to structure everything, I had boxes on the shelf to store the tools, I had a road map and an order of how and when to use those tools. Finally, I felt like I had organized my thoughts and my mindset game, so much so, that I saw myself gaining more confidence, knowing, I knew how to think, when to think, and what to think. I saw myself on competition day more relaxed, mind free of stressors, and the hard work I had put in during the week, becoming instinct.

If you're looking to improve your performance, gain more confidence, build a winning routine, I highly recommend you visit www.shawnhumphries.com and listen to his podcast, Mind of a Champion. 

Dale Spangler has over 30 years of experience in the Powersports industry. After growing up racing dirt bikes, he found himself at that fork in the road, so many of us have been in, do we continue on with what we love and find a job inside the industry or do we leave it in the dust for good for a regular 9-5 job. Figuring out that answer fairly quick, he began working for Cometic Gaskets doing technical stuff but soon found his lane in marketing, a chance opportunity to learn under Hook Taylor who ran Smith Goggles, Dale racked up a ton of experience creating and building programs for top companies like Smith and then onto giants like Tucker Rockey. Using the pandemic to start his own business, DAle put his college education in English to good use by offering writing services like CMS as well as authoring his own podcast The Dirt Buzz.