#29 Isaiah Springer’s Story: The Mindset Of A High Level Athlete And Bouncing Back From Burnout

Isaiah Springer has always grown up around sports! He has played all the sports you can think of… here are just a few he has tried; dance, gymnastics, jujutsu, basketball, soccer, rugby, wrestling, and football. Family was also something that was very important in Isaiah’s life as he was growing up! His father taught him many lessons and helped him develop awareness of his body! As a competitive athlete that plays multiple sports, it can be very easy to become burnt out! Isaiah explains his experience with burning out and how he developed skills to recover! Sports have taught Isaiah so many lessons that he applies to his everyday life which he shares! We also talked about the effect of Covid on a University student and his dreams for the future! More about what we talked about below! 

Topics Discussed 

• Growing up with sports

• Lesson from sports

• Family life

• Grade 11 was a deciding year because he was playing rugby, wrestling, and football. 

• Moving out at age 17 

• The love of learning new things 

• School experience 

• Put in a lot of work so that the marks showed

• Balance 

• Time management 

• Downtime 

• Really bad at saying NO

• His Dad was really good at reading him and telling him he needed to take a break 

• Burnout 

• 3 times burnt out 

• In tune with body and mind

• Covid and university 

• Bachelor of secondary education with a math major 

• Everything was self-driven

• “What can I do better to help myself”

• Visualization 

• Mediation

• Anxious person

• Moving away from small-town

• Support group in Edmonton 

• New things 

• Independent really quickly

• Determined

• Helping others

• Make the world better for individuals and as a principle that's the most efficient way to achieve this goal

•  Scholarship at UofA

• Wrestling scholarship 

• Experience with being on a scholarship

• Effects of covid on university student

• Goal setting

• Outcome goals and process goals

• Mental game 

• Mindset of an athlete

• Worst injury in his sports career

• Realize when you are at the breaking point 

• You may need to hit the breaks before you go over the Clift

If you want to learn more about Isaiah or want to connect with him, check out his Instagram!

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Sending love and joy your way!

Selina Novello