Having a Foundation of Wellness: #123 Raising Your Game Podcast | Leon Taylor is a former Olympic diver, commentator, speaker, and wellness expert. We talk about his childhood, diving, competing in the Olympics, as well as dealing with judgments and expectations towards athletes, his work as a mentor for Tom Daley, and his thoughts and beliefs on the role of wellness in an athlete’s performance. 00:00 Leon Taylor | Having a Foundation of Wellness 01:48 Introducing Leon Taylor and Diving Training 10:03 Why Gymnastics and Diving 13:41 Genetics and Physicality in Diving 19:36 Embracing Help 27:21 The Vulnerable “Bulletproof” Athlete 30:03 Winning the Olympics After a 44-Year Drought 34:35 Controlling Anxieties on Pressures and Expectations 43:18 Bringing the Best Out of Each Other in a Team 47:50 Talking About Vulnerability 58:02 Leon’s Role of Mentoring 01:13:47 Yoga’s Role in Leon’s Career 01:31:03 Leon’s Book and Quote Recommendations 💪 Be one of the first 100 to receive a Mindstrong journal by signing up at lewishatchett.com/mindstrong 📱 GET SPORT YOGI APP: https://www.sportyogi.com/app 🔴 Subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lhatchet... 🎧PODCAST available via Apple Podcast & Spotify: http://lewishatchett.com/podcast/ 🌎 Website: lewishatchett.com 📸 Instagram: @lewishatchett 🐦 Twitter: @lewis_hatchett FEEL BETTER MOVE BETTER PLAY BETTER ATHLETE WELLBEING AND PERFORMANCE MADE EASY 📱 GET THE APP: https://www.sportyogi.com/app BECOME A MORE COMPLETE ATHLETE: 🔷 Reduce injuries, improve recovery and performance with sessions based on flexibility, mobility, and recovery to help lengthen, mobilize, and relax those tight muscles. 🔷 Simple to understand sessions that can be done anyplace, anytime. 🔷 Audio sessions to guide through challenges, anxieties, and stresses, leaving athletes to feel in control, calm, and focused. 🔷Use the search feature to find exactly what you are looking for from a variety of categories, sports, body parts, and times. 🔷Breathing exercises to follow along to that allow athletes to get every inch out of their performance and recovery. The Sport Yogi app not only focuses on improving the physical part of the athletes' game but recognizes the importance of getting your mind right as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔎 Download your FREE Runners Stretching Guide at https://www.sportyogi.com/runners-str... 🔎Download your FREE Hamstring Flexibility Guide at https://www.sportyogi.com/hamstring-f... 🔎Download your FREE Cricket Stretching Guide at https://www.sportyogi.com/cricket-str... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔴 Subscribe to Sport Yogi: https://www.youtube.com/thesportyogi 📸 INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/sportyogi 👥 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thesportyogi Conquering Talent - The Lewis Hatchett Story 🎬 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dY1L... About Lewis Hatchett | Sport Yogi Having been consistently injured during his career, Lewis took the plunge and googled yoga for athletes. Not much came up other than the uber-flexible or uber-spiritual but nothing aimed for a sportsperson. Having given it a go anyway, the results became apparent going from an injury every 3 months to not a single one in 18 months! 🔵 🔴 Subscribe for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/lhatchet... 🎧PODCAST available via Apple Podcast & Spotify: http://lewishatchett.com/podcast/ 🌎 Website https://www.lewishatchett.com 📱 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/lewis_hatchett 📸 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lewishatchett 🐦 Twitter https://www.twitter.com/lewis_hatchett 📱 GET SPORT YOGI APP: https://www.sportyogi.com/app 🔴 Subscribe to Sport Yogi: https://www.youtube.com/thesportyogi 📸 INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/sportyogi