#26 How To Trust Yourself In The Moment with Antoine BENNETEAU

 #26 How To Trust Yourself In The Moment with Antoine BENNETEAU

Athlete Case Study: (FRANCE) A University of Florida Grad, NCAA All-American, Was Ranked 370 in ATP Singles  & Journalist @ L'Equipe 21 

January 31, 2015

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BACKGROUND

On today’s show we will talk about some of Antoine’s struggles he went through as an athlete and how he got through them to get to where he is today. We will discuss the importance of trusting in yourself and staying in the moment when times get a little shaky.

BIO

  • Born, Antoine BENNETEAU, from Bourg-en-Bresse, France on June 30, 1986.

  • Played in the French Open twice at the ages of 16 and 17.

  • He is an NCAA All-American; Antoine graduated from the University of Florida on a full scholarship with a business management degree.

  • After college he went Pro. His Best ATP ranking in singles was 370 in the world. He has won 3 ATP futures tournaments

  • Now a TV journalist for a French Sports Channel called L'Equipe 21.

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MOST GRATEFUL TODAY FOR:

The luck to go through all of the experiences I’ve gone through, where I am today, and the people I have met along the way

PERSONAL QUOTE:

“Impose your good fortune, stay close to your happiness and walk towards (your) risk. Watching you they will get used to it.”

-René Char (French poet & rugby player)

 

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN YOUR LIFE:

My brother, Julien Benneteau, and my coach when I was a young teen.


Key Discussion Points

  • What was one of your biggest struggles or failures and what did you learn?

  • When was an important time (i.e. match point) you took a chance, or you DIDN’T take a chance, and you made a mistake and what did you learn from this experience?

  • When was the moment in your life you had a “lightbulb” moment?

  • What is one of your proudest moments?

  • What made you decide to go to school in the US and what did you take away from being there?

  • What are some of the differences between the opportunity in the US and in France?

  • Do you think your degree from Univ. of Florida has helped you so far in life and will in the future more than if you didn’t get it?

  • What has you most excited these days and what direction are you headed?

  • Why do you have interests in writing a book?


Key Lessons

  • Every athlete goes through some type of injury where they miss a little bit or A LOT of competition

  • Take care of your body, don’t let the pressure of the game or team counting on you prolong a possible serious injury or cause you to ignore it

  • When injured, find out what you need to do to rehabilitate, do everything you need to do to come back stronger and better

“I took some days off spent the holidays in France, but I shortened them and  I went to Philadelphia and got surgery...I worked hard everyday with my rehab to come back stronger, which I did.” -AB @ 13:32

  • When in the moment of a match or game and you have to make BIG decisions in a short amount of time, remember to stay calm, and fight through

  • Keep trusting yourself and follow your heart and instincts, especially if things have been going well for you thus far

  • Take it one match/game at a time, stay in the moment

“I was in Guadalajara, and that’s when I won my first tournament in the ATP Future and..all the matches, all 5 of them were tough, but I was in a building process and I was taking each step at a time, each match at a time, and it led me to the title.” -AB @  21:08

  • Life is about taking risks and making choices to find your way or path in life

  • Getting a degree in college will give you more opportunities after your athletic career is finished

“If I didn’t have my degree from Univ. of Florida, I wouldn’t be able to be in my journalism school….and I wouldn’t do the job I love right now.” -AB @ 27:04

  • Always have a plan for after the ending of your athletic career

  • Whatever it is what you are doing, career wise, it’s important that you enjoy it

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ANTOINE’S TIP JAR

What’s the best advice you have ever received?
A coach once told me, “do today, what will make you better today.”

When you were playing, what was one of the first things you would do when you came to a new arena?
Take time to see the courts, feel out the atmosphere, recognize my favorite spots.

What personal habits contributed most to your success?
The night before a match, I always take time to visualize what I wanted to happen.

Sleep & Morning ritual:
I would sleep for 8 hours, and first thing in the morning I have some water

Name one way you’d like to improve yourself as a person?
I’d like to be more effective in whatever I do and be a bit more patient

A learning resource you love to use…
A Book called: "The stranger" by Albert Camus

Give a tool/habit you love to use to stay healthy:
Playing in a soccer game every week

A useful tool or tip for eating on the go -OR- for traveling in general?
Travel in sweat pants

How do you add value to others?
I coach and give advice to some players that have come to me that are going through what I went through

What are some tips you can give to people on how to make a plan to use sport and also do more with their lives and putting that plan into action?
Keep yourself interested in things other than JUST your sport, (i.e. instruments, reading, marketing, entrepreneurship)

With all of the resources and new things you know now, if you could go back, what would you do differently to set yourself up for success?
I would do everything the same with more patience, less stress, and I would have more confidence and trust myself more.

 

INFO

Charity/Organizations They Add Value to:
I give the clothes that I don't use anymore to the Red Cross Organization

Business/Work:
TV Journalist for a French Sports Channel, L’Equipe 21

Past/Current Teams:
University of Florida Tennis

Recommended Guest:

Alexis Musialek, current tennis player on ATP tour and former member of the University of Kentucky.

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Piece of Wisdom from Antoine

“We are athletes that love sports and sports is our passion, but we are also human beings with feelings and things can go wrong, and its ok. We also have to remember that being an athlete can be a solution in life when you have personal problems, being on a team can be very helpful, you learn so much being an athlete.”

Definition of An Athlete?

"I think an athlete is someone that has the chance to live his passion and to earn his life with it and is able to know that and to be humble about it and to enjoy it, not someone that is beyond that."

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#24 How To Give 100% Without Fear with Dino MARCAN

#24 How To Give 100% Without Fear with Dino MARCAN

Today we will be talking with a Tennis Athlete, more of them to come in the near future. We will discuss how the will to be great is bigger than just talent alone and how important it is to give 100% effort without the fear of failure. Dino will share with us some of the challenges that came his way and how he handled them. He explains how helpful psychologists, coaches, and trainers are great people to have on your team and in your corner through the tough times of being an athlete, they are there to help you get better in every aspect.

#17 Everything Is Possible with Jana MATIASOVSKA

#17 Everything Is Possible with Jana MATIASOVSKA

Athlete Case Study: A Slovakian NCAA All American, Pro & Azerbaijan National Team Volleyball Player 
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Dec 27, 2014

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BACKGROUND

I've known of Jana for some time now mostly because I run and agency and she was a top recruit out of college and also because we both played in South Korea. I heard from friends and contact great things and knew of her song performance for Louisville University's Cardinal women's volleyball team. She's a total success on the court and well as soon as I heard her character was spectacular off-the-court too I just had to have her on... 

She's taken some big risks in her life being one of only a history of a few student-atheltes to leave her country of Slovakia to attend college/university in the USA and then she choose to take a new nationality to play for the Azerbaijan team to be challenged and reach higher heights in her sport. True courage and dedication to becoming a great athlete and the intelligence to make what she says was the "best decision of her life" to play for a NCAA school in the USA so that no matter what happened with sports she would be able to have knowledge and a highly respected degree to secure work when she must stop pro sports.

BIO

Jana MATIASOVSKA

Born:        7. 7. 1987 
Height:        199 cm
Weight:        83 kg
Spike reach:    319 cm
Block reach:    300 cm
Position:    Receiving Spiker, Opposite Spiker

Born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1987. Started playing volleyball at 13 for a local club, Slavia UK Bratislava. Upon high school graduation, went to study at University of Louisville through a volleyball scholarship. In 2009 turned pro, signed with Russian Uralocka Yekaterinburg. After 1.5 seasons in Russia, played two seasons in Azerbaijan, one in Korea, again one season in Azerbaijan, and currently in Poland.

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MOST GRATEFUL TODAY FOR:

 

PERSONAL QUOTE:

Positive anything is better than negative nothing - Elbert Hubbard

MOST INFLUENTIAL MENTOR(S) IN HER LIFE: 

Every step of the way there has been someone. First my parents; then my great mentor at the University, Stan Jonas; and now my fiance, Yigit Kulan. They have provided me with support and motivation.

Key Discussion Points:

  • What’s her story and how she got into sports?
  • How has she failed?
  • Why did she choose her pro teams?
  • How did she choose to play for another country's national team?
  • What is she most excited about?

Key Lessons:

  • MORE COMING SOON!
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ATHLETE'S TIP JAR

What was holding her back from becoming better?
Fear of Failure and high expectations

How She gets rid of negative thoughts:
Just blocks them out! Don't keep thinking about them...

Sleep & Morning ritual: 

How does she adjust to a new city and/or team?
Likes to observe everyone and everything for the first few days to see how things and people operate/behave before making initial moves to integrate into team.

Recommended Book:
Freakonomics by  Levitt & Dubner 
Super Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner

Name THE person you feel has been MOST influential in your life to reach higher and be better?
College Coach

A learning resource you love to use...
 

Give a tool/habit you love to use to stay healthy:
Sleep a lot and eat a healthy diet

A useful tool or tip for eating on the go -OR- for traveling in general?
Always pack a snack - banana, nut mix or at least a sports drink

Most Grateful For:
 

Key Person In Her Life:
 

INFO

Charity/Organizations They Add Value to:
I donate to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Otherwise, I believe in random signs of kindness and help, so I try to add my part whenever I see an opportunity. Often the teams I played for participated in various charity events.

Business/Work:
Pro Volleyball

Past/Current Teams: 
 Canakkale Belediye Spor (Turkey)

Recommended Guest:
 

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Definition of Beyond Athletic?

"Coming Soon"

 

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15 | How Penn St. Dominated The NCAA 4X In A Row with Arielle WILSON

#15 How Penn St. Dominated The NCAA 4X In A Row with Arielle WILSON

Athlete Case Study: USA 4x NCAA Champion, Pro & Recent National Team Volleyball Player 
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Dec 20, 2014

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BACKGROUND

I had to have Arie on because she's a selfless soul that gives and gives and gives... Reminds me of another midwesterner and my "adopted" sister Therese Crawford of Team USA too. My point is that the midwest produces some of the friendliest people in the USA. I had to present her to others so they can learn from a truly humble champion and hear where she came from to understand why that is such a huge thing!


Arie and I go back because: 

A; We both grew up in Chicago. She grew up in the suburb next to my super safe and super clean and super enriching neighborhood.. haha. No, really. I have so much respect for anyone that makes it out of the rough areas of big cities because the odd are COMPLETELY against it.
B: She's a baddass volleyball player and is a middle which was my first position.
C: We both played for Team USA national team...
D. We both played in Indonesia together...

BIO

Born, Arielle Dwan WILSON, from Maywood, IL on January 3rd, 1989.

She is an only child but has two half-sisters she's close to still.

Went to Proviso East high school known for the production of basketball players.

Was the first volleyball player to get her jersey retired. Attended Penn State, where she started as a freshman and won four NCAA National Championships.

After college she begin her overseas career in Poland (Impel Wroclaw - Champion;s League Team) where she won MVP for a tournament and then spent 2 years in Baku, Azerbaijan, a short stint in Indonesia and now playing in Italy for Nordmecchanica Piacenza in Champion's League.

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MOST GRATEFUL TODAY FOR:

Her life and being able to play the sport she loves aborad.

PERSONAL QUOTE:

Everything happens for a reason. -Anon.

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN HER LIFE: 

 

Key Discussion Points:

  • What’s her story and how she got into sports?
  • When did she have a big failure?
  • What was it like being on a 4x championship team?
  • Why did she choose her pro teams?
  • What is she most excited about?

Key Lessons:

  • Sometimes you just got to be present...

"I’m just here to play…"

  • Being on a dominant team takes heart & passion/ & The Struggle!
  • Focusing on the moment is most important
  • Find a way to just get it done is how to succeed...
  • MORE COMING SOON!
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ATHLETE'S TIP JAR

What was holding her back from becoming better?
Fear of 

How She gets rid of negative thoughts:

Sleep & Morning ritual: 
 

How does she adjust to a new city and/or team?
 

Recommended App:

Name THE person you feel has been MOST influential in your life to reach higher and be better?
My boyfriend Terrill

A learning resource you love to use...
I love being in Cali with the USA national team

Give a tool/habit you love to use to stay healthy:
Overseas i find that i eat healthier and I also use my family to motivate me to continue to be healthy

A useful tool or tip for eating on the go -OR- for traveling in general?
Grab a piece of fruit. It has been the most healthiest and helpful tip I can think of 

Most Grateful For:
 

Key Person In Her Life:
 

INFO

Charity/Organizations They Add Value to:
I give or help with camps at the local high schools and volunteer with colleges to also make sure I'm spreading knowledge

Business/Work:
Pro Volleyball

Past/Current Teams: 
Nordmechanica Piacenza (ITALY)

Recommended Guest:
 

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