Olympian Tyler Jewell Shares Advice and His Athlete Story
In this episode, we’re talking about training for elite athletes and what it takes to achieve success at the highest level.
Today’s guest is Olympian Tyler Jewell. After graduating from Boston College as a Division I lacrosse player, Tyler was a 12-time member of the United States National Snowboard Team and competed in both the Torino and Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
In 2013, Tyler earned Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and USA Weightlifting certifications. After years of building a foundation from the athletes perspective, he gained practical coaching experience at the Naval Tactical Athlete Program, the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and the Red Bull High Performance Training Center working directly with 300+ elite national and international athletes spanning across 108 disciplines.
Tyler, welcome to the Athlete Brand Advisor podcast…
In this episode:
- Why Tyler admires speed skater Olympian Dan Jansen
- Tyler talks about facing adversity in high school and how he found a personal training with Victor Terra
- Tyler and Greg share a laugh about working at Nashawtuc Country Club
- Why Tyler thinks gymnastics if important for young athletes
- Tyler talks about working with athletes from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
- Tyler’s shares his mentors that helped him get to the Olympics, including his parents, Victor Terra and Per Lundstam, Redbull Director of Performance
- Tyler talks about working for Redbull and working with the best athletes in the country
- Why New England is special to Tyler
- Tyler shares a favorite memory of playing for legendary Lincoln-Sudbury football coach, Tom Lopez
- Tyler talks about the value of media training
- Why integrity matters to Tyler and is one of his core personality traits
- Why an athlete’s social media matters to Redbull
- How Tyler started to realized the value of athlete branding and chronology of being an athlete
- Tyler talks about training sessions and underlying themes that he weaves into his training sessions.
- Tyler describes his opening ceremony experience at the Olympics in 2006
- Greg talks about working with luge athlete, Olympian Julia Clukey
- Tyler talks about the mental health challenge for athletes when the Olympics are over.
- Insights from Tyler on early specialization in sports
- Greg talks about identifying an athlete’s passion and how it helps them build their brand faster
Show links:
Athletic Tutor
Tyler Jewell’s website
Pliable Athlete Branding
https://www.pliablemarketing.com/athlete
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