PNTV: Raise the Player, Not the Pressure by Brandon Guyer
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Release Date: 10/15/2026
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PNTV: Raise the Player, Not the Pressure by Brandon Guyer
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🚀 Start your FREE 7-day trial of Heroic OS: → 👇 Get the Notes on Raise the Player, Not the Pressure by Brandon Guyer for FREE to follow along: → In this episode of Philosopher's Notes TV, Brian is back at the chalkboard to unpack the ultimate parent-and-coach playbook for raising confident, resilient young athletes. We invite you into the virtual classroom to look inside the Philosopher's Note on Raise the Player, Not the Pressure by Brian's dear friend and former MLB player Brandon Guyer. Subtitled The Parent and Coach Playbook for Confident, Happy Athletes, this...
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In this episode of Philosopher's Notes TV, Brian is back at the chalkboard to unpack the ultimate parent-and-coach playbook for raising confident, resilient young athletes.
We invite you into the virtual classroom to look inside the Philosopher's Note on Raise the Player, Not the Pressure by Brian's dear friend and former MLB player Brandon Guyer.
Subtitled The Parent and Coach Playbook for Confident, Happy Athletes, this tiny-but-mighty book is packed with hard-won wisdom from Brandon's career as a pro ballplayer (and current mental toughness coach for the University of Virginia, formerly with the LA Angels) on how to help our kids fall in love with competition instead of fearing it.
If you're ready to trade pressure for presence and help your young athlete become a winner on and off the field, this episode is your roadmap!
Grab a copy of the book on Amazon here:
⏱️ Chapters:
0:00 — Cold Open: You Can't Make Winning the Focus
0:40 — Introduction: Raise the Player, Not the Pressure
2:39 — Idea 1: Win the Ultimate Game (Marcus Freeman & Becoming the Best "You")
6:37 — Idea 2: The Fun Factor (Why Kids Really Play, and Magnus Carlsen)
9:01 — Idea 3: The Pressure Paradox (Be a Signal, Not a Source of Stress)
11:03 — Idea 4: The Before, During & After Playbook (Trust Yourself, I Love You, I Love Watching You Compete)
19:31 — Idea 5: Win or Learn (Building Antifragile Confidence)
25:30 — Summary & Plus One: Moving from Theory to Practice to Mastery
🧠 Deep Dive: The Core Concepts
Win the Ultimate Game: You can't make winning the focus, you have to make becoming a winner the focus. Brian shares the story of helping Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and his team win the ultimate game: becoming the best version of themselves, on and off the field. Character equals fate, so teach the cardinal virtues first, and the other wins tend to follow.
The Before, During & After Playbook: Brandon's simple three-phase framework turns any competition into a chance to build trust and connection. Before: two words, "trust yourself." During: be a calm, loving signal so your kid knows they're safe no matter how they're playing. After: lead with "I love watching you compete," not a breakdown of their performance. Safety comes before analysis, every time.