
Luke O'Nien, a professional footballer for Sunderland, and Elite Performance Coach for Pro Footballers Rob Blackburne collaborate to create weekly podcasts aimed at young players who want to improve their performance, build confidence, and increase their chances of becoming professional footballers.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 16 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Categories | SportsSoccer | ||||

In this episode, Luke, Martin, and Rob dive deep into the parent-child dynamic in sports, exploring how post-game conversations, expectations, and communication shape young athletes' experiences.
🔥 Topics covered:
• 🚗 The "Car Ride Home" Dilemma ... more
In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss how hard it is to be your true self in and around new environments.
We discuss:
• The importance of staying true to oneself
• Luke's personal story about maintaining authenticity despite teasing from teammates... more
In today's episode, we talk about expectations.
One of Rob's favorite sayings is "Expectations will screw you" so how do we get a handle on our expectations are they a good or a bad thing?
We discuss:
• Are expectations good or bad
• What were Luk... more
In today's episode, we have performance nutritionist Richard Allison.
Richard worked for Arsenal under Arsene Wenger and Mikel Arteta.
We discuss:
• Where do footballers go wrong with their foods
• How to get the basics right when it comes to fue... more
In today's episode, we have Rotherham's Jordan Hugill, we love Jordan's mindset and how he deals with adversity so we discuss:
• Jordan's journey and how he made it into professional football
• Why Jordan worked behind a bar and was on jobseekers b... more
In today's episode, Luke & Rob discuss what it takes to be a great leader and captain.
we discuss:
• The best captains Luke's played under and why
• What it takes to be a great captain
• Do you need to change if you do have the captain's armband on... more
In this episode, Luke discusses his pre-season does he keep training or does he rest?
We discuss:
• Luke's past experience of being fear-driven and not finding a balance between rest and training
• Why you should be taking a break for the body and ... more
In today's episode, we talk about confidence for performance.
Is it the most component of performance?
We discuss?
• Is your confidence outcome orientated?
• Why Luke bases his game on intentions
• Where does Luke get his confidence from?
We have... more
Actionable advice.
Useful discussion.
Listen and get better!
Football, life, etc… the podcast is worthwhile for anyone who wants to perform better.
great conversations, great energy. highly recommend. Paul Mort ♥️
Inspirational lessons not only for footballers but also for life in general. So not only ‘how to approach a football trial’ but the same lessons apply to how to approach an interview for a job, an exam or a driving test.
So inspiring, I will share this to all of me martes thank you 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
When I started listening to this, I thought my teammates judged me because of everything I did, now I feel like it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks and I love everything I do ❤️🩹 my insta is kadieleah_x add me x
I love this podcast, some fantastic advice. Well done Like and Rob!
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Loving listening to this whilst driving my son to hes U13 games Really inspiring for him!
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absaloute class luke🔛🔝
This podcast provides a brilliant insight into the mind of a sports star. This I massively beneficial to those who are struggling both in and out of sport
This podcast is amazing, lots of useful bits of advice and life lessons to take on board in order to help become a better person and athlete all round!! Very interesting listen.
Love it
Always interesting, and Luke is a character on and off the pitch
Great for younger players, short as well to help with their attention spans
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #217 |










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