Smallz and Tyler step off the court and into the halls of Academia with Dr. Doug Polster. A former shot creator on the hardwood, Dr. Doug is a Sports Neuropsychologist specializing in sports performance, injury recovery, and sports concussion. He is based in Los Angeles and works at the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT concussion clinic and also runs his own private practice, Polster Performance. 0:30: Tyler Intro 3:16: Tyler and Smallz Intro 4:25: Sports Psychology across all platforms 4:40: Being introspective as an individual 6:12: Mental Toughness in players and coaches 7:10: Why do you do what you do? 10:22: Tapping into the mental side of sports 12:30: Sports as a relationship business, how can young coaches help 14:37: Does clutch exist? Let us know in the iTunes comments: Tyler vs. Smallz 15:44: Welcome Dr. Doug 16:07: Doug's background and concentration in psychology 17:50: The difference between Doug and a typical Sports psychologist 20:38: Playing basketball at Johns Hopkins/managing time between sports and academics 22:40: Social life at Johns Hopkins/Forbes listers Dr. Doug went to school with 24:31: Academic and Athletic Pressure and the Ricky Bobby mentality 25:42: The impact of Dr. Doug being told he wasn't going to be an NBA player 28:25: Dr. Doug on what he knows now and how it could have helped him as a player 29:40: The stigma of sports psychology 31:02: The role of coaches and captains in legitimizing sports psychology 42:29: Dr. Doug and his run club 42:47: It's all in your head 43:50: Athletes not listening to coaches/Smallz is an egomaniac 44:45: Controlling what you can control 45:20: How smart is smallz? 45:35: Understanding the message not the delivery 50:45: Showing tangible sports psychology results 52:16: Dr. Doug's work with a UCLA athlete recovering from a concussion 53:48: Understanding sports performance and blending every piece of athletics 55:58: How do you deal with failure 56:37: Being comfortable enough to allow yourself to not be at your best 1:02:33: Doug's ultimate career goals 1:04:30: On the couch with Dr. Doug 1:08:50: Dr. Doug tells Smallz to drink more beer 1:09:09: Tyler scientifically breaks down why he's the GOAT at beer pong 1:09:40: Polster Performance disclaimer 1:09:55: Dr. Doug breaks down what alcohol does to your brain 1:13:10: How failure effects athletes 1:15:45: City Review: Baltimore, MD 1:18:27: Natty Boh and Baltimore beer stories 1:21:10: Funniest teammate 1:22:40: Dr. Doug's dream patient 1:23:33: Doctors are nerds and don't know sports 1:24:40: Best and worst thing about living in LA 1:25:47: Favorite book and TV Show 1:26:45: Dr. Doug's Phobias 1:27:15: Dr. Doug invents a new Phobia 1:27:45: Does clutch exist 1:30:03: Dr. Doug's best college basketball memory 1:31:31: Parting shots: Best advice Dr. Doug has ever gotten 1:32:48: Face-to-Face with 18-year-old self 1:33:50: The nerdiest podcast of all time 1:35:11: polsterperformance.com and Drdougpolster on Instagram 1:35:47: Play us out