Ep.16 - Dylan Woodhead - 2020 Olympian and 2019 NCAA Champion with Stanford Water Polo talks about his Olympic Experience, how mental skills have helped him, his time at Stanford and he provides a backstory on the Olympic Red card from the bench

Ep.16 - Dylan Woodhead - 2020 Olympian and 2019 NCAA Champion with Stanford Water Polo talks about his Olympic Experience, how mental skills have helped him, his time at Stanford and he provides a backstory on the Olympic Red card from the bench

Author: All Access Water Polo September 24, 2021 Duration: 38:41

In Episode 16, I speak with 2020 Olympian and 2019 NCAA Champion, Dylan Woodhead. We talk about his Olympic experience (1:26-10:05), how mental skills and goals have helped him through his career (10:06-16:38), the jump from High School to the Men's Senior National Team (16:39-19:00), how he got to where he is today (19:01-23:51), the 2019 National Championship and his time at Stanford (23:52-27:22), his time playing abroad (27:23-31:00) and some rapid fire to close us out (31:01-38:15)


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