Overcoming a Major Injury in Sports | Kevin Rempel & Rob Pallante
Episode 86, Jun 24, 2021, 09:44 PM
Kevin Rempel is a Canadian sledge hockey 2013 world champion with a 2014 Paralympic bronze medal, and the founder of The Sledge Hockey Experience. Rob Pallante is a former NCAA Div 1 hockey player and the founder of Mindset Body Bank!
In this episode, we talk about Kevin's life experiences and how they led him to play for Team Canada. After being paralyzed in a motor cross accident in 2006, having to learn to walk again, and then losing his dad, Kevin has shown extreme resilience in overcoming adversity. The discussion reveals why he ended up becoming a mindset resilience coach and how he ultimately created Kevin Rempel & Associates Inc.
Kevin is now focusing on building the game of sledge hockey with The Sledge Hockey Experience, inspiring others as a keynote speaker, and coaching leaders using the Resilience Toolbox.
We also discuss Rob's journey as a hockey player, his near-death motorcycle experience, and his professional business career, and how they all motivated him to become a mindset coach for high performance, conscious-minded athletes and individuals who are looking to develop an invincible mindset.
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Kevin’s early days in motor cross, BMX, and skateboarding and his accident
04:51 - Rob’s motorcycle accident
07:31 - Kevin’s mindset during his recovery and his dad’s approach to his own recovery
10:49 - Kevin’s idols and how they played a role in his recovery
13:48 - How Kevin started his journey into sledge hockey
17:06 - Joining Team Canada and going to Sochi for the Paralympic games
19:11 - The physical demand of sledge hockey
21:14 - Kevin’s Sledge Hockey Experience education program, instructional YouTube videos, and giving back to grow the sport of sledge hockey, as well as his charity donation of $30,000 to supply sleds for kids
24:09 - Kevin’s definition of mental health and removing the stigma around the term
26:18 - What can we do to increase awareness of mental health? (The three A’s of the resilience toolbox: admit, ask, and accept)
31:12 - Rob’s mental fitness program
34:38 - Kevin’s tools and programs and where to find them
35:43 - The origins of the term “sledge” in sledge hockey, and the renaming to “para ice hockey”
38:50 - Kevin opening the upcoming Mental Fitness for Sports and Life II Summit, raising funds for Buddy Check for Jesse
40:40 - Outro
The interview featured on this episode of the Love What You Play podcast originally aired live on For the Love of the Game's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
In this episode, we talk about Kevin's life experiences and how they led him to play for Team Canada. After being paralyzed in a motor cross accident in 2006, having to learn to walk again, and then losing his dad, Kevin has shown extreme resilience in overcoming adversity. The discussion reveals why he ended up becoming a mindset resilience coach and how he ultimately created Kevin Rempel & Associates Inc.
Kevin is now focusing on building the game of sledge hockey with The Sledge Hockey Experience, inspiring others as a keynote speaker, and coaching leaders using the Resilience Toolbox.
We also discuss Rob's journey as a hockey player, his near-death motorcycle experience, and his professional business career, and how they all motivated him to become a mindset coach for high performance, conscious-minded athletes and individuals who are looking to develop an invincible mindset.
Table of Contents
00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Kevin’s early days in motor cross, BMX, and skateboarding and his accident
04:51 - Rob’s motorcycle accident
07:31 - Kevin’s mindset during his recovery and his dad’s approach to his own recovery
10:49 - Kevin’s idols and how they played a role in his recovery
13:48 - How Kevin started his journey into sledge hockey
17:06 - Joining Team Canada and going to Sochi for the Paralympic games
19:11 - The physical demand of sledge hockey
21:14 - Kevin’s Sledge Hockey Experience education program, instructional YouTube videos, and giving back to grow the sport of sledge hockey, as well as his charity donation of $30,000 to supply sleds for kids
24:09 - Kevin’s definition of mental health and removing the stigma around the term
26:18 - What can we do to increase awareness of mental health? (The three A’s of the resilience toolbox: admit, ask, and accept)
31:12 - Rob’s mental fitness program
34:38 - Kevin’s tools and programs and where to find them
35:43 - The origins of the term “sledge” in sledge hockey, and the renaming to “para ice hockey”
38:50 - Kevin opening the upcoming Mental Fitness for Sports and Life II Summit, raising funds for Buddy Check for Jesse
40:40 - Outro
The interview featured on this episode of the Love What You Play podcast originally aired live on For the Love of the Game's Facebook page and YouTube channel.