Jason Stacy

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Why don't you come hang out and root me on? And was it her inviting him? Was it her fiance? Was it Jason Stacey, her homophobic and transphobic physio who loves to wear XXXY supporter hats? How many red flags can they squeeze into one player's box? That was my question.

Sabalenka, you are an incredible athlete.

But your behavior and your decisions over and over truly make it impossible to like you, in my personal opinion.

But try and make it enjoyable for everyone.

This is from Jason Stacy in Kentucky.

He says, what's the best time of year to fish the Farmington? Now, I know what your answer is going to be, but you've got to give us the best time of year for what kind of fishing.

Maybe we can make that a bit more specific.

And if Irina doesn't emotionally and focus-wise do it correctly, she's not going to get that final win until she needs that.

she's working on it look her her performance coach jason stacy wrote a book called the pressure code so it came out at the us open and it's all his his teachings about the mind and the body and the soul and how to pull it together and he works really hard with her so Imagine if she didn't have them.

I think it'd be way, way bigger.

The good thing about her is she doesn't mind failing.

It's just very déclassé.

I mean, you have Jason Stacy in your box, who was truly one of the pioneers of the anti-trans visibility in women's tennis.

He's calling himself the mind behind Aryna Sabalenka.

Why, why would you allow someone to brand themselves as the mind behind you?

And I think what you saw from Sabalenka was somebody who was just struggling to handle the devastation of not being able to win.

Before the final, we heard from Sabalenka's performance coach, Jason Stacey, who said that he says to her that she just has to show up and understand without being disrespectful that this is her house and all the other girls are just guests and it's time for them to go home.

Is that helpful to Sabalenka? I don't know whether she really goes out onto court believing that she's completely unbeatable.

Well, she definitely gives that attitude and that air, the way she walks around the court, that she does own it.

He's got a book out September 8th, The Pressure Code.

We're not gonna spoil it, but today Jason gives us the story behind the book as well as an insight on what it's like to be part of Team Sabalenka and how he coaches one of the most watched athletes on the planet day to day.

We've also both been lucky enough to get our hands on the book already, and we encourage you all to do the same.

Go grab it on September 8th, or even better, pre-order it online now.

The link is below in the show notes.

We hope you enjoy the conversation with Jason as much as we did.

So now it's time to dive into the episode.

Welcome to What's the Call?, Jason Sasey.