7-26-2026 The Sports Psychology Hour w Dr. Andrew Jacobs

Good morning, everybody.

I'm sports psychologist Dr. Andrew Jacobs.

Welcome to our show here at Sports Radio 810 WHB.

As you know, I'm here every Sunday morning along with my producer, Tristan Jordan.

We're here wide awake and ready to talk to you about the mental side of sports.

I've been here, WHB, for 25 years, been on the radio for 35 straight years, and in my 45th year of work as a sports psychologist, I'll be starting my 46th year, consecutive years, the day after Labor Day, which just goes to show you how old I am.

I've been around a long time.

I'm 71 years old, love doing this, one of the first trained sports psychologists in the country, and I thoroughly enjoy doing this show with you each week because we talk about things that, you know, aren't really talked about during the rest of the week, about mindsets and attitudes mental health why that's so important and you know we do this show WHP allows me to do this show with you to get into this topic because It's really not talked about very much during the week.

It's a topic that's become much more popular.

But when you listen to sports talk shows, they don't really get into this topic much anymore.

You know, it'll come up if there's a problem.

But outside of that, not really.

Anyway.

You know, I've been very fortunate in my career.

If you've listened to the show, you know I've worked with pretty much every level of competition.

I was the team psychologist of U.S. Cycling from 1982 to 1988.

I participated in the L.A. Olympics 1984 where we won nine medals.

Hadn't won any in 72 years.

I was...

First sports psychologist baseball at the Royals back in 1990, again from 2008 to 2012.

I've worked with Kansas City Commons, Kansas City Current, all kinds of sports teams, all kinds of levels from youth sports all the way up to the professional level.

I was the Kansas City Blazers team psychologist swim team here for 30 years.

I've written a book called Just Let Him Play, Guiding Parents, Coaches, and Athletes to Use Sports.

And I've been doing this a long time.