Mental Training - Sport Psychology MP3
PhD Sport Psych Jared Wood joins us today to talk about the importance of communication with teammates, and the mental benefits of talking in practice, competition, even in the weight room.
Jared was a collegiate football player before earning his Phd, and has extensive experience with golfers, football players, and athletes of all stripes.
He’s @woodjared on twitter, and he’s writing a book called ‘It’s Only Cold on One Sideline”.
Competitive Ski racer, and bi-national Sport Psychology consultant Dr Haley Perlus joins the Athlete’s Audio Academy to discuss the idea of competitive anxiety….those nervous feelings that creep in at crunch time, or when you feel pressure.
We’re focusing that conversation on skiing (since that’s Dr. Perlus’ background), but the ideas that we discuss will be relevant to any athlete.
Haley is a doctor of sport and exercise psychology. She is an expert at empowering individuals to achieve peak performance. A former elite athlete, Whistler Cup Alpine Ski Racing Champion, Coach, group fitness instructor, and fitness trainer, Haley has devoted her life to sport and exercise and understands the difficulty of overcoming performance blocks so that people can consistently perform to the best of their ability.
She’s also the creator of the Ultimate Achievement Journal, Daily inspiration or Peak Fitness Results.
CALLING ALL COACHES!! High School. College. Youth. Amateur. Wouldn’t you love to learn the mental side of the game from the Pros? The Mental Coaches for multiple world champions? If it’s your passion to develop excellence in young people, you won’t have a better chance this year to learn how to incorporate mental skills into your work.
On December 4th in Colleyville, TX, Coach Aaron Weintraub is bringing together the largest, and best collection of mental training talent in North America for a 1 day summit, The Mental Skills Coaching Workshop’.
He joins us on the Athlete’s Audio Academy to discuss the workshop, and the impact that coaches can have when they correctly apply mental skills with their teams.
Onto the event: How’s this for a ‘Murderers Row’ of knowledgeable speakers?
Brian Cain, Mental Training Expert and Coach
Trevor Moawad, Director of Mental Conditioning at IMG Academies
Bob Tewksbury, Mental Coach of the Boston Red Sox
Aaron Weintraub, College coach, Author, Mental Coach
The details are available at CoachTraub.com. The topics that will be covered include:
‘The language players don’t understand but coaches always use’
‘Self-Talk; the key to unleashing personal power’
‘Winning the mental game at practice’
‘Teaching the power of imagery’
‘Developing pre-performance routines for consistency’
And there will be a number of panel discussions where you, and other coaches will have a chance to ask these great mental conditioning experts about the issues affecting your team, and how to create a winning mind in your players.
If you’re not able to attend this great workshop, post-seminar materials will be available via DVD, contact Aaron for more information.
You can also RSVP via Facebook, or download the registration form.
See you there!
Super-enthusiastic Brian Levenson, MA, Sport Psychology holds the theory that there is no such thing as momentum for great athletes. (Only for sportscasters, and armchair QB’s)
Great athletes, by contrast are present in the moment, and focused on things that they can control.
Brian has some tips for athletes to avoid the idea of momentum, and do the things that the pros do when they’re playing on this weeks edition of the Athlete’s Audio Academy.
Brian Levenson is a mental training consultant based in the Washington D.C. area. Born and raised in the D.C. suburbs, Brian moved to San Francisco to get his M.A. in Sport Psychology. Brian has worked with athletes in a wide range of sports, including basketball, tennis, and golf.
If you search Sport Psychology on google, on YouTube, or just about anywhere, the first FEW entries that will come up in your search are the brainchildren of Dr. Patrick Cohn, our guest today on the Athlete’s Audio Academy.
Dr Cohn has been among the world’s most visible and celebrated Sport Psychology professionals in the world for over 20 years, and we discuss the topic of perfectionism in sports.
He blogs regularly, and hosts a website that’s a fantastic resource for athletes, parents, and coaches at peaksports.com, and his YouTube Channel, Mindset for Sports is also a fantastic resource for all athletes, parents, and coaches.
Dr. Cohn is the president and founder of Peak Performance Sports in Orlando, Florida. Experts in the field of sports psychology consider him the leading authority on mental skills for entering the zone and pre-performance routines, largely based upon his extensive research. He is a mentor to many in the field of sports psychology and provides performance enhancement skills through mental game coaching for individual and team athletes.
He has consulted with high profile teams such as the Miami Dolphins, NASCAR winners, NHL Players, National Motocross Champions, and PGA Tour professional golfers.
Dr Cohn is a leading provider of electronic, online, and CD programs to help athletes coaches and parents, and he’s also frequently quoted in major publications, and you can read all of those here!
Live at the #AASP2011 Conference in Waikiki, the Athlete’s Audio Academy is one the scene, bringing you interviews and presentations from the greatest minds in Sport Psychology.
Sport Psychologist Dr Jack Bowman in Suffolk County, NY has been a pioneer in the mental training arena for athletes, and in bringing creative on-line tools to the world. We talk today about his newest resource, the Coaches Office, a portal that coaches and athletes and sport psychology professionals can use to share information about the athletes progress.
Dr. Bowman is The founder of Mind Plus Muscle, a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division for Exercise and Sport Science. He is a Certified Consultant in the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, and a member of the United States Olympic Sport Psychology Registry.
Live at the #AASP2011 Conference in Waikiki, the Athlete’s Audio Academy is one the scene, bringing you interviews and presentations from the greatest minds in Sport Psychology.
Dr Robert Neff, President of Mental Training, Inc. Is our guest today to talk about some of the groundbreaking work that he’s done in creating online mental training resources for coaches, parents, and athletes. You can learn more about the CAP Program mentioned in the interview at www.mtiCAP.com
Robert “Dr. Bob” earned his doctorate from the Sport Psychology program at Michigan State University. He has provided mental training services for athletes, performers, and business executives since 1990. His athlete clients include national junior and collegiate champions, professionals, world champions, and Olympic Gold Medalists. Dr. Bob is on the United States Olympic Committee sport psychology registry, is a Certified Mental Trainer® (CMT) and is also certified through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Dr. Bob is a former college and professional athlete. Dr. Bob is based in the Dallas area and provides services globally via Skype.
Our second visit with Sport Psychology pro Angus Mugford of the IMG Academies (Here’s the first). Angus works with a team of Mental Conditioning Coaches @IMGAcademies under the direction of Travis Moawad.
Angus has got some ideas here on goal setting, to contrast two previous interviews with Josh Lifrak, and Rob Bell. We discuss outcome goals (the big ‘WHY’), process goals, and performance goals for sports. It turns out everyone’s right on their perspective!
He is the Head of the IMG Academies Mental Conditioning Division, managing a staff of 9 consultants and developing programs for junior and professional athletes and coaches. Through his understanding and application of skills, Angus trains athletes in group and individual settings, across a wide range of sports and consulting with NCAA Division 1 programs, athletes from the WTA and ATP tour, NFL and NBA.
A Sport Psychology book for kids, (called Tour de You) using cycling as the theme hit the stands in the last year, and KC Wilder, PhD, knows both ends of that spectrum….the cycling, and the Sport Psychology.
She’s a PhD in Sport Psychology from Virginia, and a National champion cyclist.
Today, on the Athlete’s Audio Academy, it’s KC’s second visit, (first one’s here) and we discuss the idea of ‘Training to Trust’. That is, planning, preparing, and practicing in your training sessions so that you can just let it flow, and trust in your skills when the flag drops.
kcwilderco.com is her website, and she has articles, and additional information about her book there.
K.C. began her career with a 1989 Brown University bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior and management. She then focused on sport psychology, earning masters and doctoral degrees in that field from the University of Virginia. Her own athletic career is distinguished, with All-American cycling honors at UVA, a top twenty U.S. professional cycling ranking, two national Master’s championships, and a top ten finish in the Masters World Track championships among her numerous accomplishments.
Many of the guests that we visit with on the Athlete’s Audio Academy are Sport Psychologists or Mental Conditioning Coaches, and primarily focus their work with athletes, helping them improve their performance. Get better, faster, stronger, and more focused, and calm.
But what if you’re thinking about getting healthier, or maybe just heard from your doctor “You need to start exercising…or you may be at serious risk of disease or death”?
Oh, God…now I have to go to the (gulp) gym?? Worse….do I have to hire a trainer??
Intimidation factor = RED ALERT!
Getting your mind around working out is really the specialty of an Exercise Psychologist, and a great one is our guest today. Meet Dr. Michelle Cleere.
Dr. Cleere is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in breaking emotional patterns that hold people from achieving their physical goals; whether the motivation is to get healthier or beat the competition.
She is a contributor, blogger, and resource at ShareCare.com, and works with Dr. Oz. She’s also a Certified USA Triathlon Level I Coach, NASM-CPT, and regularly contributes articles to USA Triathlon, and AmateurEndurance.com
With a PhD in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Sports Psychology, Dr. Michelle is one of the leading experts in exercise and sports psychology. She has written for Triathlete Magazine and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is also the author of: The Experience of Participating in a Triathlon: from the perspective of two women and Shifting Gears: How Women Triathletes Balance Life with Sport.
Dr Cleere works with new exercisers, emotional eating, weight management, athletes, coaches, and trainers, and can be found at DrMichelleCleere.com or on FaceBook, and Twitter.
We’re pretty friendly…