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Sports Psychology services

What is sports psychology?

Have you ever heard a coach say that a sport is 50% - 90% mental? Just as you prepare for competition by practicing your physical skills, you must also prepare yourself mentally.

It is this mental side of sports that sports psychology professionals work with. Coaches often deal exclusively with the physical and strategic components of sports, whereas, sports psychology professionals seek to enhance the minds of athletes to help them improve their performance. Through sports psychology, athletes can achieve their maximum potential and enhance their overall experience.

Why do people contact a sports psychology professional?

• to improve performance
• to overcome the pressures of competition
• to enhance the experience of youth sports

Performance Enhancement Services
From high school to the elite athlete, performance is largely contingent upon mental preparation before and psychological strength during a performance.

• Performance Preparation Services
• maximize practice/training sessions
• increasing focus
• goal setting
• use of imagery
• stress/anxiety management
• confronting fear of failure/success

Performance Maintenance services:

• enhance mental toughness/discipline
• coping with andversity
• regulating emotions
• negative thought stopping
• adaptive/successful thinking
• recovery from poor performance
• recovery from mental errors

Sports Psychology Consultation
A coach has the unique opportunity to enhance each athlete's personal growth. You will be successful as a coach if you are aware of your own strengths and limitations and know when to obtain appropriate assistance.

To enhance the experience of youth sport participants, sport organizations may employ a sport psychology professional. These professionals educate coaches about how to increase the satisfaction and enjoyment of participants and about the coaches' role in promoting the development of healthy self-esteem.

Dr. Mayer is The New Learning Center's resident expert sport psychologist and is available for:

• Consultation with coaches
• Psychological skills training
• Conducting team meetings
• Working with individual athletes
• Helping with conflict resolution
• Problem-solving assistance
• Working with families

Golf Psychology Services

There is likely no sport that requires more mental toughness than golf. Successful golf requires an individual to remain mentally focused while keeping the body soundly relaxed.

Through the use of a unique, empirically based skills training program, Dr. Mayer can assist golfers in improving their performance in a matter of weeks. The program emphasizes training in both mental focus as well as physical muscle relaxation. Through the use of a unique technique, induced affect, Dr. Mayer can train golfers to utilize effective skills that will translate directly to the golf course. Induced affect is a technique that aims to induce pressure, through imagery, before an individual walks onto a course. Dr. Mayer then assists the individual in utilizing learned skills to cope with the induced pressure. Training can be conducted in group or individual formats. Follow-up sessions allow for the skills to be tailored to each individual golfer.

Contact Dr. Mayer at The New Learning Center for more information.

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