Performance Readiness: Integrating Sport Psychology into Youth Sport Coaching

Join us for our next Power of Play! Dr Alexander Cohen, Ph.D., CMPC Senior Sport Psychologist United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee will be providing a workshop for coaches on Performance Readiness: Integrating Sport Psychology into Youth Sport Coaching.

Dr. Alexander Cohen is a Senior Sport Psychologist at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). Dr. Cohen provides sport psychology consultation and counseling for national teams, athletes, and coaches at the Olympic Training Centers, at various National Governing Body training sites, and at national and international competitions. As a licensed psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC), Dr. Cohen assists coaches in creating supportive performance environments that promote psychological and physical skill acquisition and mastery. He works directly with athletes to maximize Performance Readiness (the ability to focus on the right thing, at the right time, every time) through quality preparation, enhanced resilience, and mindful self-regulation of awareness and attention. Dr. Cohen resides in Park City, UT with his wife, son, and golden retriever.

• Creating or destroying some aspect of team/athlete culture or performance
• Performance Readiness
• Sport psychology (motor learning/development, external attentional focus cueing for skill acquisition and development, creating constraints-based coaching environments for mastery learning