News Release: December 21,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
PhDr. Michal Kopcan Is A New Level I Certified Coach.
PhDr. Michal Kopcan, based in Trencin, Slovakia has earned
the Level I Certification from the International Mental Game
Coaching Association training program. Dr. Kopcan was awarded
the title of Certified Mental Game Instructor.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"Michal came to IMGCA certification training determined
to start a career as a mental game coach. He will make a wonderful
mental game coach because he has a strong educational background
already, he's a lifelong learner and he has fantastic insight
into human nature.
He has already shown that he brings a deep level of dedication
to his clients, and he continues to deepen his skill set as
a coach and teacher. He is adding NLP and hypnosis as well
as other disciplines so he can offer a wide array of modalities
to his clients. He has excellent communication skills and
is eager to learn more. He speaks multiple languages.
Michal is passionate about helping people, whether it is sports,
business, or life. His goals are to help his future clients
achieve their full potential in any field, in both learning
and performance.
I can easily see Michal becoming a leading mental game coach
in Slovakia, and ultimately, in all of Europe. He has the
intelligence, drive and interest to continue to develop himself
at every level. He will be a tremendous coach, consultant,
writer and trainer, and he has a unique set of business skills
that will help advance him in his mental game coaching practice.
He is destined for great things. I am going to follow his
career closely."
Michal has had an exceptional athletic background. As
a former high level football player and advanced combat sports
athlete and referee, he uses these experiences to help his
clients learn the laws of success in the mental game. Michal
wanted to advance his knowledge and skills in teaching, learning
and performing and in coaching. With formal training from
IMGCA in the mental game he could help others.
Michal holds a Master of Arts (MA); PhDr., in the education
of adults, and in psychology and andragogy from Jan Amos Komensky
University, in Prague, the Czech Republic.
Michal was a lecturer and consultant at the Jan Amos Comenius
University for eight years in Prague, in the Capital of the
Czech Republic, and also an English teacher at the Academy
of Education in Trencín, Slovakia for eight years.
Michal will take the concepts, assessments, skills and tools
he received during the IMGCA certification process and help
his clients reach their fullest potential.
He will be expanding his mental game coaching practice, working
with athletes from many sports. He will now focus mainly on
football players, hockey players, MMA fighters and combat
sports athletes at the outset and expand his offerings from
there.
Level I IMGCA certification requires two hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level I certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: October 22,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, was interviewed in
Humber College News in Toronto, Canada for the article "Blue
Jays Thrive Under Pressure Situations: Experts", by writer
Javon Walker, as an expert on sport psychology.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, was interviewed on the 2015 MLB American
League Championship Series game six between the Toronto Blue
Jays and the Kansas City Royals in Humber College News for
the article "Blue
Jays Thrive Under Pressure Situations: Experts", by writer
Javon Walker, which was published on October 22, 2015.
The last time the Blue Jays won the ALC series was 1993, so
Bill was asked how that would play out in the minds of the
players. He was also asked what are the pros and cons, from
a psychological perspective, of playing at home vs. playing
on the road.
Other experts interviewed for the piece were Paul Dennis,
a high performance coach at York University and Dr. Andrew
Jacobs, who was the Royals' full-time psychologist from 1989-1990
and 2008-2011.
Yahoo Sports has called Bill Cole "a leading author on sports
psychology".
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach." He has been the
mental coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes
or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight international
and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams, associations
or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world and national
championships. He has been the mental trainer for thousands
of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and skill levels
and has been a leader in the field of mental training for
over 30 years. He was the first person in the world to earn
an undergraduate degree in sports psychology, and is also
the founder and President of the International Mental Game
Coaching Association, which trains and certifies mental coaches
worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert, or
to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: October 4,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Bc. Jan Moravec, DiS. Is A New Level II Certified Mental Game
Coach.
Bc. Jan Moravec, DiS., based in Prague, in the Czech Republic,
has earned the Level II Certification from the International
Mental Game Coaching Association training program. Jan was
awarded the title of Certified Mental Game Coach.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"I really enjoyed having Jan in the IMGCA certification
program, and it was a pleasure helping him earn his Level
II certification. Jan was already a very experienced coach,
and he wanted to learn the latest and most potent mental game
coaching approaches. He has had very good results with many
different types of athletes, and is excited about putting
what he learned in the certification program to use.
I can see Jan quickly building his business to a very high
profile level in the Czech Republic. He has a deep interest
in the mental game and takes a systematic approach to extending
his knowledge in the field. I can see Jan becoming one of
the top sport psychology providers in the Czech Republic and
eventually even the leader in this field in the country.
Jan has great listening skills, a master counselor's attitude
and deep compassion for his clients, with an eye to doing
everything he can to help them grow and succeed. I can tell
Jan's clients really admire and respect him. He is a true
professional.
He added more interventions he can use with his clients, ranging
from cognitive-behavioral approaches, attentional control,
stress control and coaching methods and techniques."
Other areas of study Jan covered include:
- Managing the inner critic
- Mistake management skills
- Pressure management skills
- Managing expectations
- Enlisting parents and coaches
- Reframing approaches
- Choke-proofing skills
- Competition management skills
- Post-event review skills
- Lead management skills
- Competitive mindset
- Championship thinking skills
- Pre-event mental preparation
- Pre-play mental preparation
- Slump management skills
- The mental game coach as change agent
- How to avoid common mistakes in mental game coaching
- Confidentiality, ethical and legal issues in mental game
coaching
Jan was a soccer goalkeeper in the fourth highest league
in the Czech Republic, and has been involved in sports since
childhood. In his business he plans to specialize in the sport
psychology of soccer and then expand to other sports.
With his upper level sport background, Jan can really draw
from these competitive experiences to help his clients. It's
not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have competed
at the highest levels in order to be a competent mental game
coach, but it certainly helps when coaching higher level people.
At the Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Jan passed state exams
in psychology, sociology, pedagogy and Adult Education and
received a degree in Social and mass communication.
Jan is currently owner of a personal coaching and sport psychology
coaching business, Moravec Consulting, in Prague, specializing
in younger people. His website:
http://www.mentalnipripravasportovcu.cz/
His Linked In page:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jan-moravec/34/673/6a8
Level II IMGCA certification requires five hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level II certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: October 1,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Founder
and President Bill Cole, MS, MA, who was the Consulting Producer
on the documentary film The High: Making the Toughest Race
on Earth, announces that The High has been selected
as a 'Finalist Best Feature' in the 2015 Trail Running Film
Festival, and that the New York premier of The High will be held on October 24th, 2015 at the SVA Theatre in New
York City.
 Bill
Cole, MS, MA, who was the Consulting Producer on the documentary
film The High: Making the Toughest Race on Earth, announces
that The High has been selected as a 'Finalist Best
Feature' in the 2015 Trail Running Film Festival, and that
the New York premier of The High will be held on October
24th at the SVA
Theatre in New York City.
The High: Making the Toughest Race on Earth film is
a remarkable telling of the pioneering of a high-stakes ultra
race over the two highest motorable passes in the world.
References:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1484248771885173
https://www.mentalgamecoach.com/
BillColeOnTVRadioAndFilm.html#BillColeInFilm
http://thehighdoc.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TheHighdoc/
https://www.youtube.com/user/LaUltraTheHigh
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6454714/
Yahoo Sports has called Bill Cole "a leading author on sports
psychology".
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach." He has been the
mental coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes
or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight international
and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams, associations
or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world and national
championships. He has been the mental trainer for thousands
of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and skill levels
and has been a leader in the field of mental training for
over 30 years. He was the first person in the world to earn
an undergraduate degree in sports psychology, and is also
the founder and President of the International Mental Game
Coaching Association, which trains and certifies mental coaches
worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert, or
to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: September 11,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, was interviewed in
The HUB newspaper in Davis, California for the article "Blurred
Lines: Coaches Walk Fine Line Between Motivation And Abuse",
by writer Roland Lee, as an expert on sport psychology.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, was interviewed on the role that professionalism
plays in the lives of athletics coaches in The HUB newspaper
for Davis High School for the article "Blurred Lines: Coaches
Walk Fine Line Between Motivation And Abuse", by writer Roland
Lee, which was published on September 11, 2015.
The article discussed various aspects of motivational techniques
coaches use with athletes, and the often fine line between
what is considered inspirational, motivating and abuse.
Yahoo Sports has called Bill Cole "a leading author on sports
psychology".
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach." He has been the
mental coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes
or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight international
and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams, associations
or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world and national
championships. He has been the mental trainer for thousands
of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and skill levels
and has been a leader in the field of mental training for
over 30 years. He was the first person in the world to earn
an undergraduate degree in sports psychology, and is also
the founder and President of the International Mental Game
Coaching Association, which trains and certifies mental coaches
worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert, or
to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: September 10,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association announces
IMGCA-Certified Mental Game Professional Coach Radek Sefcik
has been appointed to the Advisory Board.
 The International Mental Game Coaching Association announces
Radek Sefcik, of Slovakia, the world's first Level IV IMGCA-certified
mental game practitioner, has been appointed to the Advisory
Board of the International Mental Game Coaching Association.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
It is a true pleasure that I announce that Radek Sefcik
has joined IMGCA as an Advisory Board member. Radek has had
an illustrious career as a mental game coach, and he continues
to reach ever-higher levels of accomplishments in this field.
He is mental game coach to a wide variety of people, in many
fields. For more than a decade, he has had the privilege to
coach and develop sport and business teams and coaches and
leaders from many venues. He's been a mental game coach for
more than 15 sports.
Radek has been active in martial arts for more than 25 years,
and holds two black belts and multiple certifications in various
martial arts.
Radek will be offering his valuable insights on IMGCA programs
and content. Radek has great expertise in a wide array of
disciplines and he will share his best practices with IMGCA.
Here are just some of Radek's accomplishments.
Some teams he has been mental game coach for include national
junior golf teams, top ice hockey teams, professional basketball
teams, tennis teams and academies, top soccer teams, special
operations teams in military and police and WTCC/ETCC World/European
Touring Car Cup.
He has regularly conducted coaches and leadership workshops
for leaders and coaches in Slovakia.
He has had a five-year coaching arrangement with number 6
ATP pro tennis player Tomas Berdych, who reached the finals
of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, defeating top seed and
six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals,
and world number three Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Learn
more about Tomas Berdych at his
website and wikipedia.
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Radek Sefcik with no.6 ATP tennis player T. Berdych |
Radek Sefcik has worked with Olympic Gold medalists and numerous
World Cup and European Cup medalists in trap shooting.
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Radek Sefcik with bronze Olympic medalist /skeet/
D. Bartekova
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Radek Sefcik with two Summer Olympics medal winners:
D. Kostelecky (gold medal in Trap) and D. Bartekova
(bronze medal in Women's Skeet)
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He is currently working with three very high level WTA professionals.
One is 2014 Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova. Learn
more about Dominika Cibulkova at wikipedia.
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Radek Sefcik with 2014 Australian Open finalist
D. Cibulková |
In team sports, his number one Professional soccer team, which
he has been coaching for almost two years, recently beat the
high profile Spanish team Athletic Bilbao in the European
League play-off.
He is part of various teams participating in Word Cups, the
Olympics, the European Soccer league, ATP World Tour Finals
and the WTA Finals.
Radek Sefcik has been the mental game coach for a pro ice
hockey team in the Slovakian Extra League, the highest ice
hockey league in Slovakia, which eventually reached the national
play-off finals.
He's been the mental game coach for Slovakian professional
basketball extra league team, which reached the semifinal
play-offs.
He's been the mental game coach for the Slovakian National
Golf Team.
Mental game coach for junior and senior golfers, where some
players qualified into the finals in the "Faldo Series" and
into Junior European Cups.
He's conducted mental game workshops for business leaders,
on focusing under pressure, leadership and communications
skill development, and in breaking limiting self-beliefs.
He's been the mental game coach for a pro motocross racer.
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Radek Sefcik with upcoming young top 1 Slovakian
professional WTCC/ETCC racer M. Homola, numerous times
European champion |
He's been the mental game coach and consultant for Special
Operation Police Units in Slovakia, working with team units
on mental toughness. He has worked with police special unit
snipers, as well as with team management on their leadership
skills.
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Radek Sefcik with Special Operation Police Units
in Slovakia |
Radek holds a college degree in economics.
Peak performance strategist and mental game coach Radek Sefcik
may be contacted through his websites, mentalcoach.sk/ and www.coach4life.sk
News Release: August 23,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
John D. Kim, MA Is A New Level I Certified Coach.
 John
D. Kim, MA, based in Los Angeles, California has earned the
Level I Certification from the International Mental Game Coaching
Association training program. John was awarded the title of
Certified Mental Game Instructor.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
I was really excited to have John enter the Level I certification
program because I knew with his background and drive that
he would ace the training. And he did. It was a true pleasure
to have John go through the program.
John Kim is the veritable, ultimate renaissance man when it
comes to reinventing himself in academics and business throughout
his life. John has an amazing array of talents, skills and
abilities and many accolades, awards and achievements that
he has collected over many years. Achieving his IMGCA Certification
is a next logical step for him, which can take him deeper
into the coaching world or multiple other directions.
John distinguished himself in the IMGCA program by being the
master of research, organization and analysis. I see these
skills as being among some of John's biggest strengths. With
John's mental health background from Boston University, he
breezed through this certification, and was able to go very
deep into the subject matter.
With John having one foot in the business and financial world
and the other in the sports world, I can see John becoming
a sports executive for a major league team or league or association.
He has that executive, managerial mindset that can serve him
well. John also has the entrepreneurial philosophy and action
mindset that will continue to help him achieve. Wherever John
finds himself along his life path, he will always be a high
achiever, and a big success. That's just who John is. He has
"the right stuff".
John's involvement in sports began at a young age. He played
three years of Little League Baseball making All-Stars all
three years, AYSO Soccer, learned the Korean martials arts
Taekwondo, and developed a love for the game of tennis inspired
by watching his tennis idol Andre Agassi win his first Wimbledon
title in 1992. In high school, John played freshmen football
and competed in Division 1 CIF high school varsity tennis
where John and his doubles partner swept their rival team
Mira Costa in all three sets and won two of three sets against
a Top three, Division 1 CIF school Beverly Hills, which were
some of his proudest moments as a high school athlete. His
achievements in high school varsity tennis include CIF Athletic
Award, 2nd Team All-League, Doubles MVP, League Tournament
Quarter-Finalist, and Finalist and Semi-Finalist in the USTA
Jr. Satellite Tournaments. With a wrist injury heading into
his senior year, John took a break from tennis and began teaching
tennis as an Assistant Tennis Instructor. At UCSD, he was
the Team Captain for an Intramural Tennis Team. Upon graduation,
John was a private Tennis Instructor and coached a Junior
Varsity Girls Tennis Team while playing in a community softball
team as the starting Pitcher.
John graduated Redondo Union High School top 10% in his class,
holds a B.A. in Psychology from UC San Diego, and a M.A. in
Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine offered through
the Graduate Medical Sciences program from Boston University
School of Medicine which is the only Clinical M.A. Program
in Mental Health Counseling in the U.S. housed in a School
of Medicine. He had the privilege of studying Research and
Evaluation under one of America's leading Sports Scientists,
Dr. Leonard Zaichkowsky. Due to John's display of strong work
ethics and professionalism, the Director of Clinical Training
provided him with the option to choose from his Top three
internships of choice and chose to intern at the Boston Medical
Center ER and Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Inpatient Unit working with the forensic population. During
his internship at the DMH, he conducted Independent Research
on the "Quality of Work Life" which covered job stress, burnout,
and best practices for stress reduction for employees in the
workplace.
John is always striving for excellence and developing himself
through self-education and training. His passion for the mental
game ignited in 2011 during his recovery from spine surgery
when he realized the slow progression in his physical rehab
using only one type of treatment. His relentless pursuit to
heal his body and realization that he needed to build strength
from inside out led to developing the mental strength necessary
to succeed in the process and combining various styles of
movement such as kettlebell, yoga, tai chi, and pilates to
regain flexibility, mobility, and balance. John considers
completing Landmark Worldwide's Leadership Training & Transformational
Coaching program a major achievement in his life where he
created and hosted a health and wellness community event and
saw his passion and vision for the mental game come to life.
The event was designed to promote healing, freedom, and self-empowerment
from chronic back pain and injuries where four Trainers in
their discipline were invited to share and demonstrate how
each style of movement provided benefits in reducing back
pain and recovering from injuries.
John has been a Peak Performance Coach and Mental Game Consultant
coaching Small Business Owners to create a financial structure
for business growth, and also for Business Professionals in
career transition, performance improvement, and skill development.
Previously as an Independent Health and Fitness Coach for
Team Beachbody, he coached Team Beachbody Coaches and Members
through 60-90 day workout programs and nutritional challenges.
In the banking world, John was nationally Ranked #1 in his
most recent role as Assistant Vice President, Personal Financial
Specialist where he was recognized for achieving Top Key Performance
Index (KPI) in the company and as Company's Best-of-the-Best:
Top 25 of 9200 bankers profiled to build Bank of America's
Top Performer Talent Profile used for hiring and retention
of top talent.
Level I IMGCA certification requires two hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level I certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: August 17,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., and Level IV Certified Mental Game Professional
Coach, is a new IMGCA Advisory Board member.
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Psychology
and IMGCA Level IV certified coach based in Vincennes, Indiana
has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the International
Mental Game Coaching Association.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
It is my distinct pleasure today to announce that Dr.
Mike Drysdale has been appointed to the IMGCA Advisory Board.
I know he will bring a vitality and new vision to the expansion
of IMGCA services and program offerings.
Dr. Mike Drysdale has been an elite athlete, so he understands
the mental demands and nuances of athletes at all levels.
He has special expertise in the psychology of golf and we
look forward to his contributions in that realm.
He is an expert in educational psychology and research, particularly
around assessments. We are excited to have Mike on board and
look forward to collaborating with him on some new projects.
He has been a mental game coach with athletes, and has developed
and teaches a college course on the mental aspects of sport,
and this helps him understand peak performance strongly from
both those sides. His experiental, academic and professional
background allows him to deliver cutting-edge services. Dr.
Drysdale will help develop new specialized certification content
and programs for IMGCA and co-create new products and assessments.
Dr. Mike Drysdale
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D. is presently an Assistant Professor of
psychology at Vincennes University in Indiana, USA. He teaches
a variety of courses in the Psychology Department and also
created and teaches an undergraduate course entitled Mental
Aspects of Sport Performance. He also is a mental game coach
with athletes at the university and locally, helping them
from a psychological or mental perspective on their performance.
He is a member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology
(AASP).
Mike holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, a master
of science degree in psychology, and a Ph.D. in experimental
and applied psychological sciences from the University of
Utah.
Mike has an outstanding athletic background. He excelled in
basketball and golf. Mike participated in sport from an early
age. He was involved in youth soccer from the ages of 9-11
and in high school he competed in basketball at the junior
varsity and varsity levels and golf at the varsity level.
In golf in his junior year they were state champions. He placed
third individually. In his senior year he was the conference
player of the year. To be a competent mental game coach, it
is not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have
competed at the highest levels. But it is very helpful to
have competed so you can empathize with clients and provide
them insights about competing that only a former competitor
can know. In this way, Mike can really draw from his competitive
experiences to help his clients.
News Release: August 11,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Caitlyn Worledge, MS, LPC Is A New Level I Certified Coach.
 Caitlyn
Worledge, MS, LPC based in Haslet, Texas has earned the Level
I Certification from the International Mental Game Coaching
Association training program. Caitlyn was awarded the title
of Certified Mental Game Instructor.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
Caitlyn Worledge is a very experienced psychotherapist
and it was a delight taking her through the program. It's
always exciting having a clinician of her caliber come into
the certification training who wants to combine mental game
coaching with a therapeutic practice, because I can really
go into depth and bring the psychology of coaching together
to help the "whole person". I teach that philosophy regularly,
but with Caitlyn, it was a real pleasure to hear how she works
with a wide array of patient populations, and of how she will
be applying this mental game coaching to her practice.
Caitlyn distinguished herself by having the best final project
in IMGCA history. She designed and published a beautiful website
for her new mental game coaching business: www.mentalgameperspective.com
Caitlyn will be working with a wide array of client populations,
and she will, at least initially, specialize in coaching equestrian
clients. Caitlyn's accomplishments as an equestrian champion
will serve her well in helping her clients reach all of their
potential.
Caitlyn has a very gentle, respectful style with people, and
I can see how her clients really appreciate her. She has a
deep desire to learn all she can in the mental game field
and I know she will be a wonderful mental game coach, and
a leader in this field.
Caitlyn Worledge is a licensed professional counselor (LPC)
in the state of Texas. She has experience in individual counseling
with adolescents and adults, group counseling with adolescents
and adults, family counseling, consultations, assessments,
and giving presentations and lectures. She has worked in various
counseling settings, including: nonprofits and community agencies,
private practices, college and universities, and at a dual
diagnosis treatment center.
Caitlyn has been an assistant to a sports psychologist and
helped him with his practice, teaching, and presentations.
Currently, she owns her own counseling practice and specializes
in working with athletes, among other patient populations.
Caitlyn holds a Bachelor degree in Psychology and a Master
degree in Counseling, and she is a LPC in the state of Texas.
She is also trained and certified in Animal Assisted Therapy.
Caitlyn's motivations for wanting to be certified by IMGCA
were as follows:
- To better assist athletes in her counseling practice.
She believes athletes face unique challenges, not only in
regards to athletics, but also in every day life. She hopes
to be able to merge counseling applications and mental game
coaching so her athletes will be healthier mentally both
on and off the field.
- To better help parents understand what their child is
experiencing, and guide them in helping their child.
- To better help coaches understand what their athletes
are experiencing, and to guide them in getting the best
out of each athlete.
Caitlyn first gained her interest in the psychology of sports
when she applied mental game coaching techniques when she
was an equestrian.
Her background as an athlete began at age seven, when she
started riding horses. From age seven to age nineteen, she
was a serious equestrian and competed locally, at the state
level, and national level. She practiced anywhere from four
to six days a week, and competed regularly during the show
season. She has competed successfully in hunter, jumper, equitation,
and medal divisions. She's won first place, reserve champion
and champion in all levels and divisions she competed in.
Currently, she runs, does yoga, and interval training. She
does have an interest in riding horses again at some point.
Level I IMGCA certification requires two hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level I certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: August 10,
2015 - Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D. Is A New Level IV Certified Mental Game
Professional Coach.
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., based in Vincennes, Indiana has earned
the Level IV Certification from the International Mental Game
Coaching Association training program. Dr. Drysdale was awarded
the title of Certified Mental Game Professional Coach. Level
IV is the highest certification level offered by IMGCA.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"It is my pleasure to award Dr. Mike Drysdale the Level
IV Certification from the International Mental Game Coaching
Association training program. He may now call himself a Certified
Mental Game Professional Coach. Level IV is the highest certification
level offered by IMGCA.
Mike distinguished himself by going through all four levels
of the IMGCA certification program in record time, and by
doing high-level work every step of the way. Mike dedicated
himself to graduating in a short time period so he could begin
using the wide array of mental game methods to help his clients,
and since he teaches a heavier load at Vincennes University
in the winter, he had some extra time to dive into the full
IMGCA curriculum this summer.
In Level IV Mike focused on golf psychology, extensive case
studies, advanced psychological techniques for learning and
peak performance, stress control techniques, mental game assessments,
self-awareness skills, self-regulation skills, self-coaching
skills, control factors, life balance skills, breath control
skills, emotional control skills, and emotional intelligence
skills. Mike took a very in depth look at The Inner Game method,
developed by Timothy Gallwey. He reviewed and experienced
over 20 different concentration techniques that come from
the inner approach.
Mike Drysdale is a peak performer in academia, and in mental
game coaching. He has a true thirst for knowledge and a deep
desire to help people. This is a very potent combination that
will catapult him into the ranks of great mental game coaches.
His career as an elite athlete, academician, scholar, researcher,
writer, teacher, course developer, tests and measurement expert
and keen observer of human behavior will undoubtedly allow
him to make substantive contributions to the field of mental
game coaching."
Even though Mike has an extensive background in academic psychology,
he did not focus on the applied learning and performance side
of psychology in his years of schooling. His motivation for
undertaking IMGCA certification now was to be better equipped
to help athletes overcome their learning and performance challenges.
He has been a mental game coach to high school and college
athletes in track and golf and has seen how important the
mental side of their sport is.
Mike has an outstanding athletic background. He excelled in
basketball and golf. Mike participated in sport from an early
age. He was involved in youth soccer from the ages of 9-11
and in high school he competed in basketball at the junior
varsity and varsity levels and golf at the varsity level.
In golf in his junior year they were state champions. He placed
third individually. In his senior year he was the conference
player of the year. To be a competent mental game coach, it
is not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have
competed at the highest levels. But it is very helpful to
have competed so you can empathize with clients and provide
them insights about competing that only a former competitor
can know. In this way, Mike can really draw from his competitive
experiences to help his clients.
Mike holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, a master
of science degree in psychology, and a Ph.D. in experimental
and applied psychological sciences from the University of
Utah.
Mike is presently an assistant professor of psychology at
Vincennes University in Indiana, USA. He teaches a variety
of courses in the Psychology Department and also created and
teaches an undergraduate course entitled Mental Aspects of
Sport Performance. He also is a mental game coach with athletes
at the university, helping them from a psychological or mental
perspective on their performance. He is a member of the Association
for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Level IV IMGCA certification requires 40 hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level IV certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: July 20, 2015
- Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D. Is A New Level III Certified Mental Game
Master Coach.
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., based in Vincennes, Indiana has earned
the Level III Certification from the International Mental
Game Coaching Association training program. Dr. Drysdale was
awarded the title of Certified Mental Game Master Coach.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"It was really exciting having Mike in the Level III IMGCA
certification program because we went into far more depth
with case studies and the application of various mental game
approaches to golf and other sports. Mike has a very sharp
ability to analyze human behavior and to come up with clever
solutions to problems. He studied experimental and applied
psychology in his doctoral program, and has been using that
background to devise new approaches to old issues in sport
psychology. I know Mike will make a huge impact in the psychology
of all sports, and particularly in golf very soon."
Other areas of study Mike covered include:
- Ball watching skills for ball sports
- Concentration techniques
- Zone skills
- Handling opponent mind games
- Mental training and mental practice skills
- Visualization skills
- Confidence skills
- Motivation
- Goal setting, visioning and narrative skills
- Mental toughness skills
- Creating mental game plans
- Client resistance, rapport and compliance
- Playing to win versus playing not to lose mindset
- Hating to lose versus wanting to win mindset
- Managing expectations
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
- Perfectionism and procrastination
- The fear of failure
- The paradox of success
- The imposter syndrome
Even though Mike has an extensive background in academic
psychology, he did not focus on the applied learning and performance
side of psychology in his years of schooling. His motivation
for undertaking IMGCA certification now was to be better equipped
to help athletes overcome their learning and performance challenges.
He has been a mental game coach to high school and college
athletes in track and golf and has seen how important the
mental side of their sport is.
Mike has an outstanding athletic background. He excelled in
basketball and golf. Mike participated in sport from an early
age. He was involved in youth soccer from the ages of 9-11
and in high school he competed in basketball at the junior
varsity and varsity levels and golf at the varsity level.
In golf in his junior year they were state champions. He placed
third individually. In his senior year he was the conference
player of the year. To be a competent mental game coach, it
is not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have
competed at the highest levels. But it is very helpful to
have competed so you can empathize with clients and provide
them insights about competing that only a former competitor
can know. In this way, Mike can really draw from his competitive
experiences to help his clients.
Mike holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, a master
of science degree in psychology, and a Ph.D. in experimental
and applied psychological sciences from the University of
Utah. Mike is presently an assistant professor of psychology
at Vincennes University in Indiana, USA. He teaches a variety
of courses in the Psychology Department and also created and
teaches an undergraduate course entitled Mental Aspects of
Sport Performance. He also is a mental game coach with athletes
at the university, helping them from a psychological or mental
perspective on their performance. He is a member of the Association
for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Level III IMGCA certification requires 15 hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level III certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: July 1, 2015
- Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D. Is A New Level II Certified Mental Game
Coach.
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., based in Vincennes, Indiana has earned
the Level II Certification from the International Mental Game
Coaching Association training program. Dr. Drysdale was awarded
the title of Certified Mental Game Coach.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"It was great having Mike continue in the IMGCA certification
program, and earn his Level II certification. In Level II
Mike focused on adding a wider array of interventions he can
use with his clients, ranging from motivational approaches,
to attentional control, to coaching methods and techniques.
Other areas of study Mike covered include:
- Managing the inner critic
- Mistake management skills
- Pressure management skills
- Choke-proofing skills
- Competition management skills
- Post-event review skills
- Lead management skills
- Competitive mindset
- Championship thinking skills
- Pre-event mental preparation
- Pre-play mental preparation
- Slump management skills
- The mental game coach as change agent
- How to avoid common mistakes in mental game coaching
- Confidentiality, ethical and legal issues in mental
game coaching
Mike teaches a class in sport psychology at Vincennes
University, and he will be adding a more hands-on, applied
section to that course as a result of his Level II IMGCA training."
Even though Mike has an extensive background in academic psychology,
he did not focus on the applied learning and performance side
of psychology in his years of schooling. His motivation for
undertaking IMGCA certification now was to be better equipped
to help athletes overcome their learning and performance challenges.
He has been a mental game coach to high school and college
athletes in track and golf and has seen how important the
mental side of their sport is.
Mike has an outstanding athletic background. He excelled in
basketball and golf. Mike participated in sport from an early
age. He was involved in youth soccer from the ages of 9-11
and in high school he competed in basketball at the junior
varsity and varsity levels and golf at the varsity level.
In golf in his junior year they were state champions. He placed
third individually. In his senior year he was the conference
player of the year. To be a competent mental game coach, it
is not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have
competed at the highest levels. But it is very helpful to
have competed so you can empathize with clients and provide
them insights about competing that only a former competitor
can know. In this way, Mike can really draw from his competitive
experiences to help his clients.
Mike holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, a master
of science degree in psychology, and a Ph.D. in experimental
and applied psychological sciences from the University of
Utah.
Mike is presently an assistant professor of psychology at
Vincennes University in Indiana, USA. He teaches a variety
of courses in the Psychology Department and also created and
teaches an undergraduate course entitled Mental Aspects of
Sport Performance. He also is a mental game coach with athletes
at the university, helping them from a psychological or mental
perspective on their performance. He is a member of the Association
for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Level II IMGCA certification requires five hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level II certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: June 11, 2015
- Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D. Is A New Level I Certified Coach.
Mike Drysdale, Ph.D., based in Vincennes, Indiana has earned
the Level I Certification from the International Mental Game
Coaching Association training program. Dr. Drysdale was awarded
the title of Certified Mental Game Instructor.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"It was a true pleasure having Mike in the IMGCA certification
program. His passion for learning about the mental side of
learning and performance made it a joy to teach him the finer
points of performance psychology. With his deep background
in psychology, the sessions were invigorating for me, and
I learned a lot from Mike myself.
Mike has an exceptionally strong background in psychological
assessments, testing and surveys, and I know he will bring
that expertise to his mental game coaching practice. He already
has some ideas for an enhanced golf assessment tool that looks
very interesting and promising. He has such a strong background
in experimental design that I can see him conducting some
very interesting and important research, around some aspects
of learning and performance psychology.
Mike has a very nice, personal style as a mental game coach.
He is unassuming, down to earth, accepting, and makes people
feel very comfortable. I can see how he can create a wonderful
coaching climate where his clients will feel free to relax,
open up and share what is on their minds. Mike is a great
listener and communicator, a sharp analyst and very insightful
about people. I can tell that Mike will be a fantastic mental
game coach. I can see him being a leader in this field. He
has already shown that by creating his own college course
in the mental aspects of sport performance and by showing
his desire for continuous improvement as a mental game coach.
With Mike's strong academic background, his expertise in psychological
testing and measurement, his background as a top athlete,
and his college teaching experience, I am convinced that Mike
will make huge strides in this field, and leave a lasting
legacy."
Even though Mike has an extensive background in academic psychology,
he did not focus on the applied learning and performance side
of psychology in his years of schooling. His motivation for
undertaking IMGCA certification now was to be better equipped
to help athletes overcome their learning and performance challenges.
He has been a mental game coach to high school and college
athletes in track and golf and has seen how important the
mental side of their sport is.
Mike has an outstanding athletic background. He excelled in
basketball and golf. Mike participated in sport from an early
age. He was involved in youth soccer from the ages of 9-11
and in high school he competed in basketball at the junior
varsity and varsity levels and golf at the varsity level.
In golf in his junior year they were state champions. He placed
third individually. In his senior year he was the conference
player of the year. To be a competent mental game coach, it
is not mandatory to have been a great athlete, or to have
competed at the highest levels. But it is very helpful to
have competed so you can empathize with clients and provide
them insights about competing that only a former competitor
can know. In this way, Mike can really draw from his competitive
experiences to help his clients.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology, a Master
of Science degree in psychology, and a Ph.D. in experimental
and applied psychological sciences from the University of
Utah.
Mike is presently an assistant professor of psychology at
Vincennes University in Indiana, USA. He teaches a variety
of courses in the Psychology Department and also created and
teaches an undergraduate course entitled Mental Aspects of
Sport Performance. He also is a mental game coach with athletes
at the university, helping them from a psychological or mental
perspective on their performance. He is a member of the Association
for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
Level I IMGCA certification requires two hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level I certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: June 1, 2015 - Silicon
Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, is interviewed as a performance
psychology expert for the WebMD Magazine, and on webmd.com.
Bill Cole, MS, MA was interviewed as a performance psychology
expert for the June 2015 cover story in the WebMD Magazine webmd.com and online, entitled "Not Your Average Joe: Actor Joe Manganiello
is proof there's no magic pill for fitness — just hard
work." by writer Lauren Paige Kennedy, on the issues around
how to create personal discipline for sustainable peak performance
in fitness training.
Read the article
on webMD.com or download the PDF
file of the article.
The article asked questions around the topic of self-discipline.
Why do some people have it in spades, while others struggle
so significantly with self-motivation and can't seem to get
off the couch?
This article was the cover story, about the actor Joe Manganiello
(True Blood, Magic Mike), who is famous for his super-fit
form. Learn more about Joe on Wikipedia and the Internet
Movie Data Base.
He attributes it to his work ethic, daily gym sessions, and
self-discipline-and in his younger years he was a scrawny
kid who showed no promise of ever being a body builder. He
is literally now a self-made man. Mr. Manganiello is also
a best-selling author and a documentary film producer and
director. He applies self-discipline toward every one of his
goals to achieve success.
Mr. Cole was asked about self-discipline: whether (and how)
it can be learned, and for his suggestions and tips for building
a better "self-motivation muscle."
Here are some questions posed to Mr. Cole, with his answers:
1. In your experience, why do some people seem to struggle
with self-discipline while others find it easy?
The ones who struggle try to force themselves. The ones who
succeed come at the project from an inner joy and excitement.
"If your Why is big enough, anything is possible".
Create inspiring, exciting goals and they will PULL YOU toward
them, without you having to push.
So-so goals are so bland that they don't excite anybody, so
think BIG and go on an exciting adventure.
Shoot for the stars and if you miss, at least you'll hit the
MOON.
2. Is developing discipline akin to creating a new habit,
i.e. the more you do it, the easier it becomes?
Yes, discipline can take on a life of its own, once you set
the proper conditions.
I use a four-step process, leading to sustainable peak performance:
1. ACTION
2. TRACTION
3. MOMENTUM
4. VELOCITY
This equals SUSTAINABLE PEAK PERFORMANCE.
Schedule regular exercise periods in your planner, and mark
them in a bright color so you MUST see them.
Set your PDA or computer to remind you to workout at a certain
time each day, and you'll never forget.
Turn what you do into bragging rights (I just ran the ABC
hill yesterday—what a killer!!) and that will motivate
you.
3. Are there lessons we can learn in the gym or the playing
field that will help us to succeed in business? In relationships?
Use your training for MULTIPLE REASONS. That strengthens your
resolve and motivation. One is to be more fit. Another could
be for personal growth. Another would be to become more knowledgeable
so you can train and lead others—the path to mastery.
I often have parents hire me as their kid's mental game coach
for their sport AND life. They learn parallel lessons as they
go.
The athlete with self-knowledge, achieves. Sport and fitness
reveals us to ourselves. But we must keep our eyes open.
4. What specific tips can you recommend to learn and apply
self-control and self-motivation to develop a stronger "discipline
muscle"?
Look for and get good at noticing the tiniest improvements.
No one ever gets bored of getting better. Celebrate each incremental
improvement. This gives you traction and hope, and leads to
optimism.
Don't call your workout system a program. Call it a training
mission. Link your training to a goal that requires fitness
to accomplish. You want to run that mini-iron man. You want
to fit into the nice outfit you bought for the wedding.
Sign up for an event or sport or activity that requires that
you train for it. This takes your fitness program from "I
have to workout" to "I am on a mission to workout".
Plan in all your fitness/health/diet tasks for the week. Leave
nothing to chance. Don't say, I will work out if I have time
today." Build it in to your schedule, and work OTHER activities
around that.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach."
He has been the mental coach or sports psychology consultant
with athletes or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight
international and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams,
associations or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world
and national championships. He has been the mental trainer
for thousands of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and
skill levels and has been a leader in the field of mental
training for over 30 years. He was the first person in the
world to earn an undergraduate degree in sports psychology,
and is also the founder and President of the International
Mental Game Coaching Association, which trains and certifies
mental coaches worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert,
or to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: April 28, 2015 -
Silicon Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, is interviewed as a sport
psychology expert on dailyburn.com/life/, by writer Sarah
Richards.
Bill Cole, MS, MA was interviewed as a sport psychology
expert on http://dailyburn.com/life/,
in an article entitled "Is
Chronic Stress Wrecking Your Workouts?" by writer
Sarah Richards. Bill was asked for advice on how to prevent
stress from interfering with our gym goals, and what to do
to prevent this from happening in the future.
Some specific questions asked of Bill:
- How does work and life stress prevent you from giving
your all to you workouts?
- How do you stop obsessing about work or relationship
problems at the gym, instead of focusing on your workouts?
- Does stress leave you so depleted you feel like quitting
in the middle of class?
- Does feeling wound up make it hard to settle into a good
run?
- How do you regulate your inner state before or while
you're working out?
Bill talked about a number of the elements
of the zone. The main goal is to live in the NOW. Here
are some other mental game strategies he provided.
Compartmentalize your life activities into segments and
be present for each one in a serial fashion.
Assure your mind you will pay attention to its worries
and concerns later, after the workout.
A workout is a "moving meditation".
Be present to be safe. Don't allow your mind to wander
when engaged in a task. Refocus your mind as needed.
Many people start a session badly and extrapolate that
the session will be a complete waste, and that they already
failed. Instead, set three main goals for every workout.
This way, you can always have a successful workout and
never have a "wasted time":
- What can I learn?
- What can I improve?
- What can I enjoy?
Anger at not meeting targets and goals
gets in the way of a workout.
Urgency is the killer of the now.
Expectations can be too high. Be realistic.
Use the three time zones to stop time travel and to refocus:
Past–present–future.
The Past–regrets, anger, reliving disasters.
The Future–what ifs, fears, picturing disasters,
explaining failures.
The Now–where we want to be.
Reduce "time travel" by refocusing continuously.
How to regulate your inner state.
Awareness is the #1 strategy.
Control the controllables. Let the rest go. (Or have a
good plan for blocking the externals!!)
Be aware of breath, muscles, thoughts, images, self-talk,
emotions, behavior.
The breath is the window to stress control.
Ratio breathing.
Feel and listen to the breath.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes
and coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called
him "A world-renowned peak performance coach."
He has been the mental coach or sports psychology consultant
with athletes or coaches of 17 world and national teams,
eight international and Olympic teams, 31 professional
sports teams, associations or leagues, and of athletes
who have won 35 world and national championships. He has
been the mental trainer for thousands of athletes in over
75 sports, at all ages and skill levels and has been a
leader in the field of mental training for over 30 years.
He was the first person in the world to earn an undergraduate
degree in sports psychology, and is also the founder and
President of the International
Mental Game Coaching Association, which trains and
certifies mental coaches worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert,
or to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: April 24, 2015 -
Silicon Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, is interviewed as a sport
psychology expert for the web magazine Sports On Earth by
NBA writer Alex Wong.
Bill Cole, MS, MA was interviewed as a sport psychology
expert for the article entitled "Raptors
Vs. Wizards Mind Games" for the web magazine Sports On
Earth by NBA writer Alex Wong. Bill was asked for advice on
a certain type of psychological psych-out mind game that professional
athletes play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
NBA player Kevin Garnett, who plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves,
seems to always block opponents' shots when they decide to
try and get in a practice shot after the whistle. This is
known as a deadball play, since the clock has stopped.
In covering the first round series between the Toronto Raptors
and Washington Wizards NBA writer Alex Wong noticed a lot
of players are doing this. Some have said it disrupts the
rhythm of the shooter who is trying to get a feel for their
shot and to see a shot go in. Bill was asked, from a sports
psychology standpoint, does a tiny gamesmanship move like
this affect anything in an NBA player's mind and game?
Bill comments about this psych-out phenomenon:
Overall, it builds Garnett's confidence and prevents the players
from getting their confidence.
Blocking a deadball has these effects on the shooter:
They become frustrated that they can't see the fruits of their
labor.
They lose feedback on the end of their shot, and lose feel.
They become irritated that this guy is doing this to them.
It gets them mad and can make them play for revenge. That
could be good or bad, depending on the player! As they say,
"Never trash talk Michael Jordan. He'll mess you up!"
If the blocker does this against a rookie, and the rookie
takes the bait, that may backfire on Mr. Rookie. Now he's
playing with "red eyes", with lots of anger and can easily
go out of control. This may not work against a veteran.
It makes them look silly in front of the fans, media and their
teammates.
They feel owned by the dude--this is major.
It has these effects on the blocker:
They get a feeling of power.
They get to practice, particularly against that shooter.
They "mark their turf" and send the message, "See? I'm gonna
do that when it COUNTS!". It's a mind game. They become the
alpha dog.
Sports on Earth is a highbrow, opinion-driven sports site.
The venture is a product of a partnership between USA Today
and MLB Advanced Media, the much-admired tech startup/spin-off
of Major League Baseball. In accordance with the Advanced
Media and USA Today partnerships, certain Sports on Earth
content is featured in both the print version of USA Today
and other Gannett media outlets as well as on MLB.com.
Sports on Earth Magazine said: "Bill Cole is a leading authority
on sports psychology and mental coaching."
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach." He has been the
mental coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes
or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight international
and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams, associations
or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world and national
championships. He has been the mental trainer for thousands
of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and skill levels
and has been a leader in the field of mental training for
over 30 years. He was the first person in the world to earn
an undergraduate degree in sports psychology, and is also
the founder and President of the International Mental Game
Coaching Association (https://www.mentalgamecoaching.com),
which trains and certifies mental coaches worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert, or
to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
News Release: March 27, 2015 -
Silicon Valley, California
The International Mental Game Coaching Association Announces
Lukas Piperek Is A New Level I Certified Coach.
Lukas Piperek, based in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia,
has earned the Level I Certification from the International
Mental Game Coaching Association training program. Mr. Piperek
was awarded the title of Certified Mental Game Instructor.
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of IMGCA stated,
"Lukas was a pleasure to have in the IMGCA certification
program. He was one of the most organized students I have
ever had complete the program. He was always prepared for
each class, with a long list of questions and case studies
to discuss. He began mental game coaching immediately upon
starting his IMGCA program and gained considerable experience
working with a wide variety of athletes. Lukas has always
been a high achiever, and he has robustly carried this spirit
of learning and development into his mental game studies.
With his professional hockey and other sports background,
and his outstanding academic preparation, I predict that Lukas
will eventually be one of the top mental game coaches not
only in Slovakia, but in all of Europe. He has the drive and
dedication required to develop himself as a coach, consultant,
writer and trainer, and the business acumen to advance his
goals in his mental game coaching practice. I will follow
Lukas closely through his career. I know he is destined for
great things."
Lukas has an exceptional athletic background. As a former
professional hockey player Lukas knew that having a strong
mental game makes a huge difference in learning and performing.
That is one reason he came to IMGCA. He wanted to undergo
formal training in the mental game so he could help others.
He is going to take the concepts, assessments, skills and
tools received during the IMGCA certification process and
help athletes reach their fullest potential. He has opened
his own mental game training business in Slovakia: http://www.mentalnytrening.sk
Lukas played ice hockey from the age of six. He rose from
being a bench player to becoming the captain of a junior team
in Slovakia thanks to hard work and individual training sessions.
Lukas holds a masters degree from the Faculty of Economics,
Matej Bel University. The Matej Bel University is noted for
its leading curricula in international relations and economics.
Since he completed University he has been working as a Key
Account Manager in the field of fast moving consumer goods.
He is very proficient in project management.
Level I IMGCA certification requires two hours of live private
telephonic 1-1 coaching with Bill Cole, MS, MA, IMGCA President.
Students also have access to over 70 hours of IMGCA pre-recorded
audio classes and over 450 mental training videotapes. Each
student completes reading assignments, written homework, practical
application of the class content and coaching practicum with
groups, teams and individuals as applicable and coaching feedback
evaluations. Each student passes the IMGCA Level I certification
written examination, or writes a final paper or creates and
submits a final project.
This sport psychology certification training is provided by
the International Mental Game Coaching Association, based
in Cupertino, California. The IMGCA was the first international
mental game coaching membership organization, created January
1, 2006. It remains the only international mental game coaching
membership organization in the world today. The mission of
the International Mental Game Coaching Association is to advance
the research, development, professionalism, and growth of
the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide. The IMGCA
is comprised of individuals and institutions interested in
sports, movement, health, fitness, business, the arts, achievement,
work-life balance, stress control, and peak performance. IMGCA
members come from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds
in sports performance, coaching, teaching, writing, business
and consulting. They are professionals, students, parents,
and interested observers of the mental game.
News Release: February 9, 2015
- Silicon Valley, California
Bill Cole, MS, MA, Founder and President of The International
Mental Game Coaching Association, is interviewed as a sport
psychology expert on the world's largest sports radio station
talkSPORT, in London, England, with host Mike Graham.
Bill Cole, MS, MA was interviewed as a sport psychology expert
on the world's largest sports radio station, talkSPORT, in
London, England, with host Mike Graham. The segment asked
the question: Why do sports people lash out and make some
terrible career decisions when they are in a high-pressured
situation?
The questions asked of Bill revolved around how sports coaches
in particular handle themselves in high-pressure contest where
emotions are running high.
Bill discussed the psychology of peak performance and coaching
and gave mental game tips on these issues:
- How not to allow competition to make you lose your self-control.
- Can a coach want to win too much? The answer is yes.
- Not allowing an overblown need to micromanage things
extend to relationships with the players.
- How passion can aid a coach with his players.
- Using intentionality to create a strategy to win.
- Control what you can and let the rest go. You can only
control your reaction.
Talksport, owned by UTV Radio, is one of the United Kingdom's
three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters,
offering 24-hour sports radio service broadcast from London
to the United Kingdom. Their content includes sports phone-ins,
discussion and live sports commentaries. It is transmitted
on 1089 and 1053 kHz across the UK and digitally via DAB digital
radio, Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.
Web references:
http://talksport.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talksport
https://twitter.com/IRoMG
The radio show host is Mike Graham. He has presented radio
shows for BBC Radio Scotland covering the Edinburgh Festival
and the world of politics. Among the politicians and showbiz
stars he has interviewed are Bill Clinton, Paul Newman, John
Major, Tony Blair, Raquel Welch, Boris Yeltsin, George Michael,
Alex Salmond, Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver. His radio
station website:
http://talksport.com/mike-graham
Bill Cole, MS, MA, is a mental game coach to athletes and
coaches, politicians, professional speakers and trainers,
the entertainment industry, executives and business professionals.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) called him
"A world-renowned peak performance coach." He has been the
mental coach or sports psychology consultant with athletes
or coaches of 17 world and national teams, eight international
and Olympic teams, 31 professional sports teams, associations
or leagues, and of athletes who have won 35 world and national
championships. He has been the mental trainer for thousands
of athletes in over 75 sports, at all ages and skill levels
and has been a leader in the field of mental training for
over 30 years. He was the first person in the world to earn
an undergraduate degree in sports psychology, and is also
the founder and President of the International Mental Game
Coaching Association (https://www.mentalgamecoaching.com),
which trains and certifies mental coaches worldwide.
For more information, to engage Bill as a guest expert, or
to schedule a media interview, please contact:
William B. Cole Consultants
19925 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-2358
VOICE: 408-725-7191
FAX: 408-440-2339
E-Mail: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com
Website: www.mentalgamecoach.com
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