Elite coaches operate in high-stakes, high-pressure environments where their decisions can make or break a season. While many hire sport psychology professional (SPP) to enhance athlete performance, few eventually realize the value of working with a SPP for their own development.

Mental Performance Training is the practice of mental skills that improve the performance of athletes, teams, coaches, business professionals, performing artists, and so many more people who care about the outcome of the work that they do and experience stress or pressure while doing it. 

Motivational climates, what are they? For those of you who are familiar with growth mindset, this may seem similar. The important distinction is that growth mindset is, well, a mindset, whereas a motivational climate is the athlete’s perceived structure of the environment.