Sport Psychology & Sport Performance

Sport psychology can help you win

Our Center’s world renowned staff can show you how to use sport psychology to evaluate the potential of athletes and to help athletes perform better when it counts. Our staff has consulted with the US Olympic Committee, NBA, LPGA, Chicago Bears, and hundreds of professional, elite, and serious amateur athletes in dozens of sports. Our Center’s Director is one of only a few sport psychologists in the State of Illinois who is currently listed in the US Olympic Committee’s Registry of Sport Psychologists and is Certified by the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology.

Evaluating Potential

Based on each team’s specific requests (e.g., screening potential draft picks), we use specialized psychological testing, structured interviews with athletes and staff, and systematic reviews of personnel files to evaluate players’ mental games and psychological strengths and weaknesses. Players complete non-threatening questionnaires and interviews in less than one hour. We also obtain systematic ratings from coaches and staff. We complile all of this information into reports focused on the specific questions and concerns raised by team personnel.

Improving Performance

Sport psychology has demonstrated its effectiveness in all of these areas. Our Center’s staff has used workshops, individual and group consultations with athletes and coaches, event/game coverage (including videotaped analysis and feedback), and team building techniques to maximize performance in baseball, basketball, bowling, football, golf, hockey, martial arts, running, swimming and diving, tennis, and other sports.