Book Private Golf Lessons with Coach Chad

With a doctorate in sport and performance psychology and master’s in clinical counseling Dr. Chad's intention is to help individuals find their optimal performance level. As an ex-professional golfer and formally trained 4-star chef Dr. Chad understands what mental performance means and how it affects other parts of life. With experience working with athletes at all levels as well as chefs and business clients Dr. Chad brings a unique perspective that creates long lasting relationships.

On a personal note, Dr. Chad is an individual who lives with disabilities. His struggles give him a unique perspective on human stress, pressure and how setbacks affect performers. Of his interest Dr. Chad is a motivational speaker, an accomplished chef, a previous senior coach for the New Orleans chapter of First Tee, and advocate for athletes with disabilities. Dr. Chad is an active member of the Association of Applied Sports Psychology and is contributes to research in athletes with disabilities creating resiliency and how those lessons can be applied to others.

Identifying Your Roadblocks

It all begins with your needs. Maybe you want to perform at the highest level in sport. Dr. Chad will identify your roadblocks to optimal performance.

Building trust in yourself

Having true belief in yourself can be very difficult. I will work with you to create and deliver the mental skills training program that builds the trust you need. Expand your performance potential.

Dr. Chad wants to help you find and perform in your optimal mental performance state in athletics and life.

A typical lesson would be working on the identified roadblocks to peak mental performance. This can be in person or virtual, for example: perfectionism, Dr. Chad will work with the client on working on self-identity and creating intentionality in the approach to sport instead of having and living in a world of expectations. This would be more of conversation working through and understanding how to develop and begin working on thought change and self-work.

In person in action: Athlete is having an issue when shooting to net in soccer. Dr. Chad will work with the athlete on the pitch teaching imagery and how to create the mental environment and have that concept to transfer to perform when the chance to score presents itself.

With a very full life of careers Dr. Chad as a chef was highlighted in magazines such as Southern living and multiple articles in local papers and national publications. As an athlete Dr. Chad was highlighted as a youth baseball player and golfer because of his disability and later on as a teaching and playing professional golfer. As a Dr. of Sport and Performance specialist Dr. Chad has contributed to several books on mental skills, has given international webinars on the use of imagery and has presented and held workshops at the international Sport Psychology conference and has given talks on polyvagal theory and the use to regulate arousal rates during elite performance.

The best coach I have ever had was my golf swing coach Ruben. He was instrumental in molding me not just into a top tiered athlete but also as an athlete that cares about the people around me and understand what it is to give back to the community especially the young up and coming athletes.

What athletes and parents should know about me is that I make sure the athlete understands the material being taught. I understand that people learn differently and work with the athlete to figure that out. My flexibility of thought process allows me to reach athletes that others have problems getting through to. I also keep things real and don't inflate the athlete ego. My intention is to help the athlete to perform at their optimal performance level.