Book Private Mental-performance Lessons with Coach Heather

As an athlete I enjoyed multiple sports (Soccer, Rugby, Swimming, and Equestrian Sports) at various levels from club, college, and on state travel teams.

As a sports coach I have loved my work with youth, club, and high school soccer (boys and girls) and boys swim and dive. This work involved everything from team selection, periodized skill progression, game analysis (pre and post), ad ensuring the team's were prepared for tournaments, regionals, and state tournaments.

My role in helping you improve starts with gaining a clear understanding of where you currently stand in your mental game, where you want to go, and any challenges that may be holding you back. This process includes not only assessing your individual mindset and skills but also taking a deeper look at your role within your sport. By understanding the demands of your position, team dynamics, and external factors that influence performance, we can develop at targeted, science-based approach. This foundation allows us to create a plan that maximizes your potential and helps you perform at your best.

All sessions are tailored to the athlete's specific needs but generally follows a structured approach. We start with reviewing any recent performances, discussing successes, challenges, and any barriers to performance still felt. From there we focus on targeted mental skill development or education, such as evidence-based techniques like visualization, mindfulness, increasing self-efficacy, self-talk strategies or pre-performance routines. Sessions often include scenario based exercises to help apply the skills in a sport specific context. We work together to develop a plan for practicing the skills and then implementing the strategies during performance.

Each session is designed to be interactive, practical, and directly applicable to enhancing performance.

Coach Norris, who at the time coached high school club rugby, has been my all time favorite coach. His ability to inspire his players to want to earn excellence for themselves and for their team is incredible. Highly knowledgeable and skilled coach who treated everyone with compassion.

Athletes and parents should know that I bring a proven, science-backed approach to mental skill training, helping athletes build confidence, increase focus, and develop stronger resilience.

With a doctorate (earned, not conferred yet) in sport and performance psychology and years of experience working with teams and individuals - including conference champions, award winning coaches, and national-level competitors- I understand what it takes to perform under pressure. Whether in team sports, individual competitions or nontraditional athletics like motorsports, I tailor my approach to each athlete's unique needs. I'm compassionate, easy to work with, and committed to helping athletes reach their full potential in sport and in their personal life.

To effectively integrate and apply the mental skills we work on, athletes should expect to dedicate 2-3 additional hours per session for maximum benefit. This time should be spent not only on developing the skills we covered but also practicing and applying them in real-world situations, whether during practice or individually.