Book Private Mental-performance Lessons with Coach Joshua
Let's work together to become the best mental version of your athletic self
Let's work together to become the best mental version of your athletic self
Hey everyone! My name is Josh, I am a 26 year old athlete-turned mental performance coach in the Tacoma/Seattle area. I graduated from Ithaca College with my Master's of Science in Sport Psychology, and my full time position is training soldiers in mental performance skills, however my love for athletics always takes me back to wanting to work with athletes. My goal working with youth athletes is to hone in on how utilizing different mental performance skills such as breathing, imagery, mindfulness, and attention control can help young athletes excel at their current sport. I look forward to working with you to become the best version of yourself mentally to bring the best version of yourself physically to the field, rink, court, etc.
Tacoma, WA
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Weekly Availability
Monday
2:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Tuesday
2:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Wednesday
2:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Thursday
2:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Friday
2:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Saturday
4:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Sunday
4:00 PM - 1:00 AM
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Get to know Coach Joshua
About Me:
-Master of Science degree in Sport Psychology
-18+ years of soccer experience (recreational), mixed amount of experience in hockey, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, and football
-2+ years working with soldiers training mental performance skills
-4+ years playing ultimate frisbee, captaining my last year
How I can help you improve your game:
I can help someone improve their game in various ways:
-Deliberate breathing: taking deliberate breaths at different points before a performance has plenty of benefits (think a soccer player before a free-kick/penalty kick, a golfer before taking their swing, or a basketball player before a free-throw)
-Imagery: the mind and body connection is very real - when our brains think about doing a specific thing, our body reacts even though we are not doing said thing. By just thinking about executing a performance effectively, we can perform better when the real thing comes, while also managing nerves
-Attention control: multitasking is not as easy as we think it can be. In fact, our brain can only attend to one thing at a time, and athletes need to have the ability to switch attention fast and accurately. Additionally, is what we are focusing on in the moment effective for our game? Are we thinking about what we want to happen, or what we don't want to happen (there's a big difference)
-Mindfulness: as an athlete, it can be tough to get caught up in the moment of not playing up to your standard, and that's okay. What's important is how you recover from those moments, and focusing on the present, or the next performance. Mindfulness grounds you in the present to avoid thinking about past mistakes or future worries
-Other skills include: internal motivation, team building, progressive muscle relaxation, mindset, self-talk, building a pre-performance routine, and reframing thoughts
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Typical training sessions can look different day to day. The first session will be an intake of understanding the athlete's needs and where they'd like to get better. Sessions after this can be in person or over Zoom. These can either be:
-Update sessions: letting me know how things are going and where they can make tweaks to what they already know
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-Active teaching days: directly teaching a skill and working together to figure out where we can apply it
Career summary and accomplishments:
-My current full-time position is training mental performance skills with soldiers, which I've done for 2.5 years -During grad school I worked with Ithaca College's tennis and golf teams to enhance mental performance -I also coached soccer for 2-8 year olds
Best coach I ever had:
Best coach I've had was one of my recreational soccer coaches growing up. This coach had great knowledge of the game, was level-headed, and wanted to win while also knowing how to have fun. As a coach, it's important to learn from mistakes and do better the next time around which was this coach's whole philosophy
What athletes and parents should know about me:
As a mental performance coach, my philosophy is to work with your athlete to understand where they're struggling in their mental game as well as what they already do well. I work with an athlete as a team to enhance mental performance through various skills such as mindfulness, deliberate breathing, imagery, self-talk, attention control, and more. My plan is to teach different mental skills, working with the athlete to determine where it best fits in to their game making necessary adjustments as time goes on.
The end goal is to work myself out of a job - if I'm doing my job correctly, there will be a time in which I am no longer needed
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