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• Doctorate degree, The Ohio State University, Clinical Counseling (Counseling Psychology)

• Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (OH)

• Assistant Professor of Psychology, Kenyon College 2005-2006
  
  
• Additional extensive college teaching experience (in both psychology and business) at The Ohio State University, Capital University, Wittenberg University, Otterbein College, University of Dayton, and Ashland University

• Regularly featured in USA Today, Street and Smith Sport Business Journal, NY Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Mens Health, and Columbus Dispatch, as well as ABC World News Tonight and Fox National Sports Radio
  
  
• Known as “The Sports  Doc” for regular segment on Ohio News Network (ONN) and Columbus Parent magazine

• Sport psychology consultant to thousands of Olympic, professional, interscholastic and youth-level athletes and coaches

• Graduate of the Institute of Scandinavian Physical Culture (sport psychology studies), Denmark
  
  

• Co-author of the college text "Positive Transitions for Student Athletes: Life Skills for Transitions in Sport, College, and Career." (Holcomb Hathaway, 2000), and "The Parents Playbook: Developing a Gameplan for Maximizing Your Child's Athletic Experience," (2001)
  

• Author of "Peak Performance for Athletes," audio CD for improving athletic performance (2000) and Champion Athletic Consulting Peak Performance Manual (2002)

• Former featured monthly columnist for Business First ("Peak Performance") column
  
  
• Professional educational consultant to The Ohio Bar Association and Columbus Bar Association

• Professional educational consultant to South Pointe Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio and Victorian Village Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

• Co-founder of "Positive Transitions," the nation's first collegiate sport transition course founded at The Ohio State University, 1996

• Presenter at several national, world, and state conferences, including the American Counseling Association World Conference, the NCAA National Conference, and the Ohio Human Resource Conference
  
  
• Presenter to the National Basketball Association, Player Development department (New York)

• Published in The Journal of College Counseling and The Journal of Academic Athletic Advisors

• Co-creator of The Optimal Performance System in Sport (TOPSS), a nationally recognized model used to assist student athletes with health, performance, and overall well-being
  
  
• Board member and Head Athletic Counselor, Majority of One minority student athlete association
  
  

Are you bothered by all of the negativity associated with youth sports today?  Are you are tired of kids getting “burned out” from playing too much, parents aggressively acting out of control, and coaches who could benefit from training beyond just knowing the “x’s and o’s?”  Would you like to know how to effectively help YOUR child maximize his or her youth athletic experience – and do so in literally no time at all?  Would you like to have this information delivered conveniently to your home computer desktop – and for just about the same cost as a cup of coffee??


If You Answered ‘Yes,’ Then Join Me Today and Make a POSITIVE Difference in American Youth Sports!!!!

Together we can create positive change in youth sports and help children use sport as a vehicle for success in life – not as a place to learn poor sportsmanship, questionable integrity, and perhaps worst of all, experience the horrific emotional impact of one of our nation’s most rapidly growing problems - youth athletic burnout.  My professional experience has shown me that while many kids still love to play sports (and benefit tremendously by doing so), far too many other kids are confused about why they are “playing” so many organized games, what their chances are to make it to the pros, and why so many parents and coaches these days seemingly just don’t see eye to eye on things (and in some cases, even exchange verbal tirades toward one another, or worse yet – physically brawl!)  Youth sports needs help, and people tell me everyday that they want to help “clean things up,” but don’t know how to – or even where to start.  I used to agree with this notion about the diffusion of responsibility and not knowing where and how to help --- until now….

I have studied the field of sport psychology and have worked as a clinician and educational consultant to literally tens of thousands of youth, high school, college, professional, and Olympic athletes, coaches, and teams.  These experiences have shown me plenty enough to know that we need a unified effort in order to help make youth sports “good” again.  Through my practice, I have personally witnessed far too many kids NOT having fun playing, oftentimes because they are “playing” far too much to the point of it being unhealthy (should most kids really play as many as 80 games a season - at age 12?!).  Many kids are getting burned out earlier in their young lives, and almost all of them are unprepared when it comes time to face their ultimate final stop – sport retirement (for the overwhelming vast majority well before the end of their high school careers – something many families find as shocking news).
 

Positive Change Means Fewer Problems, Better Psychological Development, & MORE FUN!!

The video series I have created is designed to help you make positive change for your child, your child’s team, and the adults involved in your child’s sport organization.  For roughly the cost of a cup of coffee, you CAN help create lasting positive change and you CAN immediately change your child’s life!  Why “figure it out” while you go, and risk making potentially devastating mistakes, when you can quickly and easily learn how to identify and remedy almost all of the potential problems and pitfalls commonly seen in youth athletics? 


Save Tons of Time & Money!

There is no longer a need to purchase dozens of coaching and sport psychology textbooks, or attend expensive seminars led by paraprofessionals that often only offer “rah-rah” motivational speeches, vague advice, and circular, non-specific answers….if you want real answers to real questions, now available faster and easier than ever before, conveniently and immediately delivered directly to your computer desktop in literally seconds, then check out these videos!!!!

We can bring back the beauty and integrity of youth sports – and have fun doing it!  My lifelong pursuit is to lead in this effort, and my promise to you is to deliver programming that consistently keeps the welfare of kids involved in youth sports as my sole purpose.  Your purchase today will contribute to my ongoing research & development of the critical issues in youth sports and help us all unite as advocates for kids and their welfare!!

You have stopped here today to learn more about what we can do together, and I can only hope you will take the next step – arguably the most vital – the step from taking a “relatively good idea of considering getting involved” to an action step of checking out a few of these videos to see what you can do to help!


Not Designed for “Bad Parents!” Nothing “Punitive”- and No Boring, Academic Lectures, Either!


Each video is conversational in nature and specific to a topic in youth sports that I have had direct experience with (as both a clinician and educator).  The videos are topic-specific and designed to help you identify, prevent, and immediately respond to issues likely to occur as you participate in youth athletics.

The videos are designed for normal, “everyday people” (not just people with problems!), loaded with to-the-point, hands-on ideas and tips designed for immediate use.  In addition, each video also includes a FREE PDF word file with liner notes, tips, suggestions, and exercises so you won’t miss a beat!  Fast, easy, and possibly life changing information only one click away!

Beyond the parent series you will find additional videos developed for coaches and student athletes.  These videos also identify contemporary issues and concerns and are designed to improve performance, increase fun, and help promote overall wellness and self-growth.  Each video is full of life skills training and comes with the same FREE PDF word file of liner notes, tips, and exercises similar to the parents videos.

So what are you waiting for?  Time is running out – before you know it your child’s youth sport experience will be over – don’t you want it to be something he or she remembers and cherishes for a lifetime?