Helping Young Athletes Improve Performance
The Ultimate Sports Parent by Peak Performance Sports was developed by Dr. Patrick Cohn, a leading “mental game” expert at Peaksports.com, and his sister Lisa Cohn, a parenting writer and sports mom to four children.
Youth Sports Psychology provides sports parents, coaches, and educators with the cutting edge programs for enhancing sports parenting and youth coaching skills to boost kids’ mental game toughness and success sports.
Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D., earned his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Virginia in 1991, specializing in sports psychology, and founded Peak Performance Sports in 1994. Dr. Cohn is an author, professional speaker and one of the nation’s leading mental game coaches. His coaching programs instill confidence, composure and effective mental strategies that enable athletes and teams to reach their performance goals.
Dr. Cohn has consulted with numerous high-profile teams, including the Miami Dolphins, NASCAR winners, NHL Players, National Motocross Champions, and PGA Tour professional golfers, among them Brian Watts and J. L. Lewis. Click here to visit Dr. Cohn’s website, Peak Performance Sports.
Lisa Cohn is an award-winning parenting writer and author whose stories have appeared in the Huffington Post, Mothering, the Christian Science Monitor, Parenting and other publications.
She’s the host of Ultimate Sports Parent Radio, a podcast that attracts up to 4,000 downloads per episode. Lisa is a sports mom to three young athletes and is a former youth sports coach. Lisa played three sports as a student at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Ct. Visit www.LisaECohn.com for more information about her work.
Mental Performance Coaches
About Jaclyn Ellis, M.S., MGCP
Jaclyn Ellis, M.S., MGCP, is a mental performance coach for Peak Performance Sports. She earned a Master’s degree from Illinois State University. Her passion is working with athletes, coaches and parents to enhance both performance and enjoyment of sports.
She has a background in competitive sports including soccer, volleyball and tennis. She also performed in advanced show choirs for many years. Additionally, she was a competitive youth head soccer coach in Bloomington, IL.
She has provided mental performance coaching to youth and elite athletes in various sports. Jaclyn has experience using cognitive programs like NeuroTracker and Eye Matrix to improve an athlete’s eye-tracking movements and cognitive functioning.
About Carolyne Lawley, M.S., MGCP
Carolyne Lawley is a mental performance coach for Peak Performance Sports. She earned a Master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of North Texas. She played collegiate basketball and was also a competitive track and field athlete in high school. Following college, she continued her athletic career by playing two years of professional basketball in Europe.
Carolyne has coached basketball and track at both the youth and high school levels. She is currently completing the requirements to become a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through AASP, as well as a Mental Game Coaching Professional (MGCP) with Peak Performance Sports, LLC. Coach Carolyne has provided mental performance coaching to collegiate athletes.