Golden Opportunities in Sports:
                Improve Performance and Create Success

 "Golden Opportunities in Sports" was created for all people interested in sports - from entry level competitors to elite athletes, parents, coaches, and teams.  It is based on eight factors of mental preparation and how each impacts performance and leads to success.   The program:

FOR ATHLETES

 
Athletes - from aspiring beginners to accomplished world-class competitors -  must learn to focus their energy to perform at their best.  Indeed, the success of a competition is often as much determined by the mental readiness of the athlete as the skill level already attained.  In fact, the best trained athlete's performance can fall flat if he is not prepared mentally.

Former Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup skier, Barbara Ann Cochran, trains athletes with her program, “How to Gain the Competitive Edge”.  She uses her own experiences and successes, coupled with proven principles and exercises, in a curriculum that enables people to achieve their best performance.  Athletes contract with Barbara Ann to learn how to become their own best friend in performance situations through positive mental preparation.

PERSONAL COACHING SERVICES FOR ATHLETES

• Individual Consultation                                               $150/session or                                                                            6 sessions for $800

At crucial points in the season or training, break through mental barriers and move to the next level with an individual session or with a package of 6 sessions.

• Group Presentation                                                          $600/session

Group presentation to enable participants to gain confidence and improve results by  creating an "inner climate" for performance. 

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FOR PARENTS

Parents play a vital role in an athlete's competitive life, but can be at a loss when it comes to consoling a disappointed child or celebrating success.

Barbara Ann provides parenting tips in her program, "Parenting Your Athlete: How to Support and Understand What Your Athlete is Going Through".   Understand what it's like to compete - the pressures, the emotions, the motivating factors - and what to do to support an athlete - what to say and what to do when their athlete has a glorious day or a frustrating day.

 PERSONAL COACHING SERVICES FOR PARENTS

• Individual Consultation                                               $150/session or                                                                            6 sessions for $800

Understand your child's pressures, emotions, & motivating factors - and what you can do to support him/her.

• Group Presentation                                                            $600/session

Presentation which provides parents with the means to understand the emotions and pressures of the competitive world and with techniques to support their athlete.

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FOR COACHES

Everyone knows that the job of a coach is to teach an athlete the skills she needs in order to perform, that is to instruct her in the technical side of sport.  An often misunderstood or overlooked aspect is teaching an athlete the emotional side of sport.  But for athletes to perform at their best, to create success, they must learn to focus their energy and perform at peak levels.  Often there is little difference between the skill level of competitors, so what determines the ending of their performance---ecstasy or agony---triumph or defeat?  The answer lies in the emotional side of sport---teaching athletes how to create success through positive mental preparation.

Barbara Ann trains coaches with her program, “Coaching the Coach: How to Motivate Your Athletes”.  She uses her own experiences and successes, coupled with proven principles and exercises, in a curriculum that enables coaches to understand the emotional side of sport and help athletes achieve success through their best performance and mental ease.

PERSONAL COACHING SERVICES FOR COACHES

• Individual Consultation                                               $150/session or                                                                            6 sessions for $800

 One-on-one sessions for coaches to learn techniques to manipulate their athletes' emotions and create an inner climate in order to conquer  stresses of competition.

• Group Presentation                                                           $600/session

Presentation which provides coaches with techniques to help them help their athletes focus their energy and master the EMOTIONAL side of sport to attain peak performances.

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FOR TEAMS

The following programs are designed with the team in mind.  Based on the concepts of "How to Gain the Competitive Edge", athletes learn via a group presentation or group workshops.  These sessions take into account the uniqueness of the team, including the sport, the participants' age, the competitive level of the team, the team's gender, and any other pertinent considerations.

  PERSONAL COACHING SERVICES FOR TEAMS

• Presentation:  The Competitive Edge in Sports                  $800

Presentation tailored to teams to introduce them to the mental side of sports and to support them in bringing the competitive edge to their game.

• Workshop:  Gaining Results with the Competitive Edge     $1250

3 hour presentation in which teams create a strong inner climate for success.  Teams learn how to control sabotaging emotions and how to harness the power of affirmations and beliefs.

NOTE:This workshop is a pre-requisite for Expanding Dreams and Reaching Goals.

• Workshop:  Expanding Dreams and Reaching Goals          $1250

Building on the materials covered in Gaining Results, this 3 hour presentation integrates positive attitudes, visualization, personal goal setting and mental toughness needed to succeed.

• Workshop Package:  Gaining Results with the Competitive Edge and Expanding Dreams and Reaching Goals                                                                  $2350 
                
  Save $150 when both workshops are scheduled together.