Become a Certified Sports Psychology Coach

You can seamlessly integrate your new knowledge and certification into your existing career in fitness, coaching, sports or personal development!

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Sport psychology is the scientific study of people and their behaviors in sports and the practical application of that knowledge. Sport psychology coaches help people of all abilities increase sports and fitness performance while enhancing their overall enjoyment of physical activity.

As a coach, you have endless opportunities to work with athletes ranging from beginner to professional, and all points in between. Some coaches build businesses working with youth athletes. Others specialize in sports such as triathlon.

Still other coaches work with teams in the college and pro ranks. There are no limits to what is possible for your career!

When you become a Spencer Institute Certified Sports Psychology Coach, you will have two primary objectives, so you can help your clients achieve high-level performance and results.

#1 Understand how psychological factors affect an individual’s physical performance.

#2 Understand how participation in sport and fitness affects a person’s psychological development, health, and well-being.

Sport psychology coaches deal with increasing performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injury and poor performance.

Most performance challenges that athletes and other fitness enthusiasts have are not always a result of poor conditioning, improper coaching or a lack of physical skills or technical ability. Obviously, these physical or mechanical factors can lower performance.

However, when the pressure is on, the person or team that falls apart most often does so because of mental factors like nervousness, intimidation, lagging concentration, negativity, lack of confidence or an inability to release past mistakes. You, the Sports Psychology Coach, will guide your client to smoothly move through these challenges

A vital part of sports psychology is imagery; the process by which you can create, modify or strengthen pathways important to the coordination of your muscles, by training purely within your mind. Imagination is the driving force of imagery. As a Certified Sports Psychology Coach, you will help your clients create the images that take them to the top of their sport or activity of choice.

Now think about these points:

● You will have unique knowledge and an exclusive certification that complements your current certification.

● Your knowledge of mind-body fitness, health, and wellness will double, and you will be more acute to the challenges of your clients.

● You will have a deeper insight into your current training methods and their histories, and the confidence to improve them.

● You will have the knowledge and a skill set that is in high demand and you will see that you are never short of exciting and lucrative personal and business opportunities.

● Say goodbye the monotony of the 9-5 (if you want). You can set the hours that are most convenient for you and give you personal time with your family and friends.

● You have the opportunity to coach from the comfort of your home or anywhere else in the world with Internet and phone access.

● You can say goodbye to the dullness of a corporate cubicle and run your coaching business online, from your home, at the local park, or at your own fitness center.

● You will have the time, energy, and passion to expand your influence and share your expertise. You can write a book, create fitness information products, or even have your own TV or radio show.

● With this additional education and certification you will make yourself more valuable and a “GoTo” authority in the Mind, Body, and Fitness space.

● You will learn many different life-changing techniques and systems that can enhance your own fitness routine and personal success.

● You will have the power, knowledge, skills, and best practices to dramatically enhance the lives of others who are in need of a balanced and physically and mentally healthy life.

● You will feel happier, healthier, and more empowered, and you will know the joy of having a career that gives you stage to drive motivation and help others reach peak overall health and performance.

You will learn easy-to-use, high-level skills so you can become an essential part of your clients’ success.

Here are some examples of areas of expertise you will master to help your clients:

1. The history and evolution of Exercise and Sport Psychologists (ESP)
2. The psychological aspects of personality and character, defined by states and traits.
3. The influence of one’s mind on actions used to express their character or personality and to present one’s states and traits.
4. The positive attributes of sport that support healthy mental and emotional cognition
5. The determinants of success in players, specific sports, competition and even practice
6. The dynamics required to coach individuals versus groups and the factors that support positive flow for either situation
7. Psychological Skills Training – the cornerstone of all great Exercise and Sport Psychologists (ESP) coaching; this includes everything from developing vision with imagery to the control of athlete/player/client arousal and anxiety levels
8. Understanding motivation, self-determination and initiative – including the use of proper feedback techniques for different stages of readiness

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This Sports Psychology Coaching program complements other fitness and coaching certifications by rounding out your knowledge of human potential and mental training.

Get ready to take your career to the highest level by mastering the latest cutting edge sports psychology strategies and techniques.

What are my career options? How will I make a living with this credential?

The great thing about being a Certified Sport Psychology Coach is that you have endless career and business opportunities. Some primary careers include coaching clients one-on-one in their home, your home, or your office. Many coaches coach in groups to help more people and earn more money per hour.

In addition, you can seek out alternative (and frequently very lucrative career opportunities) as a blogger, writer, podcast host, author, online content provider, online video host or publisher of digital education products. You can also offer your services online to individuals, small groups or large groups.

You can use fun online communication/collaboration platforms such as Skype or Zoom for your coaching services. You can become an expert for authority websites such as WebMD, eHow and Livestrong.  You can become a frequent expert guest on podcasts, radio shows, TV talk shows, news programs or in industry publications.

The list of opportunities is truly endless.  Nothing is holding you back. So, go make a difference today!

How will I get clients?

This is actually much easier than you may be thinking right now. Here are some examples: Facebook is an excellent resource. An account is free and building a fan page takes less than 5 minutes. You can advertise to very specific groups of people who want and need your services. Of course, you can also use Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, and your other favorite social media platforms.  It’s 100% FREE.

Create and post a press release about your business launch. It’s simple and free to syndicate your press releases across the web. Creating a blog for your business is very fast and essentially free. We have resources for your online marketing needs here. You can make training/coaching videos and post them to Youtube. When you offer this valuable free help, people get to know you and learn to like you. In return, they want to know more and they are directed back to your Facebook fan page or blog for details.

And, you can post your videos to all video sites for an even greater reach. Adding your business to Yelp is also a great idea.  It gets ranked high on Google which makes your job even easier. Make sure you also add your business profile to Google Local.  That’s another free and easy way to get clients.

As for off-line client-getting strategies, you can do any of the following: attend local charity events, speak at community events, do a lunch-and-learn at a local business, volunteer for a local charity, distribute door hangers, post flyers, add a graphic/banner to your car, and the list goes on and on.

Once you get started, you’ll see how easy it is to do.  Now that you know what you need to do, you just need to implement and the clients will come in on a regular basis.