The BVIOC Athletes’ Commission is proud to present its first workshop. The free, 60 – 90 minutes virtual zoom session on Sports Psychology: “The Mental Approach to On-Field Success” will take place at 7:00pm on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 featuring Dr. Margaret Ottley Ph.D., M.S., M.A., B.A.; CMPC, FELLOW-AASP, a Trinidadian Native, who is one of the most sought after sports performance psychologist.
Dr. Ottley worked at 4 Olympics, 1 with USA Track and Field (’08), 2 with Trinidad (’04, ’12) where Team Trinidad won its most Olympic Medals to date, and Rio ’16 where she worked with individual athletes including Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad (TTO only medalist in ‘Rio). The discussion will be moderated by Kyron McMaster, the VI’s Commonwealth Gold Medalist, and IAAF Diamond League Champion in the 400mH.
Topics in the discussion include Visualization, Goal-setting, Building Confidence (Self-Talk Techniques), and Overcoming Mental Block with additional material provided for athletes to apply to training and competition. The workshop is designed to be interactive and to provide practical tools to manage the mental aspect of performance. It will help athletes learn useful techniques to prepare mentally for training and competition.
The workshop is open to all athletes, parents, and coaches who should register through the following link:
https://bit.ly/MentalZoom or via email sent to athletescommission@bviolympics.org.
