From the Whistle to the Snap: The Football Coach's Game Plan for Winning with Focus

with Dr. Rick McGuire,
University of Missouri Head Men's and Women's Track & Field Coach (1983- 2010);
his athletes' accomplishments included 143 All American recognitions, 110 conference champions, 29 USA National Team members, 7 NCAA Champions, setting 3 collegiate records, and 5 Olympians (2 Olympic Silver Medals);
Graduate Professor and Director of Sport Psychology (Missouri);
Founder and Director of the Missouri Institute for Positive Coaching;
Founder and former Chairman of the USA Track & Field Sport Psychology program;
On staff for 11 USATF National Teams, including the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games;
founding member of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) -AASP Fellow (2010);
USTFCCCA George Dales Award (2014);
University of Missouri's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame (2016);
Missouri Students Association Award for Outstanding Teaching;
College of Education's Pillar of Excellence Award for receiving the High Flyers Awards for Teaching Excellence for 15 consecutive years;
University of Missouri Alumni Association's Faculty-Alumni Award recipient (2010)

"The understandings and skills that are included in From the Whistle to the Snap are used by our players and coaches at every workout, every practice, every day!"
Gary Pinkel
University of Missouri Tigers Head Football Coach

Wouldn't it be great to have your players totally dialed in, totally focused, play after play, game after game? In this presentation, Dr. Rick McGuire, a longtime NCAA Division 1 Coach and nationally recognized leader in Applied Sport Psychology, provides a clear and concise "how to" guide that will enable Football Coaches at all levels to teach their players the SKILL of FOCUS!

McGuire will teach you that learning focusing skills is both a process and a practice. He takes you through a progressive 5-step process that will arm you to make focus a weapon in your team's arsenal. McGuire identifies that the most critical time a player and team benefit the most from the skill of focusing is the time from the whistle to the snap. This is the most critical time for your athletes and team to refocus for the next play.

McGuire teaches you how to lead your staff and team to "buy in" and to develop a tough, unified "right here right now" mindset, ready to perform totally focused. Dr. McGuire reinforces his concepts with sound foundations of sport psychology and proven professional methods. You will also learn how to implement this program to make the mental game of football a winning game for your program. Coach Gary Pinkel has implemented this successful program with his Missouri Tigers, and has seen firsthand the power that learning the skill of focus, from the whistle to the snap, brings to a team and staff.

Dr. McGuire is a gifted and passionate teacher! You will learn how implement a routine to teach your players how to get into their "zone" for peak performance on both an individual and team basis. If you want your athletes to show up on game day FOCUSED and ready to deliver their best every day, this powerful presentation is a must have!

153 minutes (2 video courses). 2012