Teaching Track & Field Athletes the Skill of 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)

Wouldn't it be great to have your athletes totally dialed in, totally focused, race after race, event after event, meet after meet? In this presentation, Dr. Rick McGuire, a longtime NCAA Division-I Track and Field Coach and nationally recognized leader in Applied Sport Psychology, provides a clear and concise "how to" guide that will enable track & field 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 athletes' arsenals. McGuire identifies the "here and now" as the most critical time and place for your athletes to focus while performing.

McGuire teaches you how to lead your athletes to "buy in" and to develop a tough, unified "right here right now" mindset, ready to perform and 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 aspect of track & field a strength for your program.

Dr. McGuire is a gifted and passionate teacher. You will learn how implement a routine to teach your athletes how to get into their "zone" for peak performance no matter what event they are in. If you want your athletes to show up on meet day FOCUSED and ready to deliver their best, this powerful presentation is a must have!

82 minutes. 2012.