Optimizing Physical and Coaching Performance

This session will explore the critical role of parents in facilitating athletes’ motivation, perceived competence, and subsequent performance in sport. Further, this session will examine the importance of parent-coach interactions in ensuring parents are best involved in sport. Strategies for enhancing parent-coach interactions and facilitating the development of support relationships will be shared.

Athletes and coaches in elite sports share exceptional dedication, commitment and drive in order to achieve and deliver high-level of performances. Combining contemporary theories of motivation as well as two decades of sport psychology consulting experience, Dr. Lemyre will present a dynamic approach to sustainable motivation for elite athletes and coaches. Examples will be used to highlight the complex environment of elite sports and the opportunities for motivational interventions to promote optimal performance and prevent risks for exhaustion and other debilitating states in athletes and coaches.