Available Trainings and Presentations
Endurance – A Sports & Psychology Center, Inc. provides outdoor adventures and travel, sports training, and psychotherapy for children, adults and families. Our goal is to enhance your well-being and encourage life-long positive habits and skills.
We offer trainings provided by qualified staff on a regular basis. You may select one or more trainings to suit the needs of your organization or group.
Please contact Cory Nyamora, Psy.D. – endurancesportspsychology@gmail.com – 510-981-1471 for more information and to schedule a training.
Title: Improve your sports performance: a mental training and mindfulness workshop for young athletes (2 hours)
Description: This workshop will focus on ways to improve your sports performance by improving your mental game. It will address strategies to overcome barriers to optimal sports performance and present practical techniques to help you perform at your highest level, while balancing and enjoying your life. You will learn the tools that many professional and successful athletes use to perform their best while living a healthy and happy life.
Who will benefit from this training?
High School Athletes
Young athletes who aspire to be professional athletes
College Athletes
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, you will be able to:
Understand the connection between what you think and how you perform
Recognize obstacles and self-sabotaging behaviors and thoughts
Identify a variety of mental skills and tools to help improve your sports performance
Use practical tools and mindfulness skills to reduce anxiety, pressure and stress
Improve communication with parents, coaches, and other athletes
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Supporting your child’s athletic career (2 hours)
Description: This workshop will focus on the common stressors that young athletes and parents of athletes face. There will be practical tips and guidelines on how to support your children and help them (and yourselves) manage the busy schedules that your family may face. It will also address some of the common mental health conditions that may occur for athletes, as well as ways to alleviate some of these challenges. We will also explore the negative and positive impact that sports can have on your child’s mental health and suggest concrete strategies to build a positive home environment and sports culture for young athletes.
Who will benefit from this training?
Parents of school aged athletes
Parents of children who want to be professional athletes
Parents of children who want to play college sports
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, you will be able to:
Identify common stressors and risks that athletes face in attaining high goals
Utilize practical tips to help your child reach their athletic goals with while maintaining positive mental and physical health
Understand the tools that can reduce anxiety, stress and depression in athletes
Create a healthy balanced family environment and culture
Help your child live well, perform with excellence and enjoy what they are doing
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: How to overcome a poor race performance (1 hour)
Description: This course will focus on strategies to get over poor performance on a race or competition. It will focus on common issues that come up after a poor race performance and strategies to improve on future race performances.
Who will benefit from this training?
Runners, Triathletes and Endurance Athletes
Coaches
Other competitive and recreational athletes
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Identify the common reactions to a poor race performance
Differentiate between common reactions and those reactions that may need psychological intervention and support
Identify and implement the use of practical and effective tips to overcome poor race performances and perform better in the future
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Kenyan Running Culture (1 hour 15 minutes)
Description: This training will focus on the five components that make Kenyans such great runners and ways that you can implement some of these components in your own training. We will also present details on an opportunity for runners to travel to Kenya to run an international marathon/half marathon and to train with and learn from Kenyan runners.
Who will benefit from this training?
Runners and Triathletes
Endurance Athletes
Those interested in Kenyan running culture
Those who want to travel to Kenya
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Identify the five components that make Kenyans such great runners
Begin to incorporate the running components in their own running lives
Understand the opportunities available to travel and run in Kenya
Appreciate the beauty and culture in Kenya
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Mental Skills for Optimal Sports Performance (1.5 hours)
Description: This course will focus on ways to improve your sports performance by improving your mental game. It will address strategies to overcome barriers to optimal sports performance and present practical techniques to help you perform at your highest level.
Who will benefit from this training?
Runners and Triathletes
Endurance Athletes
Competitive and recreational athletes
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Understand the connection between what we think and how we perform
Identify and overcome obstacles and self-sabotaging behaviors and thoughts
Identify a variety of mental skills, tools and tricks to help improve sports performance
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Run Like a Kenyan…In Kenya (1 hour)
Description: Come and learn about a unique opportunity to travel with Endurance - A Sports & Psychology Center, Inc.’s Run Like a Kenyan…In Kenya program. This program takes travelers on a guided trip to Kenya to experience the rich culture and running traditions there. The package includes excellent accommodations, most meals, and unique guided sightseeing tours in Kenya. We visit urban hubs of contemporary culture and international business, world-class wildlife reserves and parks, five star coastal regions and quiet rural running towns. Participants have the option of running in a half-marathon or marathon and optional training components are available prior to traveling to Kenya. Serious runners will also have the opportunity to run with and train with the Kenyans in Kenya.
Who will benefit from this training?
Runners and Triathletes
Endurance Athletes
Those interested in Kenyan running culture
Corporations that want to include this trip as an incentive for top company employees
Those who want active travel to Kenya and Africa
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Know their options for traveling to Kenya
Decide if they want to travel to Kenya
Appreciate the beauty and culture in Kenya
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Sports and mental health: How to support athletes with mental health issues (1 hour)
Description: This course will focus on the common mental health conditions that athletes may face and ways that sports organizations, coaches and schools can support the athletes. It will also explore the negative and positive impact that sports can have on athletes’ mental health and suggest concrete strategies to build a positive sports culture for athletes experiencing mental health issues.
Who will benefit from this training?
Professional sports administrators, coaches and organizations
Collegiate and high school coaches and administrators
Other professional coaches
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Identify the common mental health issues athletes face
Identify athletes who are facing mental health concerns or at risk for this
Understand the role that sports can play in causing, as well as alleviating certain mental health conditions
Identify practical tips to help athletes with mental health challenges and create an environment and team culture that is supportive of these athletes
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Title: Using sports and psychology to improve the health of youth and families (1.5 hours)
Description: This presentation will focus on improving the physical and mental health of our youth, families and communities, providing tools for concrete and effective solutions to make positive changes in our communities.
Who will benefit from this training?
Parents and relatives with children struggling with getting more active
Community members
Youth programs
After school programs
Sports programs for youth
Churches
Athletes who want to support youth
Outcome Objectives: By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
Identify common barriers to physical activity and better mental health
Identify the main solutions to problems with inactivity
Understand the psychosocial, familial, individual and cultural issues that make it challenging to live active lives
Identify 10 effective steps to help our children and families improve their health
Presenter: Cory Nyamora, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Certified USATF (Track and Field) Coach & USAT (Triathlon) Coach
Please contact us at endurancesportspsychology@gmail.com for our list of other programs, or to request a specific training.
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