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The IMGCA Mission
The mission of the International Mental Game Coaching Association
is to advance the research, development, professionalism,
and growth of the discipline of mental game coaching worldwide.
The IMGCA was founded January 1, 2006 as an international
membership organization.
The IMGCA is comprised of individuals and institutions interested
in sports, movement, health and fitness. IMGCA members come
from all walks of life, and have varied backgrounds in sports,
coaching, teaching, consulting and the mental game. They are
professionals, students, parents, and interested observers
of the mental game.
IMGCA Overview
The IMGCA was the first international mental game coaching
membership organization, created January 1, 2006. It remains
the only international mental game coaching membership organization
in the world today. There are numerous opportunities to become
engaged in the IMGCA community. The IMGCA is the global leader
in advancing the growth of the mental game:
- IMGCA membership in five categories.
- Twenty-two IMGCA member benefits.
- IMGCA certification as a Mental Game Practitioner at
four levels.
- Fifteen Certified Mental Game Practitioner benefits.
- Specialized mental game forums.
- IMGCA honors, awards and recognition.
- IMGCA member directory.
- IMGCA Coach Finder.
- IMGCA Speakers Bureau.
- IMGCA Research projects.
- Special mental game articles for IMGCA members only.
- IMGCA publication, The International Mental Game Coaching
Journal.
- "Members In the News" section on the IMGCA web site.
- IMGCA meetings and symposiums.
- National, regional and state IMGCA chapters.
- Opportunities to become involved in IMGCA leadership.
The IMGCA Calls For Leaders
The IMGCA is actively seeking qualified, interested people
to be IMGCA leaders in their states, regions and countries.
The IMGCA is also seeking people to be on the IMGCA Advisory
Board.
Become Licensed as an IMGCA
Certification Trainer
The IMGCA welcomes inquiries from Mental Game Experts and
Level IV IMGCA Certified Mental Game Professional Coaches
who wish to become licensed trainers in the IMGCA Certification
training programs. For details, see How
To Become Licensed To Teach The IMGCA Certification Programs.
The IMGCA Calls For Publications
The IMGCA is actively seeking articles for its web site
and journal, The International Mental Game Coaching Journal.
These articles may be research-based, observational, clinical,
editorial, historical, or of any other type that would be
of interest to our members.
IMGCA Founder and President
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IMGCA President and founder Bill Cole, MS, MA. is an internationally
and nationally recognized peak performance mind coach, a Wall
Of Fame Honoree, an award-winning scholar-athlete and a published
book author with over 300 articles worldwide. He's coached
at the highest levels of major-league pro sports, big-time
college athletics and corporate America. Mr. Cole is also
the founder and CEO of Procoach
Systems, an international training, consulting and coaching
firm.
Mr. Cole was the first person in the world to be awarded a
Bachelor of Science (with honors) in Sport Psychology, from
The State University Of New York at Buffalo. As an undergraduate,
he was awarded the Albert Zeigler Award for academic excellence.
As a graduating senior, he won the Clifford R. Furnas Award
as a University Scholar-Athlete. He holds a Master of Science
in Physical Education with specialization in sport psychology
from California State University-Fullerton (1986). In his
last year he was inducted into Psi Chi, The National Honor
Society In Psychology. In 1997 he graduated from Santa Clara
University with a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology.
For 15 years Mr. Cole was on the faculty of four colleges
and universities across the US, as a teacher educator, master
teacher, stress management specialist, human development specialist
and physical education specialist. He holds a lifetime teaching
credential in physical education in California. Mr. Cole is
a member of The American College of Sports Medicine.
Mr. Cole was an NCAA Division I Head Coach at two west-coast
universities, and his teams competed against the best in the
nation, including Stanford, USC, UCLA, Purdue, Arizona, Washington,
Berkeley and others. As a private tennis coach, he taught
students who have earned hundreds of rankings and honors,
including State Championships, Sectional Championships, National
Championships and International Professional Championships.
For three years Mr. Cole was the Sport Psychology Coach for
the Israeli Davis Cup Team. He's been the mental game coach
to players on both the WTA Women's Professional Tennis Tour
and the ATP Men's Professional Tennis Tour. After hiring him
as their Mental Game Peak Performance coach, the Stanford
University Baseball Team reached the finals of the 2001 College
World Series.
Mr. Cole competed at the national level in tennis and badminton.
He reached the quarter finals of the US National Intercollegiate
Badminton Doubles Championships. He was a #1 high school tennis
team player and #1 college tennis team player and played in
hundreds of competitive events over a career of 15 years.
He was winner or finalist in 25 tennis tournaments and played
professional tennis in the 1970's. Mr. Cole has been successfully
helping sports and movement enthusiasts and professionals
improve their mental game for over 30 years. He has one of
the most extensive mental game backgrounds in the world.
"... an authority on sports psychology... He is one of the
top peak performance coaches in the country...Bill's peak
performance system helped us tremendously in our march to
reach the finals of the College World Series."
Stanford University Baseball Team
"...one of the top peak performance coaches on the ATP Pro
Tennis Tour."
Israeli Davis Cup Team
Mr. Cole conducts mental game coaching and training for individuals,
small groups, teams, associations and businesses. See Sport
Psychology Coaching on the Procoach Systems website for
information on fees, programs and availability. The Procoach
Systems website also offers a valuable 65-question
assessment tool at no charge to assist you in determining
what is getting in the way of your performing to your full
potential in your sport. It will help you discover your strengths
and weaknesses and provide you with a quick overview of where
you stand with your mental game.
IMGCA Advisory Board
The IMGCA Advisory Board is comprised of experts from around
the world. These top professionals are highly regarded leaders
in their field and offer their wisdom, expertise, and guidance
in making the IMGCA website the most accurate, informative,
and useful mental game resource available anywhere.
The Advisory Board is an international group of experts, chosen
by invitation only. The IMGCA specifically picked these individuals,
consisting of top coaches, teachers, consultants, researchers
and innovative thought leaders, to be part of our Advisory
Board because of their insight and leadership in the field.
This Advisory Board will be instrumental in developing thought
leadership and defining standards throughout the field. The
members of the IMGCA Advisory Board will assist the association
in defining strategic areas and in identifying future trends
in the discipline of the mental game. Each board member will
strategize with the IMGCA to provide valuable guidance on
the association's editorial agenda as well as on special projects,
issues and events.
We look forward to working closely with each one of them as
we strive to continue providing the most comprehensive and
pertinent information in the field. Forming an Advisory Board
with such a diverse group of industry leaders will help the
IMGCA continue to be at the forefront of thought leadership,
which is our promise to our members.
Advisory Board Members:
Bill Cole - Mental Game of Tennis Expert
Bill Cole is also the founder and president of IMGCA. See
his bio information above.
Rodney King - Mental Game of Martial Arts Expert
Rodney King is noted as a leading expert in functional martial
arts and performance coaching. Learn more about Rodney
King.
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