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Bill Cole, IMGCA President and FounderIMGCA Membership benefits Read this special message from the IMGCA Founder and President, Bill Cole, MS, MA. 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 the world's first mental game coaching membership organization, created January 1, 2006, and is the only national or international mental game coaching membership organization in the world today.

ADVANCED STANDING CERTIFICATION CREDIT FOR DEGREES AND WORK / CHALLENGE EXAMS FOR FAST TRACK CERTIFICATION

IMGCA offers advanced standing for holders of non-IMGCA certifications. If you hold a certification in fields similar to psychology or education, and others, IMGCA will explore the options for advanced standing with you. Certifications in hypnosis, NLP or other similar areas usually qualify also. You can instead or also choose to take a challenge exam to pass any IMGCA certification level. You would simply pay the appropriate fees and take the exam. You would immediately have full 24-7 access to all materials in the IMGCA Private Back Room, and you would completely bypass any classes, homework and fieldwork. When you pass the challenge exam, you would be certified at that particular level, and you’d enjoy all 33 IMGCA Certification Benefits.

CERTIFICATION TESTIMONIALS

Armand Benjamin MD

"I highly recommend Bill Cole if you want to learn the skills of teaching peak performance skills or get coached yourself. I am a board-certified psychiatrist, and elite track coach, with an MA in exercise physiology and found Bill's teachings to be highly practical and relevant. He also has a wonderful style about meeting you where you are and helping you advance quickly. His experience, which he gladly shares, is second to none!"

Armand Benjamin, MD
Level I IMGCA Certified Mental Game Instructor
Physician at Ventura County Behavioral Health Department,
Ventura, California


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Jan Moravec

"My IMGCA certification training program with Bill Cole has been the best teacher-student experience I've ever had. Bill is always full of energy, in good humor and above all a repository of important, vital information. It is absolutely unbelievable how he can answer every question, illustrated with a specific, pertinent example from his teaching, coaching, consulting or playing experiences, and tell stories about the material with any sport. Working with Bill is invigorating, inspiring and exciting. I always looked forward to each session and left feeling uplifted and full of energy. Bill got me in the "zone" in each class."

Bc. Jan Moravec, DiS.
The Czech Republic

  Jane Bahou, MA, LMFT

"Bill Cole has continually been at the forefront of a transformative movement in sport and performance. He is a pioneer who has enthusiastically promoted and personally expanded the mental game field with effective processes and indispensable articles. And so, it is truly a privilege to be recognized as a mental game coach by such a respected and prominent leader in the field. Bill has amassed a wealth of information and valuable, usable resources. He instructs fluidly - sharing material, answering questions, and guiding towards understanding. Not only did Bill teach me with a straight-forward and tangible approach, he is a warm, immensely encouraging, and accessible instructor.”

Jane Bahou, MA, LMFT
Level I IMGCA Certified Mental Game Instructor


John Kim

"Many people refer to the famed NBA Coach Phil Jackson as the 'Zen Master' of basketball due to his unique values and qualities. I view IMGCA President and Founder Bill Cole in the same light due to his qualities as a human being, teacher, mentor, and coach. His wisdom, calm demeanor, great listening skills, and instruction were second to none! I would come out of each IMGCA training session with valuable takeaways that I could apply immediately in my own life and for my clients.”

John Kim, MBA
Level I Mental Game Instructor
Los Angeles, California

IMGCA CERTIFIED TENNIS PSYCHOLOGY COACH

 

IMGCA CERTIFIED GOLF PSYCHOLOGY COACH

The IMGCA Certified Tennis Psychology Coach Program is a highly specialized certification for individuals wishing to learn an in-depth set of learning and performance tools they can use in coaching juniors and adults in tennis. This tennis psychology training program is for tennis players wanting to teach and coach others, for teaching professionals in tennis wishing to add a new specialization, and for high school and college tennis coaches wishing to add more in-depth knowledge and capabilities in tennis psychology.
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The program was designed by, and is conducted by Bill Cole, MS, MA, one of the world’s leading mental game coaches. Bill has an extensive background in tennis psychology, having traveled the world coaching some of the world’s top ranked tennis professionals. Bill was the Sport Psychology Coach for the Israeli Davis Cup Team. He’s coached at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, Davis Cup and other professional events. Bill has been the mental game coach to professional tennis players who have had wins over Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick and Michael Chang. Content in this program is taken from the larger IMGCA curriculum as well as from Bill Cole's book, The Mental Game Of Tennis.

 

The IMGCA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Program is a highly specialized certification for individuals wishing to learn an in-depth set of learning and performance tools they can use in coaching juniors and adults in golf. This golf psychology training program is for golfers wanting to teach and coach others, for teaching professionals in golf wishing to add a new specialization, and for high school and college golf coaches wishing to add more in-depth knowledge and capabilities in golf psychology. Content in this program is taken from the larger IMGCA curriculum as well as from Bill Cole's book, The Mental Game Of Golf.
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In golf, Bill has been the mental game coach to men and women College All-Americans, and players who have competed on both men’s PGA Tour and women’s LPGA Tour, World Junior Golf Championships and the US Open Championships. One player he coached finished in the top 10 on the 2008 Duramed Futures Women’s Professional Golf Tour. He's coached a player who won the Golf Channel Am Tour Nationals. He has coached members of the collegiate golf teams, including San Jose State, Cal Berkeley and Stanford University, and in the 1980's Bill was the Golf Psychology Advisor to the Cal State Fullerton Men's Golf Program.

IMGCA CERTIFICATION

IMGCA Mental Game Coaching ProcessGet The Competitive Professional Edge!

The International Mental Game Coaching Association certifies individuals at four levels as a Certified Mental Game Practitioner. IMGCA also offers specialized certification training programs in Golf and Tennis. The IMGCA courses of study include academic work and fieldwork, written work and a final project or examination. Candidates can earn the right to call themselves IMGCA Certified and display the IMGCA certification logo at their level and type of certification. The IMGCA certification training process takes place by live video and via the web. Certification students and graduates have immediate and ongoing access to our vast private backroom archive including over 120 hours of recorded audio teleclasses, a library of over 500 videos, numerous assessments and hundreds of pages of content. Here a list of 15 compelling ways IMGCA certification can give you that special edge (opens in new window - please close that window when finished).

IMGCA ACCREDITATION

 

THE WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION OF MENTAL GAME ARTICLES

IMGCA Accreditation

The International Mental Game Coaching Association now offers accreditation to organizations, businesses and programs that have mental game training, mental game content, or a mental game vision of high excellence, best practices and professional standards.

 

The IMGCA has archived 600-plus articles over 70 topics, covering the psychology of virtually every sport, to additional in-depth topics such as the mental game of youth sports, mental toughness, sports psychiatry, peak performance, the philosophy of sport, human performance, motor learning, teaching, ethics, mind-body disciplines, parents in sport, sport in society, sport and spirituality, sportsmanship, stress management, the zone, and much more. We are continuously adding categories and articles on a regular basis.

 
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