AgonMinds: Free-Flowing Converations with Athletes, Coaches, & Trainers | A New Approach to Sports I

AgonMinds: Free-Flowing Converations with Athletes, Coaches, & Trainers | A New Approach to Sports I


14-Dr Jesse Michel

June 25, 2014



Jesse Michel is a Master Resilience Trainer-Performance Expert for Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness, a program designed to integrate mental toughness and sport psychology principles into US Army training. Jesse has a Ph.D. in Sport and Exercise Psychology and Masters in Counseling from West Virginia University, a M.S. in Sport Psychology from Ithaca College, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego.  Over the past 10 years, he has worked with thousands of athletes and coaches across the country.  He utilizes the same scientifically proven strategies and techniques used by world-class performers to help soldiers, athletes,  and coaches reach their performance goals, improve consistency in performance, and gain a deeper understanding about how the most powerful tool we have, our mind, can impact our performance. Previous clients include coaches, athletes, and parents from youth, amateur, college, and professional sports, and he has worked extensively in baseball, softball, golf, and swimming.  Originally from the San Fernando Valley, an area just outside Los Angeles known as a hotbed for athletic talent, he has been fortunate enough to compete against, coach, and learn from some of the best athletes and performers in the world.