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"DON'T PRACTICE TILL YOU GET IT RIGHT ... PRACTICE TILL YOU CAN'T GET IT WRONG."

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

PERFORMING WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND THE STADIUM'S PACKED..

FEAR OF FAILURE AND PERFORMANCE ANXIETY: FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Pressure expectations are something we all deal with in our everyday lives. Coaches expect performance issues on gameday; teachers expect situations in the classroom; our children expect us to fulfill our obligations to family and community; and finally, our manager sets daily expectations for job performance.  Preparation is part of the puzzle.  

A detailed plan of preparation will certainly lay the groundwork to successfully perform the task at hand.  


Practice makes perfect!  "Only perfect practice makes perfect” were words uttered by the great Green Bay Packers coach, Vince Lombardi.  Fundamentals and mechanics practiced properly on a repetitive basis establishes muscle memory instrumental in athletic success ... right?  We’ve all seen it before: game on the line, five seconds left, 65,000 screaming fans, a 35-yard field goal attempt looming, and a chance to be the hero or the GOAT.  Why do some kickers rise to the occasion while others totally "choke"?  


Nobody enters the game with a desire to fail, but their mental preparation in the moments just prior to their task profoundly dictate their success or failure.  How can we overcome fears and anxiety that plague us during our most intense moments?  

THE MENTAL APPROACH TO SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Football kicker psychologist

MEET GREG CHERTOK ... "MASTER MECHANIC OF THE MIND!"

We’re super proud of our affiliation with Greg and we’ve had a wonderful relationship that benefited many budding kicking athletes. 


Greg Chertok, - AASP-CC, M.Ed. is the Director of Mental Training at Courtsense, a high-performance junior tennis academy in Bergen County, NJ.  Greg currently holds academic appointments with the Departments of Psychology at Dominican College in Orangeburg, NY and Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ.  He’s the founder of Chertock Performance Consulting based in New York.   


Greg’s given seminars and workshops to coaches, parents, youth, professional athletes, Super Bowl Champions, Stanley Cup participants, Junior Olympians as well as Olympic athletes from every walk of life.  He’s presented at pre-NFL combine training sessions, the USA Hockey Coaches Convention, Englewood Hospital's Pediatric Department, DAANJ (The Directors of Athletics Association of NJ) Annual Conference, sports medicine symposiums, and sport psychology conferences at the regional and national levels.  


Greg is a captain of the psyching team for the New York City Marathon, as well as being an expert media source for Reuters, ESPN.com, the Wall Street Journal, Sporting Kid magazine, and Muscle & Fitness, among others. Greg received his BA in Psychology at Tufts University, and his M.Ed in Counseling, specializing in Sports and Exercise Psychology at Boston University in 2007. At Tufts, he captained the baseball team and finished his career as an ESPN Magazine Academic Regional All-American and a New England college All-Star.  He currently co-owns and operates a youth summer sports academy called Pitch by Pitch Baseball with sports camps in New York.  


Lastly, he’s a certified consultant through the Association for Applied Sports Psychology as well as a personal fitness trainer.


Click on Greg’s image to advance directly to his website.

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