TedPerformance
your mind is your greatest ally

Ted’s experience and teaching encouraged me to reframe my mindset going into Ironman World Championships. Ted’s ability to work with athletes on overcoming mental obstacles and improve their mindset is amazing. Myself and my athletes have increased confidence after individual sessions with Ted prior to “A” races. Sport psychology is critical to an athlete’s success and through Ted’s extensive personal experience and education he is able to tap into the mindset an athlete needs to succeed.

We were fortunate to find Ted. Once a player reaches the advanced skill level needed to play varsity golf, the game becomes 95% mental. Ted began working with the team once a week during the season. He helped the players focus, visualize, and control their emotions. They became better at recognizing their thoughts and feelings, and learned ways to better control and channel their emotions. We started to see that all the members began to contribute to each match and it became a team effort versus individual efforts. I strongly believe that we would not have advanced as far as we did without Ted.

Ted’s work with our sons totally complimented their school coach’s workouts and team’s plans. Ted’s conversations allowed them to reflect on the race that just happened, how their strategy played out, how they adapted to flow and the competition, and how they perceived their effort in that moment. They discussed upcoming events and explored opportunities to be attentive to the race’s unfolding dynamics, take risks at key openings, and sustain a focused mind. As an athlete, Ted’s knowledge ranges widely, including the benefits of sleep, breathing techniques, mindfulness preparation, the value of pre-race routines and warm-up, and the benefits of strong connections to teammates. I saw a renewed joy of running in our sons. I believe that with Ted’s guidance, they were able to bring all the elements together: pride in consistent training, peak experiences with friends, personal records, team responsibilities and a positive, self-directed outlook.

Ted played an integral role in the success of these swimmers and the group as a whole. You could see the swimmers were better able to keep themselves in the present at swim meets and practice, managed success and failure better, brought strong mental toughness and self-confidence to races, practice and school. In addition, working with Ted influenced and enhanced my own coaching, as I learned better ways to bring mental skills into practice. This improved the quality of work at practice and strengthened the team’s cohesiveness.

If you have the chance to work with Ted. whether individually or as a team, DO IT!!! Why not develop the mental skills in yourself and in the athletes you coach. If you coach, working with Ted will enhance your own coaching.

Ted definitely changed the trajectory of my athletic career. Being completely honest, the first time I ever met Ted, I broke down crying about 3 minutes into the conversation. He remained professional and supportive, and I felt like I was in a very safe space. This remained true through all of our meetings. He was good at listening and helping me work through my struggles. I came to Ted because I’d struggled with a plateau in my times, in my training, and in my goals. I wasn’t enjoying my sport anymore, and suffered from some pre-race anxiety. I’d been neglecting the mental aspect of swimming (arguably equally as important). My coach hadn’t been supportive in the ways I needed, but Ted helped fill the gap. He was flexible and helpful. He was open to multiple approaches, and gave me a lot of options. I really felt like I was in control of the process, but he was there to help me out, make suggestions, and guide me along. He would follow up our meetings with additional readings or videos to help me out. I began practicing mindfulness in more of my daily life, and he gave me specific tips and tricks to deal with racing and anxiety. I gained some lifelong skills for dealing with and working through negative thoughts and anxiety.
Thank you Ted for all your help. I’m absolutely loving my sport and racing again.

Ted helped me to learn mental performance techniques that enabled me to achieve all the goals I set for the races, so I stopped coming away disappointed in my performance – that helped me grow my racing confidence significantly. Simply put whether my goals were to win or simply to finish, the techniques worked! I no longer risk coming away disappointed in my performance. Many of these techniques are also applicable off the bike, so I’ve grown in confidence in general too, a real bonus!

What sets Ted apart from other performance(psychologists, coaches, etc.) I have worked with is that he recognizes that one size never fits all. As cliche as this may sound, many people do not adapt their methods to their clients, instead, they adapt the clients to the methods, regardless of the outcome. Ted is flexible and tries alternative methods if a particular technique does not work for an individual. It is this quality that sets him apart and brings results.