Athletes and Sport: Flow State Coaches

Elite flow state coaches in the athletes and sport category. Open a profile to see each coach's approach, specialties and website.

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Jonathan Fries

Flowcess · Consultant

Executive and BusinessAthletes and Sport

Flowcess consultant specializing in leadership and executive development across business, education and athletics.

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Steven Kotler

Flow Research Collective · Executive Director

Executive and BusinessAthletes and Sport

Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective and bestselling author of The Rise of Superman and Stealing Fire, two of the defining books on flow and peak performance.

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Dr. Jim Loehr

Performance psychologist · Author

Athletes and SportExecutive and Business

World-renowned performance psychologist and co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, who has coached elite tennis players, PGA Tour professionals and top CEOs.

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Dr. Michael Gervais

Compete to Create · Co-founder · High performance psychologist

Athletes and SportCorporate Teams

High performance psychologist who has worked with the Seattle Seahawks, Olympians and Fortune 500 companies, and co-founded Compete to Create with Pete Carroll.

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George Mumford

Mindfulness and performance coach · Author of The Mindful Athlete

Athletes and SportMindfulness and Performance

Mindfulness and performance coach who worked with Phil Jackson's Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers championship teams, and author of The Mindful Athlete.

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Dr. Cameron Norsworthy

The Flow Centre · Founder and CEO · Flow coach and scientist

Athletes and SportExecutive and Business

Founder of the Flow Centre, known as The Flow Coach. A PhD researcher of flow who has coached world champion athletes and trained hundreds of coaches.

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Elena Sosa

The Flow Centre · Sports psychologist and coach trainer

Athletes and SportCoach Training

Sports psychologist and CoActive coach on the Flow Centre's training faculty, working with athletes, managers and artists since 2007.

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Jarred Brown

Terrigal, NSW · Mental performance and flow state coach for athletes

Athletes and Sport

Mental performance and flow state coach who works with professional athletes to activate flow state on demand through his Flow State Formula.

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Scott Weiss

PickleFlow Mindset · Founder · FRC Certified Performance Coach

Athletes and SportPickleball

Founder of PickleFlow Mindset and a certified Flow Research Collective Performance Coach applying flow science to pickleball and sport.

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Jake Boling

Whistler and Pemberton, BC · Mtn Performance, founder and lead coach

Athletes and SportExecutive and Business

Founder of Mtn Performance, a Flow Research Collective certified Performance Neuroscience Coach who coaches founders and executives through elite mountain sport.

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Simon McKenzie-Nickson

Second Summit Consulting · New Zealand · Peak Performance Architect

Executive and BusinessAthletes and Sport

Peak Performance Architect at Second Summit Consulting with PhD-level neuroscience expertise and Flow Research Collective flow coach training.

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Aluba Fénix

Vivid Imagination · Founder · Sport psychologist and leadership coach

Athletes and SportExecutive and Business

Founder of Vivid Imagination, a sport psychologist who began his career preparing athletes for competition and now coaches elite performers across high-pressure industries.

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Dr. Ellie Harper

United Kingdom · The Human Flow Psychologist

Athletes and SportPsychology

Known as the Human Flow Psychologist, offering a psychology and mental health approach built on a model of the mind and brain connected to the Flowcess framework.

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Matt Schollard

Full Send Coaching · Retired USAF Special Operations Pararescueman

Military and First RespondersAthletes and Sport

Retired USAF Special Operations Pararescueman and certified High-Flow Coach through the Flow Research Collective, coaching through Full Send Coaching.

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DonnaMarie Jurick

Vancouver, BC · High performance, flow and fear mastery coach

CreativesAthletes and Sport

High performance coach who guides professionals, speakers, performing artists and athletes to solve performance anxiety and master flow state and fear.

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Dr. Simona Pajaujiene

Lithuanian Sports University · Associate Professor · FlowCode Coach

Movement and BreathworkAthletes and Sport

Associate Professor at Lithuanian Sports University and a FlowCode Coach presenting the FlowCode method for coaching wellbeing through movement and breath.

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Dr. Susan Jackson

Brisbane, QLD · Performance psychologist · Flow Centre course facilitator

Athletes and SportFlow ResearchMindfulness and Performance

Registered sport psychologist who completed her PhD on flow in elite athletes, co-authored Flow in Sports with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and developed the Flow Scales used to measure flow.

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Martijn Leonard

Netherlands · Flow Centre Holland · CEO and professional football coach

Athletes and SportProfessional Football

Author on flow and professional football coach who played professionally for one of Holland's biggest football teams, founded the Next Talent football academy, and leads Flow Centre Holland.

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Jess Stout

Perth, WA · Flow to Flourish · Registered psychologist and Certified Flow Coach

Athletes and SportCreativesCorporate Teams

Registered psychologist with a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Melbourne and Flow Centre certification, whose practice lists elite athletes, performing artists, corporate leaders and the defence force among those she has worked with.

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Josh Alpert

Los Angeles, CA · Good Swings Happen · Founder and FlowCode Junior Golf Director

GolfJunior Player Development

PGA professional and FlowCode Golf Master Trainer who leads junior player development for FlowCode, founded the Good Swings Happen Junior Golf Academy in 2009, and was inducted into the California Golf Teaching and Coaching Hall of Fame in 2024.

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Adam Steinschifter

Niagara, ON · Lookout Point · Director of Instruction and FlowCode Master Coach

GolfMental Skills

PGA of Canada Class A Professional and FlowCode Master Coach who has coached multiple NCAA Division I and II scholarship athletes and served six years as head coach of the Niagara College Knights varsity golf team.

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Dr. Brent Hogarth

Vancouver, BC · Executive and performance coach · Registered clinical psychologist

Athletes and SportExecutive and BusinessMindfulness and Flow

Registered clinical psychologist whose doctorate examined mindfulness in high-flow-state athletes, and who served as head Peak Performance Coach at the Flow Research Collective, training corporate athletes and teams including Olympic and professional athletes.

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Dr. Gio Valiante

Rollins College · Fearless Golf Academy · Sport psychologist

GolfMental Game

Sport psychologist and author of Golf Flow and Fearless Golf whose players have earned more than 50 professional wins, including major champions on the PGA Tour.

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Dr. John Pates

Malvern, UK · Chartered sport psychologist · Tour golfers

GolfFlow-State Training

BPS Chartered Sport Psychologist who has worked on the PGA Tour since 2002 and served as psychologist at the 2014 Ryder Cup. His high-performance programmes explicitly include flow-state training.

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Dr. Michael Lardon

San Diego, CA · Sports psychiatrist · Olympic and professional athletes

Athletes and SportGolfFinding the Zone

Sports psychiatrist who researched the brain activity of elite athletes in the zone at UC San Diego and Scripps, and whose clients have won Olympic gold medals and major golf championships.

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Dr. Rebecca Williams

United Kingdom · Smart Climbing · Clinical psychologist and performance coach

Athletes and SportClimbing

Consultant clinical psychologist and performance coach who offers climbers coaching specifically to develop focus and flow, and author of Climb Smarter, a practical guide to mental skills training for climbing.

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Dr. Keith Kaufman

Washington, DC · Clinical psychologist · MSPE Institute CEO

Athletes and SportMindful Performance

Licensed clinical psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant who co-developed Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE), a mindfulness training evaluated with archers, golfers and long-distance runners that also examined flow in athletes.

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Dr. Christian Swann

Coffs Harbour, NSW · Southern Cross University · Professor and Open Goals Lab director

Athletes and SportFlow and Clutch Research

Professor at Southern Cross University and director of the Open Goals Lab, whose research examines how goals shape flow states and clutch performances in elite sport, and who consults to national and international organisations.

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Edgar Tham

Singapore · SportPsych Consulting · Founder and chief sport psychologist

Athletes and SportNational TeamsPeak Performance

Singapore's pioneer sport and performance psychologist, its first local sport psychologist in 1995 and founding head of the Singapore Sports Council's Sport Psychology Unit, and co-author of In the Zone: The Mindset for Peak Performance.

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Dr. Susan Houge Mackenzie

New Zealand · University of Otago · Flow researcher and consultant

Athletes and SportAdventure and Flow

University of Otago researcher who develops and applies flow theory to adventure tourism, sport and recreation, with applied projects including mental skill training workshops and mental skill training for youth athletes.

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Dr. Nate Zinsser

West Point · Director, Performance Psychology Program · Author of The Confident Mind

Military and First RespondersAthletes and SportExecutive and Business

Performance psychologist who has directed West Point's mental training program since 1992 and authored The Confident Mind. He consults to pro teams, the FBI Academy, and corporate groups on confidence and performance under pressure.

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O2X Human Performance

Founded by former Navy SEALs · Programs for military, federal agencies and public safety

Military and First RespondersCorporate TeamsTactical Performance

Human performance company founded by former Navy SEALs delivering science-backed programs to hundreds of public safety departments, federal agencies, and the military. Its Eat Sweat Thrive curriculum covers nutrition, conditioning, sleep, stress management, and resilience.

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Dr. Fergus Connolly

Performance coach and author · Pro teams, Special Operations units and Fortune 500

Military and First RespondersAthletes and SportCorporate Teams

Performance coach whose own site lists work with the San Francisco 49ers, Liverpool FC, Fortune 500 companies, and Special Forces units. Author of Game Changer and 59 Lessons.

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Dr. John Sullivan

Head of Psychology, High Performance Sport New Zealand · Author of The Brain Always Wins

Military and First RespondersAthletes and SportBrain-Based Performance

Clinical sport psychologist who served as Director of Sport Science and Head of Sport Psychology for the New England Patriots from 2000 to 2016 and as a subject-matter expert for DEVGRU. Author of The Brain Always Wins and The Brain Always Wins 2.

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Dr. Kirk Parsley

Performance physician · Sleep specialist · Retired Navy SEAL

Military and First RespondersSleep OptimizationExecutive and Business

Physician and retired Navy SEAL who served as Undersea Medical Officer at Naval Special Warfare Group One. He specializes in sleep optimization as a performance tool for elite operators, athletes, and C-level executives.

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Dr. Jim Afremow

Good to Gold Medal · Founder · Author of The Champion's Mind

Athletes and SportExecutive and BusinessMental Skills Coaching

Sport and performance psychologist and bestselling author of The Champion's Mind, The Leader's Mind, and The Creative's Mind. Former Peak Performance Coordinator with the San Francisco Giants and staff mental coach for two Olympic teams.

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Dr. Bob Rotella

Sport psychologist · Author of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect

GolfAthletes and SportChampion Mindset

Bestselling author of a dozen books including Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect and How Champions Think, and former Director of Sport Psychology at the University of Virginia. Consultant multiple times to the United States Ryder Cup Team.

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Dr. Alex Auerbach

Toronto Raptors · Director of Wellness and Development · Performance psychologist

Athletes and SportExecutive and BusinessPerformance Under Pressure

Performance psychologist with over fifteen years of experience and author of Called to Greatness. He has served as Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors and Director of Clinical and Sport Psychology for the University of Arizona.

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Exos

Founded by Mark Verstegen · Human performance coaching for athletes, military and workplaces

Corporate TeamsAthletes and SportMilitary and First Responders

High-performance coaching company founded by Mark Verstegen that applies the performance methodology used with elite athletes and military teams to the workplace. Built on mindset, nutrition, movement, and recovery.

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Dr. Torrie Higgins

Austin, TX · Flow Research Collective · Head Coach

Executive and BusinessAthletes and SportMilitary and First Responders

Flow Research Collective's Head Coach and a PhD performance psychologist who began her career training Army Special Operations aviators and has coached everyone from Everest and K2 mountaineers to Fortune 500 leaders.

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Marco Perciavalle

Los Angeles, CA · Perciavalle Method · Performance coach and hypnotherapist

CreativesAthletes and Sport

Los Angeles performance coach and hypnotherapist, and creator of the Perciavalle Method, who works with actors, musicians and athletes on mindset, presence and performing at their best. Author of Handbook for Spiritual Artists.

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