IMG Academy

IMG Academy

Mental Performance Coach

IMG Academy - Part Time
Athletic Director · Any Sport - Coach · Coach
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About IMG Academy
Named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation in 2024, IMG Academy is the world's leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future, preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for all student-athletes through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:

  • Boarding school and camps, via a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Fla.
  • Online coaching via the IMG Academy+ brand, with a focus on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
  • Online college recruiting, via the NCSA brand, providing content, tools, coaching and access to a network of 40,000 college coaches


Position Summary:

 

The part-time, remote Mental Performance Coach creates and delivers 1:1 online sessions with student-athletes that participate in the IMG Academy+ program, with the potential inclusion of group coaching responsibilities to a wider student-athlete audience. The Mental Performance Coach develops and delivers practical, educational, engaging, and age/developmentally appropriate mental performance training in a 1:1 virtual setting to individuals across a variety of ages and sports based on their unique needs and goals. This position will assume and manage a student athlete load of a minimum of 20 (each to receive 3hrs of coaching/month over 4 weekly 40 minute sessions) + conduct a monthly parent session (approx. 20 mins) with parent(s) of each student athlete and complete appropriate administrative tasks including, but not limited to, client communication, session scheduling, note taking, and session tracking.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Availability for weekly sessions with all clients, being flexible to accommodate fluid schedules including nights and weekends in the service of individual clients or group delivery
  • Interest in providing expertise for product development meetings and feedback sessions
  • Master’s degree in Sport Psychology or a related field
  • AASP Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC)
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and motivational skills
  • Understanding of latest research in the field of mindset coaching  
  • Experience in group or individual mental performance coaching 
  • Strong ability to connect with youth athletes
  • Strong time management, adaptability, and flexibility
  • Being open and responsive to feedback. 

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with virtual/remote coaching 
  • Experience working with a youth population  
  • Experience as an athlete or coach  
  • Multi-lingual 


Background Requirements:

  • Requires a background check upon offer

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 

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