2024 Virtual Content

Recordings of the sessions listed below will be available in late November. All in-person and virtual registrants will have access to the recordings through April 30, 2025.

Those who choose the virtual option are eligible for 12 AASP CE credits. APA credit is not available to virtual registrants.

 

The following sessions are available to those who register for the virtual option:

Keynote Sessions

• Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap in Sport and Performance Psychology
  Mustafa Sarkar, Nottingham Trent University
• How Diverse Is Diversity? Difference as Cultural Praxis
  Tatiana Ryba, University of Jyväskylä & R. Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi (Ramel Smith), USOPC
• Performance Excellence Interview & Award Presentation 
  Forrest Griffin, UFC Hall of Famer & Vice President, Athlete Development
  Moderated by: Robert Owens, Resolute Performance
• Game Changing: Applying Performance Psychology in Corporate Settings
  Robert Castillo, Castle Corp Consultin/SAIC; Adam Naylor, Deloitte; Angela Winter, HigherEchelon
• Coleman Griffith Lecture - Integration of the Science and Practice of Sport Mental Performance: Revisiting, Rethinking, and Reimagining
  Graig Chow, University of California, Berkeley
• Presidential Address: We Are AASP
  Brandonn Harris, Georgia Southern University

Featured Sessions

• Burt Giges Workshop
• Five Slides in Five Minutes: Context for Consulting within the Performing Arts Domains (presented by the Performing Arts SIG)
  Jason Shafer, Colorado Symphony and University of Northern Colorad; Anna Bomber, Bomber Performance Consulting, LLC; Brad Donohue, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Nikola Milin, Private Practice, Latent Knowledge; Arianna Shimits, Self Employed; Mitch DeSimone, United States Military Academy at West Point
• Student Panel - The Winning Hand: Sport & Performance Psychology Career Pathways for Master’s Degrees
  Christian Smith, IMG; Andrea Fuchs, Detroit Tigers; Shameema Yousuf, Empower2Perform; Brett Sandwick, 1st Special Forces Group/ Elite Mentality; Amber Shipherd, Texas A&M University - Kingsville / Next Level Mind Consulting

Panel: Collegiate Sport
Theories of Performance Excellence in Support of Clinical Practitioners Navigating Performance Culture
Natalie Léger, Synergistic Solutions/The Collective Edge; Angel Brutus, USOPC; Aaron Goodson, Duke University; Brittany Collins, University of Louisville Athletics/Developing Me! Counseling & Consulting, LLC

Panel: Teaching
“Living the Dream”: Navigating Academia’s “Say Yes” Mentality 
Hannah Bennett, Augusta University; Caitlyn Hauff, University of South Alabama; Sara Powell, California State University, Monterey Bay

Panel: Youth Sport
Professional Children: A Panel on Navigating Elite Youth Athletics as a Mental Performance Consultant
Robert Looney, Boston University; Roger Parrino Jr, University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology; Emma Whall, Boston University; JJ Tarango, Boston University

Panel: Tactical Populations
What’s Your 1%? Integrated and Workshop Specialists’ Experiences Doing Mental Performance Work in Tactical Populations
Katy Tran Turner; Stephanie Zavilla, Winter Park Competition Center; Lindsey Deppen, O2X Human Perfomance; Kelli Kehoe, O2X Human Performance; Tim Bayley

Panel: Professional Issues & Ethics
Keeping It All In The Family? Exploring the Influence of Social Network Preference Within the Field of Applied Sport Psychology
Dan Abroms, Arete Performance; Brian Hite, Begin Again Performance Psychology; Sarah Forsythe, Redefine Performance; Victoria Bradshaw, California Polytechnic State University

Panel: Elite/Pro Sport
Theming as a Tool to Develop and Sustain Season-Long Team Culture
Marc Cormier, University of Kentucky; Wade Gilbert, California State University, Fresno; Darren Holder, Coaching Better; Traci Statler, Philadelphia Phillies

Symposium: Exercise/Health/Fitness
Being Seen: Curating Culturally Responsive Spaces for Black Women in Sport & Exercise
Leeja Carter, Coalition for Food and Health Equity; Keri Kirk, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Brittany Collins, University of Louisville Athletics/Developing Me! Counseling & Consulting, LLC; Kensa Gunter, Gunter Psychological Services, LLC

Symposium: Consulting & Interventions
The Full House Approach: Integrating Mental Assessments into Applied Sport Psychology Settings
Duncan Simpson, IMG Academy; Phillip Post, New Mexico State University; Christian Smith, IMG Academy; Lindsey Hamilton, IMG Academy

Symposium: Olympic Sport, International, and Global Perspectives
What the Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool-1 (SMHAT-1) Has Taught Us
Karen Cogan, USOPC, Mike Clark, USOPC; R. Kweku Smith, USOPC; Sean McCann, USOPC; Lexi Swenson, USOPC

Lecture Session: Elite/Pro Sport

• Golf Pre- and Post-Shot Routines: Implementing a Three-Step Framework
  Noah Sachs, Noah Sachs Performance
• Exploring Professional Female Ice Hockey Players’ Perceptions of Being Dual Career Athletes
  Christiana R. Colizza, McGill University; Gordon A. Bloom, McGill University; Todd M. Loughead, University of Windsor
• Shared Zones of Optimal Functioning: Psychophysiological Evidence Supporting “In the Zone” States in Teams 
  Edson Filho, Boston University; Roos van Velthoven, University of Central Lancashire
• Football Stories and Coaching Futures: Two Black Former NFL Players Personalized Goals
  Jason Jones, Winston-Salem State University; Jason Jones, Winston-Salem State University; Scott Brooks, Arizona State University; Cedric Spain, Morehouse College
• Disrupting the Norm: Investigating the Use of Planned Disruptions among Elite Olympic Weightlifting Coaches
  Kelsey Kinnamon, Florida State University; William Bean, Florida State University