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Jeff Troesch
About The Author
Jeff Troesch is a mental performance specialist with a storied career spent working alongside professional, elite amateur, and collegiate athletes and coaches.
An internationally-renowned expert in mental skills training and performance enhancement with nearly 40 years of experience, Troesch began his career as a consultant with the NBA. From there, he went on to assist the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball, the U.S. Soccer Federation, USA Track & Field, IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. and numerous touring golf and tennis pros. He also consulted in the development of the VS training system, a mobile brain training device that was piloted in several major sports organizations, including teams in the NBA, MLB, and the NFL.
At the collegiate level, Troesch has played an integral role in developing student-athletes at dozens of major universities, including UCLA, Cal, and Stanford. His contribution is wide-ranging and includes input into team building, ongoing team consultation, and individual athlete consultation regarding mental conditioning and performance enhancement, as well as coach consulting and development.
Troesch is also accomplished in cultivating talent in individual sports, particularly tennis, golf, and endurance sports. He oversaw a staff of mental trainers as Director of Sports Psychology for the IMG Academy in Florida where he was instrumental in the development of their mental conditioning program, after which eleven of his former clients rose to be ranked no. 1 in the world in either singles or doubles. As Director of Mental Training for David Leadbetter’s Golf Academies worldwide, Troesch helped to shape the development of the training programs and methodology that continues to produce golf champions around the world. Among his golf clients’ successes are winners on the PGA, LPGA, European, and Asian Tours. He has worked with multiple NCAA individual champions, was the mental consultant for the US Solheim Cup team in 2022 as well as having guided multiple winners of the US Amateur and US Women’s Amateur Championships.
An internationally-renowned expert in mental skills training and performance enhancement with nearly 40 years of experience, Troesch began his career as a consultant with the NBA. From there, he went on to assist the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball, the U.S. Soccer Federation, USA Track & Field, IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. and numerous touring golf and tennis pros. He also consulted in the development of the VS training system, a mobile brain training device that was piloted in several major sports organizations, including teams in the NBA, MLB, and the NFL.
At the collegiate level, Troesch has played an integral role in developing student-athletes at dozens of major universities, including UCLA, Cal, and Stanford. His contribution is wide-ranging and includes input into team building, ongoing team consultation, and individual athlete consultation regarding mental conditioning and performance enhancement, as well as coach consulting and development.
Troesch is also accomplished in cultivating talent in individual sports, particularly tennis, golf, and endurance sports. He oversaw a staff of mental trainers as Director of Sports Psychology for the IMG Academy in Florida where he was instrumental in the development of their mental conditioning program, after which eleven of his former clients rose to be ranked no. 1 in the world in either singles or doubles. As Director of Mental Training for David Leadbetter’s Golf Academies worldwide, Troesch helped to shape the development of the training programs and methodology that continues to produce golf champions around the world. Among his golf clients’ successes are winners on the PGA, LPGA, European, and Asian Tours. He has worked with multiple NCAA individual champions, was the mental consultant for the US Solheim Cup team in 2022 as well as having guided multiple winners of the US Amateur and US Women’s Amateur Championships.
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