The Freshman Foundation® Podcast

The Freshman Foundation Episode 02: Lindsey Hamilton, Head of Mental Conditioning, IMG Academy

Episode Summary

Interview with Lindsey Hamilton, Head of Mental Conditioning at IMG Academy

Episode Notes

Lindsey Hamilton is the Head of Mental Conditioning at IMG Academy where she leads, develops, and facilitates a team of 12 mental conditioning coaches that oversees the mental skills development of over 1,100 middle school and high school aged student-athletes across eight sports. She also leads the IMG Institute through developing and delivering high performance mindset training to executive level business professionals and corporate teams interested in optimizing leadership and enhancing organizational excellence.

In her work with athletes and performers, Lindsey is responsible for the assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of mental programming and effectiveness for multiple teams and groups on a weekly basis. Through psychoeducational topics, on-field skill training, perceptual-cognitive training, as well as support on the field or court, her focus is on applying mental skills and cultural standards in representative environments to help people and teams achieve their goals, both on the field and off.

In this episode of The Freshman Foundation podcast, Mike and Lindsey discuss a number of really interesting topics:

• Her experiences as a high-level high school and college athlete and how she applies those experiences in her work with elite youth athletes.
• How she dealt with a severe knee injury that ended her college soccer career.
• What she observes in high school student athletes navigating the recruiting process, including how social media impacts college choices.
• How IMG Academy delivers mental skills training to elite high school athletes both in individual and group settings.
• What are the most important skills for a high school athlete to develop prior to transitioning into collegiate athletics.