Courage Project Presents: 2024 Lake Tahoe Performance Summit

General Program Information:

Date: September 27, 2024
Location: Everline Resort & Spa Olympic Valley, CA
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM PT
Keynote Speaker: Keith Kaufman, Ph.D., CMPC Clinical & Sport Psychologist MSPE Institute

About the Summit: The 2024 Lake Tahoe Performance Summit will present a leading, evidence- informed approach for sport performance enhancement. A mindfulness-based mental training program for athletes and coaches, mindful sport performance enhancement (MSPE), will be introduced (Kaufman, Glass & Pineau, 2018). Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the theoretical and empirical basis of MSPE, factors relevant to its application across diverse populations and settings, as well as limitations of this research and future directions.

This interactive, experiential workshop will provide exposure to the educational content and mindfulness exercises that comprise MSPE. Participants will learn key strategies for integrating core mindfulness skills into practice, competition, and daily life. During a fully catered, working lunch, a moderated, multi-disciplinary panel will discuss factors related to sport performance from the sport science, coach, and athlete perspectives. Participants will also have the unique opportunity to gain hands-on, experiential instruction in MSPE concepts and practices via participation in a guided in-vivo, mindful yoga practice and a guided, mindful hike in the picturesque Olympic Valley. This workshop is offered at an introductory instructional level.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1) Explain the concept of mindfulness to athletes and coaches;
2) Articulate the practical and theoretical links between MBSR and MSPE;
3) Discuss the empirical basis for MSPE and limitations of current research;
4) Discuss best practices for adapting MSPE for diverse populations and settings;
5) Identify the performance facilitators targeted in MSPE;
6) Describe key strategies for integrating core mindfulness skills into practice, competition, and daily life;

About the Speaker: Dr. Keith A. Kaufman is a licensed psychologist and Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC®) with expertise in clinical and sport psychology. He received his B.A. in both Psychology and Exercise & Sport Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was the recipient of the Patrick F. Earey Award to the outstanding Exercise & Sport Science major in 2002. Dr. Kaufman obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2008 from Catholic University. He did his predoctoral internship at Virginia Tech where he trained under the Athletic Department’s sport psychologist and received the American College Counseling Association special commendation for meritorious service following the 2007 shootings. Dr. Kaufman remained involved at Catholic as a Research Associate for over a decade. He was the co-director of a sport psychology research lab in the Psychology Department, and taught an undergraduate Sport Psychology course.

His research centered on Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement (MSPE)®, the influential sport psychology program he co-developed. His MSPE work has now expanded with the establishment of the MSPE Institute in 2019 and his role as CEO. Dr. Kaufman has published numerous articles and chapters on MSPE, he is the lead author of Mindful Sport Performance Enhancement: Mental Training for Athletes and Coaches, and he co-hosts the Mindful Sport Performance Podcast. Dr. Kaufman is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and is Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Sport & Performance Psychology. He is a co- founder of the DC Psyching Team, providing on-site mental skills training to runners at Washington, DC’s Marine Corps Marathon, and is the team sport psychologist for London United Football Club.

Audience

The 2024 Performance Summit is intended for psychologists, other licensed mental health providers, graduate students, and other sport science professionals, coaches/athletic staff and athletes.

Registration Fees

$250 / per person / $150 Full-time student rate
$50 additional fee for continuing education (CE) credits – 6 Credits Available Catered lunch provided free of charge

Approval

Courage Project is pending approval by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Courage Project maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This 7-hour CE program includes a 1-hour break, a working lunch, and 2, 30-minute experiential exercises. 6.0 CE credit hours for psychologists are pending APA approval.

According to APA’s Standards and Criteria for Approval of Sponsors, only those persons who complete the program in its entirety may be awarded CE credits. Partial credit will not be given. Attendance will be monitored by sign in and sign out at the beginning and end of the workshop.

Courage Project will monitor attendance throughout the Summit. Submission of the Summit Evaluation Form is not required to receive CE credit. Courage Project will issue CE Certificates by email within seven days of program completion.

Accessibility Statement

Courage Project is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. If participants have special needs, we will make reasonable attempts to accommodate them upon request, consistent with ADA requirement. Please contact an officer of the Courage Project at 775.349.2499 or at info@courageproject.org to request any specific accommodations a minimum of 10 days in advance of the convention. Adaptive practices for experiential activities will be provided.

Refunds & Grievance Policy

Please address questions, concerns, and any complaints to Brie Moore at brie@courageproject.org or 775.349.2499. An administrative fee of $40 will be charged for cancellation of registration. Please note, no refunds will be granted after August 30, 2024.

Select References

Hut, M., Glass, C. R., Degnan, K. A., & Minkler, T. O. (2021). The effects of mindfulness training on mindfulness, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and performance satisfaction among female student-athletes: The moderating role of age. Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1, 75-82.

Hut, M., Minkler, T. O., Glass, C. R., Weppner, C. H., Thomas, H. M., & Flannery, C. B. (2023). A randomized controlled study of mindful sport performance enhancement and psychological skills training with collegiate track and field athletes. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 35, 284-306.

Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., & Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Minkler, T. O., Glass, C. R., & Hut, M. (2021). Mindfulness training for a college team: Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness from within an athletic department. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 33, 609-626.

Minkler, T. O., Zizzi, S. J., & Follmer, D. J. (in press). The role of readiness and dosage in predicting outcomes of a mindful sport performance enhancement intervention with U.S. college student-athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

There is no potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support for this program or its presenter. Dr. Kaufman has a financial interest in MSPE as a developer of the protocol and receives royalties from APA Books.

Summit Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 AM: Sign in, refreshments

8:30 – 9:00 AM: Mindful Yoga Flow (0.5 CE)

9:00 – 9:15 AM: Break

9:15 – 9:30 AM: Welcome & Agenda

9:30 – 11:00 AM: Brie A. Moore, Ph.D. (0.25 CE)

11:00 – 11:15 AM: Introduction to Mindfulness and Sport Performance

11:15 – 12:30 PM: Rationale and Theoretical Underpinnings (1.5 CE)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Break

1:30 – 1:45 PM: MSPE Evidence-Base, Limitations, and Practical Application

1:45 – 2:45 PM: Strategies for Generalizability (1.0 CE

2:45 – 3:00 PM. Break

3:00 – 3:30 PM: Mindful Hike (0.5 CE)

3:30 PM. End of Summit