Foundational Mental Skills
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Mental Skills · Since 1972
The mental skills framework behind Olympic gold.
Five decades of research and elite coaching, across four Olympic teams and 50+ Olympic athletes. A mental skills framework that holds across every sport, from age-group competition to the Olympic stage.
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Built on five decades of Olympic coaching
For competitive swimmers ages 11–14, ages 15+, and the coaches who train them. Written by Dr. Hogg, proven on Olympic pool decks.
Elite Mental Performance
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Complete Coaching Suite
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In development: General Performance Workbook for multi-sport athletes, and a Coaching Suite for sports beyond swimming.
The Mental Skills Piece
The framework behind consistent performance.
Dr. Hogg's framework addresses the eight fundamental mental skills every performer needs, drawn from five decades of work with athletes at every level from age-group to Olympic.
- 01Setting Up Your Mind
- 02Self-Awareness
- 03Goal Setting
- 04Managing Anxiety
- 05Positive Self-Talk
- 06Mental Imagery
- 07Attention Control
- 08Group Harmony
Trained well, the eight produce:
- Ideal Emotional States
- Ideal Performance States
Olympic Gold · Barcelona 1992
This workbook became my Bible. Without this book I do not believe I would have had the mental capacity to win at the Olympics.
Mark Tewksbury
Olympic Gold Medallist · 100m Backstroke · Barcelona 1992 · World Record Holder
About Dr. Hogg
Five decades at the frontier of sport & performance psychology.
Dr. John M. Hogg is a pioneer of sport and performance psychology in Canada. He led the Scottish and British National Swim Teams from 1967 to 1974, coached the Canadian Olympic Swim Team at the 1976 Montreal Games, and served as Professor at the University of Alberta from 1978 to 2003.
His first peer-reviewed publication appeared in 1973. He has since mentored 50+ Olympic athletes across four Olympic teams, including Wayne Gretzky and Mark Tewksbury, and was named British Coach of the Year in 1974 and received the Geoff Gowan Award in 2015.
The workbooks and related collection on this site are based on the mental performance framework he developed across those five decades.
About Dr. HoggSelected Publications
In Print Since 1973
- 2024 Chapter
Debriefing Sport Performance
Book chapter · Fostering Recovery and Well-being in a Healthy Lifestyle · Routledge
- 2026 Book
Mental Skills for Young Athletes, 2nd Edition
ISCA Publications · Roanoke, VA
- 1977 Book
Success in Swimming
John Murray Publishers · London, UK
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