st 1 Annual CPD SPORTS PERFORMANCE ACCREDITED PSYCHOLOGY SUMMIT - Unlocking peak performance through mental preparedness Date: 8 & 9 June 2016 Venue: Indaba Hotel, Fourways, Johannesburg CONFIRMED SPEAKER FACULTY GUEST Maxwell Fuzani Lucas Radebe SPEAKER Special Advisor to the Minister OPENING Former Bafana Bafana Captain DEPARTMENT OF SPORT AND ADDRESS SOUTH AFRICAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION RECREATION SOUTH AFRICA (SRSA) (SAFA) Clinton Gahwiler Prof. Leon van Niekerk Psychologist Associate Professor: Sport Psychology SPORTS SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE (SSISA) Eddie Ward Dr. Monja Human Sport Psychologist Counselling Psychologist (specialising in sport Team Psychologist to the South African Indoor and Field Archery and exercise psychology) Association’s Protea and National Archery Squad UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA LYNNWOOD PSYCHOLOGISTS HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRE Andrew Smith Ilse Hayes Sport Scientist & High Performance Coach Paralympic Medallist & Professional Athlete UCI WORLD CYCLING CENTRE - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION AIGLE SWITZERLAND OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS (IAAF) Pat Symcox Garreth “Soldierboy” Mclellan Former Test and ODI Cricketer Professional Mixed Martial Arts Athlete CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (PROTEAS) ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) Dr. Jannie Botha Gary Steele Springboks Sevens Mental Coach Lecturer: Psychology Department SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION (SARU) RHODES UNIVERSITY Blue Bull Player Development Manager Chair of Steering Committee BLUE BULLS RUGBY UNION (BBRU) SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY (SASSEP) Greg Wilmot Habib Noorbhai Counselling & Sport Psychologist Lecturer/Researcher & Biokineticist HEALTH AND SPORT CENTRE DEPARTMENT OF SPORT MANAGEMENT CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PRACTICAL & SKILLS BASED WORKSHOPS ELITE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY DEFINING SPORT PSYCHOLOGY OVER A Dr Pieter Kruger MULTITUDE OF DISCIPLINES & LOOKING Director AT THE SYNERGY BETWEEN SPORT COGNACITY PERFORMANCE – UNITED KINGDOM PSYCHOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE Director ENHANCEMENT INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY & WELL BEING – Maretha Claasen NORTH WEST UNVERSITY Counselling Psychologist Specialising in Sport Performance Psychologist to the Springboks Psychology SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION (SARU) MIND-BODY CONNECTION KEY STRATEGIES TO BE DISCUSSED • Dealing with the pressure of your role in the team • Navigating the professionalisation of school sport in South • Applied sport psychology: Reflecting on 20 years of practice Africa in South Africa • Highlighting the role psychology plays in the mental • Developing a systematic approach in effective life skills preparedness of a high performance athlete management • Facilitating collaboration between the various professional • Debunking the myths of sport psychology communities to perform research in the strength and • Incorporating sport psychology into the total coaching conditioning of athletes management framework Reducing Our CPD accredited by Media Parters: Carbon Footprint ITC is a proud When you attend an ITC conference you will receive member of: the most updated speaker Researched & Developed By: presentations on USB instead of paper based workbooks. ITC IS ETDP SETA ACCREDITED & A LEVEL 1 B-BBEE COMPANY For easy registration contact Therisha: +27 (0) 11 326 2501 or email [email protected] or fax: +27 (0) 11 326 2960 or visit: www.intelligencetransferc.co.za DAY ONE - 8 JUNE 2016 Registration will be taking place from 7:00am 08:00 Welcome & opening by chair 12:15 A developmental perspective on the development of Eddie Ward mental toughness amongst youth athletes Sport Psychologist • Both psychological and sport development models can be Team Psychologist to the South African Indoor and Field integrated to indicate the appropriate age for sport psychological Archery Association’s Protea and National Squad interventions LYNNWOOD PSYCHOLOGISTS • Research indicates that the age for the introduction of mental skills training coincides with adolescence 08:30 Opening Address • Mental skills increase significantly from age 13-16 Maxwell Fuzani OPENING ADDRESS Prof Leon van Niekerk Special Advisor to the Minister Associate Professor: Sport Psychology DEPARTMENT OF SPORT AND UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE RECREATION SOUTH AFRICA (SRSA) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 09:00 Applied Sport Psychology: Reflecting on 20 years of • Consults with both Olympic and Paralympic athletes in preparation practice in South Africa for international competition and publisher of 16 journals • The day-to-day nature of a sport psychology practice • Doing what works • Recently appointed as sport psychologist for the South African Deaf • Challenges & opportunities National Rugby Team and works with school children • A vision for South African Sport Psychology • The history of sport psychology in Southern Africa 13:00 Moulding & Development of the Athlete Psyche Clinton Gahwiler • Making the decision Psychologist • The mind-set to become a professional SPORT SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA (SSISA) • The mind-set in staying ahead of the game GUEST • The mind-set in becoming a champion SPEAKER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Garreth “Soldierboy” Mclellan • Over the past 20 years he has worked with many of South Africa’s Professional Mixed Martial Arts Athlete top individual athletes and sports teams, including Team South ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP (UFC) Africa at the All Africa Games in 1999 and the Summer Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Two Time Middleweight Champion 10:00 Dealing with the pressure of your role in the team • First Athlete in EFC History to regain a title • Understanding your role • First South African based athlete to win at the UFC • Maintaining Self-Belief • Dealing with Expectations 13:45 Lunch & networking opportunity • Living the Moment Pat Symcox 14:45 Implementing a long term plan as opposed to a short term Former Test and ODI Cricketer stopgap on a National Sporting Level CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (PROTEAS) • Looking at previous results on a National level where psychology played a pivotal role CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Extrapolating data to formulate a plan for the future to improve • Played 20 Tests & 80 ODI Matches performance in South Africa’s National Squads • Co-Holder of the Highest Ever Ninth wicket partnership of 195 runs • Probing at the challenges faced on a national sporting level in • Played provincial cricket for the Natal Dolphins the absence of a resident sport psychologist • Cricket commentator and presenter on Supersport • Understanding the flow of a psychology session for a National Team 10:45 Morning tea & networking opportunity • A winning team – Highlighting the success of the New Zealand 11:15 Amalgamating the technical aspects with mental Rugby Team conditioning in creating the ultimate athlete Gary Steele • Building on the partnership between the coach (the body) and Lecturer: Psychology Department the sport psychologist (the mind) RHODES UNIVERSITY • Incorporating sport psychology into the total coaching Chair of Steering Committee management framework SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIETY FOR SPORT AND • Emphasising the mutual advantages for the coach and the EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY (SASSEP) psychologist engaged in a healthy collaboration • Examining practical psychology pertaining to the coach CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Dr. Monja Human • Collaborating with other psychology professionals in Counselling Psychologist (specialising in sport and exercise establishing the South African Society for Sport and Exercise psychology) Psychology(SASSEP) UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA – HIGH PERFORMANCE • Involvement with Border Cricket alongside Michael McInerney, in CENTRE the time leading up to their first win in a One Day Series in 117 years CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Supervision of 9 Masters’ Thesis & 22 Honours’ Projects in Sports • Extensive involvement in preparing Olympic athletes in various and Performance Psychology sporting disciplines for the Summer Olympic Games • Close relationship with Cricket South Africa (CSA) Coaches Education programme since 2004 SPECIAL OFFER • Involvement in the South African Football Association (SAFA) Girl’s Register and pay for 4 delegates and receive the 5th delegate free Football Academy 15:30 Clinical Elite Psychology • Better people/Better Performance: The three integrating CAREER HIGHLIGHTS levels of sport psychological skills Extensive involvement with the following High Performance • The importance of understanding the cognitive Individuals and elite sports teams subsystems involved in elite performance • Performance Psychologist to the Springboks • The importance of evidence based intervention • Lions Super Rugby Team from 2014 – 2015 • A practical case example from team sports • Golden Lions Curry Cup – 2014 Dr. Pieter Kruger • London Harlequins Premiership Rugby Team 2005 – 2014 Director • Brumbies Super Rugby – 2009 COGNACITY PERFORMANCE – UNITED KINGDOM • Arsenal Football Club Director • Chelsea Football Club INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY & WELL BEING – NORTH • UK Athletics – 2012 Olympics PRACTICAL CASE STUDY WEST UNIVERSITY • Great Britain Rowing – 2012 Olympics Performance Psychologist to the Springboks • Olympic Games 2012 – Official LOCOG Specialist Clinical Sport SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION (SARU) Psychologist Researched & Developed By: Researched & Developed By: 9 General ceu’s in Level 1 for attendance (Psychology Professionals) Day one: 5 general ceu’s Day two: 4 general ceu’s 16:30 End of day one General Certificates of Attendance (Non-Psychology Professionals) For easy registration contact Therisha: +27 (0) 11 326 2501 or