Dr. Patrick Cohn
Dr. Patrick Cohn is a sports and race mental training authority. He excels at coaching athletes in auto racing, motorcycle racing, and Motocross, including racing teams to help them reach their peak performance and perform in the zone.
As an expert in mental training for racers, his driver education mental skills programs for racers and teams increase teamwork, concentration, composure, and confidence.
His goal is to boost the mental horsepower of your team using race mental game instruction, which gives your team the mental advantage! Dr. Cohn works with individual racers as well as team members to develop a mindset for racing success.
Dr. Patrick J. Cohn began his career as the founder of Peak Performance Sports of Orlando, Florida where he developed the RacePsych programs. Before that he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1991 specializing in sports psychology.
Dr. Cohn has worked with athletes from many sports and backgrounds from junior golfers to professional NASCAR racecar drivers.
Dr. Cohn offers his race psychology programs to all racers in motor sports including Motocross, NASCAR, CART, and Champ Car Series to identify and develop the mindset needed to achieve peak performance.
In addition to his work in motor sports, world-class athletes from the sports of golf, baseball, softball, football and hockey are among those who have benefited from his proven peak performance training strategies.
Jaclyn Ellis, M.S., MGCP
Jaclyn Ellis, M.S., MGCP, is a certified Mental Game Coaching Professional (MGCP) with Peak Performance Sports. She is also completing the requirements to be a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). She earned a Master’s degree from Illinois State University.
She has a background in competitive sports including soccer, volleyball, and tennis. She also performed in advanced show choirs for many years. Additionally, she was a competitive youth head soccer coach in Bloomington, IL.
She has provided mental performance coaching to youth, high school, college, and adult athletes in all sports, including racing. Her passion is working with athletes, coaches, and parents to enhance both performance and enjoyment of sport.
Carolyne Lawley, M.S., MGCP
Carolyne is a mental performance coach for Peak Performance Sports. She earned a Master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of North Texas. She played collegiate basketball and was also a competitive track and field athlete in high school. Following college, she continued her athletic career by playing two years of professional basketball in Europe.
Carolyne has coached basketball and track at both the youth and high school levels. She is currently completing the requirements to become a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) through AASP, as well as a Mental Game Coaching Professional (MGCP) with Peak Performance Sports, LLC. Coach Carolyne has provided mental performance coaching to collegiate athletes. Learn more about virtual session with a mental performance coach.
For a partial list of RacePsych students Dr. Cohn has helped, go to our auto racing, drag racing, motocross students page.
Contact Dr. Cohn at Peak Performance Sports or call 888-742-7225 today for a free 15-minute mental game evaluation!