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Dr. Wayne Halliwell

Wayne Halliwell
During the past twenty five years, Dr. Halliwell has written three books, presented at a number of international conferences and attended many Olympic Games and World Championships as a consultant to Canada’s National Teams.   He works as a sport psychology consultant with several New England colleges and universities including Boston College, Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Union, and Middlebury.

Another dimension of Wayne is his in-depth knowledge of hockey. He is a former US and Canadian university player, European professional player and coach of university, college and minor hockey. All of this gives him an edge in understanding the mental training for hockey.

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

    * Ph.D. from Florida State University
    * Masters of Science from McGill University
    * Bachelors of Physical Education from McMaster University
    * Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College
    * Level 5 Coaching Certification from Hockey Canada
    * Sport Psychology Mentor with Hockey Canada

EXPERIENCE

    * 20 years Sport Psychology Consultant
          o Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence Teams
            (National Junior Team, Under 18 Teams, Under 17 Teams)
          o Several professional, junior, college and university teams in Canada and USA
          o Several Olympic athletes, professional tennis players and golfers
    * Over 300 presentations on mental training at provincial, national and international coaching clinics
    * Past-president Canadian Society of Psycho-Motor Learning & Sport Psychology
    * Member Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport psychology
    * 10 seasons Hockey Coach
          o College and University hockey, Midget AAA, AA and Peewee hockey in
    * Montreal8 seasons Hockey Player
          o Professionally in Switzerland, Middlebury College in the USA, McMaster University in Canada

WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO WAYNE IS…

“To help players strive to reach their potential and be as good as they can be. Another important component of mental training is to help players grow as athletes and as people.”

“As a sport psychology consultant, I also enjoy helping coaches understand the dynamics of leadership and communication which improves their effectiveness in motivating their players and their teams. All of which, help the players and coaches enjoy the game and create some positive lifelong memories.”

WORDS OF ADVICE FROM WAYNE
To a young player
“I would have them ask themselves two questions 1) How good can I be? and 2) What will I do today to get better?

To a coach
“I would advise them to keep learning by reading as many books as they can on great coaches and to share their passion for the game with their players”

To a parent
“I would advise them to be supportive of their sons and daughters, but to not be intrusive and let the coaches do the coaching”

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
“I love hockey because of the speed, intensity, skill and grit required to play the game. Hockey is the ultimate team sport where winning teams are those that display a TEAM FIRST attitude and play with courage and passion.”

From The hockey source

http://www.thehockeysource.tv/sectioninsidesource/sourceexperts.php#wayne_halliwell
More LInk on Dr Halliwell

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb280171.htm
http://www.iihce.com/in_english/events/2005_international_coaches_confe/speakers/wayne_halliwell/

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Trevor Parekh

Trevor have been sailing 29ers since 1999. He is one of the most accomplished Canadian 29er skiff sailing team. He has the top Canadian finish at any 29er worlds to date (15th in 2005) and won gold at the 2005 Canada Summer Games.

He is currently on the Canadian Sailing Team in the 49er class with Matthieu Dubreucq.

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Matthieu Dubreucq

Matt was one of the first 29er sailors in Canada. Matt has been putting a tremendous effort into his sailing campaigning in the 49er for the 2008 Olympic games. To show the level of commitment Matt has to his campaign, both he and his crew went to Australia for the 2005-2006 winter to sail 49ers and 18 foot skiffs. In 2006-2007, Matt sailed in Weymouth, Cascais and Miami doing grade 1 events in the 49er.

He was the 2007-2008 Team Canada double handed Youth World Coach. In 2008-09, he was the Ontario High Performance Sailing Coordinator.

He is currently on the Canadian Sailing Team in the 49er class with Trevor Parekh.

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Gordon Cook

Gordon Cook is a Toronto native with an engineering degree from Queens University. He has been sailing since he was a child at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Gordon has been a national team member since 2000.

Gordon and Ben teamed up part time in 2003 and gradually ramped up their campaign in the Tornado. With stints of living and working in Europe while sailing they have been racing and training full time since 2006. The 2007 Worlds was a huge event for the team, qualifying Canda for the Olmpics in the 49er for the fist team ever. It was also their first result in the top 20 at 19th overall. The 2008 worlds saw further improvement to 13th and the team is looking to build on that at the 2008 Olympics in Quindao.

Ben and Gordon have had much support from various charitable organizations in Canada. Making the national team in 2005 was a big stepping stone as the montly cheques from Sport Canada contributed heavily to their paychecks in order to be able to sail more often. In addition, long standing support from their respective yacht clubs, Royal Vancouver and Royal Canadian has been amazing. The club teams massively subsidize youth racing and are instrumental to the development of all of Canada’s Olympic sailors. The Canadian Yachting Association, Hudson’s Bay, Canadian Athletes Now Fund have also contibuted significantly. Besides making the national team the biggest contributions have come from the Phalen Foundation. This unique and highly focussed charity is the single greatest reason for the upswing in Canadian sailing this quadrennial. It is impossible to overstate the importance of the contribution it has made.

Gordon was the Candian 49er rep at the 2008 Olympics.

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Tyler Bjorn

Tyler is a former Finn National Team Member and current Star National Team Member. Ty has been developing and contributing to the sport of sailing for over 20 years. Tyler enjoys all aspects of the sport from competing internationally and locally to teaching and advising Olympic hopefuls. Other interests include learning more on the international Offshore circuit. Tyler and his wife Tara have two children: 4 year old son Shayne and daughter Holland born in October 2006.

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M H P C Montreal High Performance Camp

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Montreal High Performance Camp