What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mental Performance Coach position at Boston Red Sox?
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Contribute to mental performance program to drive on-field player performance improvement and development, under the direction of the BH Director, the Mental Performance Coordinator, and in collaboration with relevant development domain personnel.
- Contribute to interdisciplinary player performance teams and ensure that the mental performance group is supporting and enhancing each player’s ability to achieve his skill development goals, helping to maximize his talent.
- Participate and contribute to systems that track the success of mental performance programming assuring that interventions are properly documented and measured to inform needed adjustments and performance goals.
- Implement Red Sox educational programs designed to enhance leadership, communication, and performance enhancement skills for our players.
- Collaborate with Learning and Development manager to educate our PD staff on the curriculum of Red Sox educational programs that are designed to enhance leadership, communication, and performance enhancement skills, so that staff may also teach and integrate this knowledge into their daily work with players.
- Develop strong relationships with Minor League players and staff - and conduct ongoing one v. one mental performance sessions that achieve organizationally established performance goals.
- Integrate personality and cognitive assessments to better understand and impact players and assist PD staff in leveraging such information. This would include tailoring mental performance interventions that best fit our players with different personality and learning profiles.
- Work collaboratively with coaches to implement mental performance exercises as part of physical training and baseball activities.
- Conduct group presentations throughout the season on critical content in the mental performance area.
- Attend spring training and additional off-season programs throughout the year and off-season.
- Make regular visits to Red Sox affiliates to oversee staff education and programming implementation.
- Meet with Behavioral Health Director on a weekly basis and provide updates on players, mental performance staff, and programmatic issues.
- Communicate regularly with Director, Player Development and other Development domain leadership and personnel on issues related to player performance.
COMPETENCIES :
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :
In addition to the above requirements, all roles within Baseball Operations are expected to effectively demonstrate our universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management, along with embodying our culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB.
