You will be admitted to a mental coach training course if you have the following:

• Completed basic training (coach certificate) or equivalent qualification
• Experience in working with people is required
• Willingness to engage in a personal process
• First experience in accompanying people in a structured process
• It is strongly recommended that you conduct your own mental coaching and training sessions at the latest at the same time as attending the course
• Frequently: over 18 years of age, good knowledge of German, good reputation and good physical and mental health

The requirements for mental coach training vary depending on the training institute. You should therefore find out about this in advance.

After completing the mental coach course, graduates have theoretical and some practical experience in the field of mental coaching. This enables them to seamlessly build on their existing knowledge and work as independent mental coaches. This enables a quick step into self-employment.

With mental coaching, a mental coach accompanies people effectively and sustainably with their life issues. They help them to build self-confidence, deal with pain or resolve behavioral patterns. Specialist and methodological skills, targeted mental techniques and the necessary specialist and background knowledge are important in order to be able to apply the therapy method.

Mental coach training teaches you the following:

• Drive and motivation techniques
• Stress and energy techniques
• Transformation and emotion techniques
• Memory performance and ability to concentrate

Mental coaching in sport requires the following in order to optimally support people in their change process:

• Know core competencies
• Support planning
• sport psychological interventions
• Dealing with conflicts
• Build self-confidence
• Values and regulation
• Competition VOBE
• Targeted use of body language
• Intervention matrix

Sport mental training is suitable for anyone who does sport. More and more people are interested in it because it helps to implement visions more precisely and achieve goals more quickly and easily. But it also helps people far removed from sport, such as top managers or other people who want to be successful. However, they need a push to achieve their goals better and need techniques to support them.

The following is needed to be able to offer good mental training:

• Methodology and basics of mental training
• Self-management
• Self-coaching
• Modeling trainer skills
• Development of the trainer personality
• Contact with the unconscious
• Dealing with "good intentions
• Mental preparation for exams, important talks, competitions, etc.
• Bring about deep relaxation within seconds
• Self and external motivation
• Prioritizes and makes good decisions
• Gain security and serenity
• Solution-oriented thinking and action
• Apply mental communication
• Quick methods for falling asleep
• Reactivation options

A sports mental coach helps athletes to realize their visions more precisely and achieve their goals more quickly and easily. Various mental techniques based on scientific findings are used for this purpose. The coach also has basic medical knowledge and good resource management skills.

Mental coach training costs between CHF 2,000 and CHF 10,000, depending on the provider. Compare exactly what you get for your money: Course content, number of hours, documents and degree. This will make the offers of the individual training institutes more comparable.