CONSULTING
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST
Brian Sullivan, MA, completed his master's degree in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Denver. Currently, Brian is pursuing a Doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology while serving as a mental performance consultant to college student-athletes and teams as well as coaches.
- Former Division 1 basketball player at Davidson College
- Played professional basketball in Europe and Australia
- Coached Division 1 basketball for 3 seasons.
Mental performance consulting helps athletes enhance performance and more thoroughly enjoy performing by reducing performance anxiety, improving concentration, building confidence, increasing and maintaining motivation, and setting long and short-term goals.
Mental performance consulting helps athletes and performers:
- Reduce performance anxiety
- Improve concentration and focus
- Set both short- and long-term goals
- Increase and maintain motivation
- Build self-confidence
- Improve communication
- Recover from injury
COACH TRAININGS & GAME STRATEGY
- Conduct Team Training Sessions
- Implement Practice Plans
- Implement ‘Game Situations’ into training sessions
- Discuss ‘Game-Day Strategies’ against teams that press, zone, etc.
- Provide advice on &/or Implement an array of systems covering Defences, Offences and the Transition Games for varying age and skill levels
- Provide Professional Assistance to parents who volunteer their time and efforts, but do not possess a high degree of basketball knowledge to effectively and confidently coach players
PLAYER EVALUATIONS
- Review player during Trainings
- Review player during Games
- Compose a written report
PREP SCHOOL PLACEMENT
Phoenix Advisory Group is premier educational consulting firm focused on placing student athletes in some of the most prestigious prep schools in the U.S.
PAG is run by John Kelly and Jeff Allen. John and Jeff met at Cheshire Academy, a prep school in Cheshire, Connecticut, that participates in Class AA of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC). After playing at local Connecticut high schools, and not receiving much interest from colleges, they both decided to make the move to the prestigious NEPSAC basketball league, widely regarded as the best prep school league in the U.S.
After successful seasons both on and off the court, John and Jeff received full scholarships to NCAA schools.
John and Jeff saw the opportunities that prep school provided them, and want to help the next generation of players capitalize on those same opportunities. Along their journeys, they have gained invaluable experiences and perspective on the landscape of prep school basketball, and now use these insights to help guide student athletes towards accomplishing their goals.
COACHING CLINICS
The purpose of these clinics is to adequately equip coaches with the tools necessary to improve their craft including player development and team training sessions. They are also suitable for parents who are thinking about or just beginning to coach and current junior coaches wanting to further elevate their basketball acumen.
- How to run basketball try-outs
- How to apply structure and develop skills
- How to evaluate players
- How to put in schemes and systems
- How to conduct training sessions
- How to conduct training sessions with minimal time & baskets
- How to create game situations in trainings
- How to create game plans
- How to choose your coaching staff
- How to refine coach/parent relationships
VIDEO ANALYSIS
Shooting capabilities & mechanics to improve techniques