Roberta V. Kraus is President of the Center for Sports Psychology in Colorado Springs, Colo. Her international reputation comes from extensive experience designing and implementing specific mental training programs about peak performance, team leadership, developmental coaching, group dynamics, communications, and motivation.
Kraus was the Sports Psychologist for the USA Men’s and Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball teams, who both won the Gold medal at the Paralympic Games in 2016. She also facilitates the Athlete Career Education P.I.V.O.T. (Consistent Top Performance with Life after Competition) workshops for upcoming and current retirees for both Team USA Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
She has recently co-authored a new portable deck of coaching cards utilized to help develop coaches’ effectiveness. In addition, she has designed a mental training drill book for coaches and athletes to assist them in customizing a specific mental training program for their athlete(s) throughout the competitive season.
