Roberta Kraus is President of the Center for Sports Psychology in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Center specializes in helping individuals and teams to develop mental strategies that lead to a consistent peak performance. Olympic, Paralympic, World champion athletes and coaches along with collegiate athletic teams have used these strategies to successfully manage performance under pressure in their competitive and non-competitive life.
Her international reputation comes from extensive experience with designing and implementing specific mental training programs on the subject of peak performance, team leadership, group dynamics, communications, neuroscience, resiliency, motivation, transition and burnout. Her involvement with world-class coaches and athletes helped those individuals and teams earn numerous medals in both world and national championships. Her client base has included the LPGA, Olympic & Paralympic Sport Teams, USA Figure Skating, USA Wrestling, WNBA, NACWAA, American Softball Association, USA Rowing Association, USA Swimming, National Council of Youth Sports, 27 varies collegiate athletic coaches and their athletes along with a variety of club and high school athletic program.
She was the Sports Psychologist for the USA Men’s and Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball teams who both won the Gold medal in RIO Paralympics. The men’s team went 8 – 0 and women 7 – 0 in both pool and medal round competition. In addition, she designed and 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 held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Roberta received her undergraduate degree in Higher Education from Montclair State College. In addition, Roberta has a M.A. degree in Education from the University of Northern Colorado, a M.S. degree in Sports Psychology from the University of Arizona and a Doctorate degree in Communications from the University of Denver, specializing in its mental and team application to individual performance and group effectiveness within the athletic arena. Roberta played both competitive basketball and tennis at Montclair State University. She was also an athletic coach at the collegiate and high school level for 14 years coaching both Basketball and high school Volleyball.
