Mark is the owner of The Performance Edge Coaching, LLC, the only sports psychology coaching firm in New Mexico. He works with individual athletes, coaches, and teams to help them get the edge in performance through Mental Game Coaching.
He earned a double major in Biology and Psychology from Williams College and a Master’s degree in Counseling with emphasis on Sports Psychology from Michigan State University. Mark is also a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and has done extensive work with nutrition, self-hypnosis and skills training often in Wilderness settings.
Mark has been involved in competitive athletics for 50 years, including swimming, baseball, wrestling, soccer, ultimate Frisbee, basketball, softball and equestrian. He wrestled and played baseball and Ultimate Frisbee in College, and was the captain of the wrestling team for 3 years. He has done extensive rock climbing and climbed over 65 14,000’ peaks as well as Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Aconcagua.
Coach Walch has been coaching a wide variety of athletes in the Southwest. Some of his recent sports include swimmers, basketball players, triathletes (both amateur and pro), tennis players and soccer. His athletes range from age group Triathletes to professionals, high school to Division 1, local to Olympic. He is the first and only certified Mental Game Coaching Professional in New Mexico. Mark has more than 45 years of teaching, therapy and organizational consulting and coaching experience with athletes and non-athletes alike.
Coach has been an invited presenter for a wide variety of regional and national conferences. A recent article in Outside Magazine, features his impressions of a study of Pacing for Elite Runners. http://www.outsideonline.com/2079536/how-pacer-can-make-you-better-runner.
He has presented for many organizations as diverse as Early Childhood Development to the Association for Experiential Therapy. Mark has been an adjunct professor for the Anderson School of Business at UNM. He has presented to many teams in NM, as well as the NMAA Coaches school.
Mark’s varied background enables him to be effective with a wide variety of athletes, individuals and team sports. He works with you to “get the performance edge.”
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, sports psychology coach Mark Walch is the owner of Performance Edge Coaching, LLC. He helps individual athletes, coaches, and teams get the edge in performance through Mental Game Coaching.