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NEW! TRAIN SMART FOR COMPETITION™—30-DAY CHALLENGE

So Your Good Game Transfers into Competition → START NOW

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Cheryl McLaughlin | Sport & Performance Expert • Coach • Speaker • FounderCheryl McLaughlin | Sport & Performance Expert • Coach • Speaker • Founder

Cheryl McLaughlin – Sport & Human Performance Expert, Coach & Speaker

Founder of Compete Like a Champ™<br>Developing healthy, confident and successful players and leaders for life

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Competing in sports, especially tennis, is one of the most powerful growth-producing experiences you can have as a person and a player.

Train SMART™. Compete Better. Bring Out Your Best. Stay Healthy

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Cheryl McLaughlin, founder of McLaughlin Human Performance and the
Cheryl McLaughlin, PhDab, MS | 40+ year Sport & Human Performance Expert, Coach and Speaker | Founder

Welcome Athletes, Coaches and Leaders!

From my experiences training in the trenches with junior through professional athletes as a coach and performance scientist and being trained by, coaching with and studying Olympic and Champion Coaches who Train SMART and keep things simple…

I love sharing the best, practical Train SMART tools and training that help you develop—and transfer your good game and mindset into competition (which is often the biggest gap in most training).

(👉 A key: Every cell in your body—from your heart and brain to your body and game—all need to be trained to know what to do and believe it’s the only right way to play.)

And the opportunities sports provide to bump up against our mostly self-imposed obstacles—and work through them—to free ourselves to play our better game and become the person and player we want to be to achieve whatever we desire—is an incredible gift.

If you’d like to learn how to:

✔ Compete with confidence
✔ Use Quick Win tools to compete and play better immediately
✔ Use simple Train SMART tools to train your heart, brain, body and game—together to…
✔ Transfer your good play into competition—consistently
✔ Train to win that Finishing Game
✔ Manage stress, performance and recovery effectively to maintain good performance and stay healthy

Here are ways we can work together:

START HERE:
Training System

Train SMART for Competition
30-Day Challenge

30 Days of practical tips, techniques and tools you can use immediately so you can Train SMART and play your better during competition—even at crunch time.

Self-paced. Start anytime.

START TRAINNIG SMART

Coaching & Consulting

Work directly with Cheryl

Personalized coaching to identify what you want to accomplish, assess your strengths and areas for improvement, provide specific training tools and plans, and work through what’s holding you back so you can free yourself to bring out your better game on and off the court—especially when facing adversity.

CONTACT CHERYL

Workshops & Speaking

For teams, clubs and organizations

Train SMART™ as a group and build the tools, mindset and a healthy, positive, high-performing—and fun culture—to bring out your best on and off the court.

BOOK A WORKSHOP WITH CHERYL

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More Information and Additional Ways to Work With Me

Looking for more personalized support? Here are additional ways to work with me.
Contact Cheryl: cheryl@cherylmclaughlin.com  | Text: 520.279.2022

COMPETE LIKE A CHAMP™ MATCH PERFORMANCE VIDEO ASSESSMENT
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Get a clear, objective breakdown or your match performance

Send me a video of a match preferably during competition or a good practice match. I’ll consult with the player, watch the video and provide specific assessments about physical and mental competitive strengths, areas for improvements, how they manage match momentum, problem-solve, etc., and will provide specific recommendations for improvement and practice.

SET UP YOUR MATCH ASSESSMENT WITH CHERYL

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PRIVATE COACHING & CONSULTING
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Focused, practical sessions to help you:
✔ Improve match performance
✔ Handle pressure, stress and sticky situations
✔ Develop a high-performing mindset and game
✔ Strategies for playing matches psychologically
✔ Work through concerns and self-imposed obstacles to free yourself to play well

CONTACT CHERYL

GROUP WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS
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For clubs, teams, junior training programs, staff development

*Live, virtual presentations with Q&A (that’s the best!). Workshops can be customized for your group, team or organization.

Popular Workshop Topics

  • Train SMART Like a Champ for Competition™
  • Compete Like a Champ™
  • Women: Let’s Get Mentally Tough!
  • Operating Instructions for Sport Parents
  • The Stress Response: How to Work With It to Perform Better and Stay Healthy
  • Coaching Girls and Women
  • Women’s Health and High Performance
  • Coaching for Confidence & Performance
  • Men, Women and the Brain: How it Can Help You Be a Better Coach
BOOK A WORKSHOP WITH CHERYL

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 Not sure what’s the best fit? Reach out and tell me what you’re looking for.

Contact Cheryl: Please complete the form below. Cheryl will be in touch with you shortly!

(Also Email: cheryl@cherylmclaughlin.com | Text: 520.279.2022)

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