What training does Ben Simmons receive from his sports psychology coach?
Graham Betchart Graham Betchart (born April 30, 1978) is a sports psychology mental skills coach and current director of mental training for Lucid Performance. He is known for the concept "Play Present," which teaches that an athlete needs to stay focused on the task at hand and immediately move on to the next play despite results or outcomes. He is also noted for the "MVP" program (Mediate, Visualize, Positive affirmation), a sports psychology mental training tool, as well as "WIN" (What is Important Now), which asserts that a player can only control attitude, effort, and focus. Notable athletes Betchart has coached include Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Ben Simmons, the first overall picks for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 NBA drafts, respectively.
Wise–Anderson Protocol The Wise–Anderson Protocol (WAP), or Stanford Protocol (deprecated), is a treatment protocol for pelvic pain conditions in men and women, developed at Stanford University by urologists, psychologists and physical therapists. A physician does the medical evaluation and treats the medical issues, the physical therapist teaches the patients self-administered trigger point release and administers the physical therapy part of the protocol, and a psychologist treats the psychological and behavioral aspects of the relaxation protocol.