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Performance Psychology

The VIS Performance Psychology team comprises leading performance psychologists who provide best practice support to enhance athletic performance and wellbeing.

Working closely with coaches and other VIS athlete performance support staff, performance psychology plays a key role in supporting athletes with their mental readiness, performance under pressure, recovery from injury, managing setbacks, building effective communication and preparing for life after sport.

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Equip athletes with the mental skills to focus on what matters, when it matters.

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Support mental health and wellbeing alongside sport and life goals.

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Promote psychological flexibility to help athletes expand their capacity to thrive within the demands of their sport.

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Deliver psychological consultations and intervention to sporting programs, to create and maintain psychologically safe, high performing environments.

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Daniel Dymond

Performance Psychology Manager

Performance Psychology news

23 July 2026

Penalties, pressure and the FIFA World Cup: An interview with Performance Psychologist Dean Cooper

A photo of two men in their twenties sitting on the side of a sailing boat at sea. One wears a black jacket and cap, the other a red jacket with short brown hair. Both are smiling to the camera.
19 January 2026

From the VIS to Bass Strait: an Alumni’s Sydney to Hobart story

Throughout the gruelling 628‑nautical‑mile Bass Strait crossing, sailor James Jackson drew on his high‑performance training to endure the four‑day offshore challenge, relying on the mental skills, nutrition strategies and fatigue management he developed as a VIS athlete.
31 March 2025

Imogen Grzemski | From Hall’s Arrow to High-Performance Archery

VIS archer, Imogen Grzemski once received a unique birthday present which changed the course of her life. Reaping the benefits of the holistic support of the VIS along the way, Imogen shares her pathway from Connecticut, USA, to pulling on the green and gold for Australia.