Mental Training and Performance Coach and founder of PA Hypnosis Center, in Pittsburgh, PA Dan Vitchoff has quickly become one of the world’s most sought after mental coaches. His success at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China has propelled him to the short list of who’s who in Mental Training for elite athletes. Vitchoff’s unique approach to mental training, known as,”The 33 Method” incorporates hypnosis, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and Innovations in Sports Psychology.
Vitchoff recently had the honor of visiting the world-class shooting facility; Willawalla Creek Shooting Center (www.breterickson.com) in Saint Jo, Texas where he teamed up with Former Olympian Bret Erickson to provide an intensive Mental Training Seminar to future Olympians such as Hailey Dunn and Dewitt Corrigan. Bret Erickson, founder of the Bret Erickson International Shooting School is a four-time Olympian, six-time National Champion who won the 1990 World Championship and broke two world records is one of the Nation’s premier Shotgun Coaches who performs shooting clinics and one on one instruction at the Willawalla Creek Shooting Center. Erickson and Vitchoff have both worked and trained with some of the finest athletes in the world. Elite athletes like Vincent Hancock, Glen Eller, Joshua Richmond and Tiger Woods credit much of their success to Mental Training. Vitchoff explains, “When you are competing on the World Stage such as at the Olympics or the World Cup, you are competing against the top one half of 1% of athletes in the world. These athletes truly are the best of the best and the one thing that sets them apart is how prepared they are mentally for competition. “
Vitchoff, who travels the world working with his athletes always enjoys the time that he spends at the WillaWalla Creek Shooting Center, “The quality of the facility and the setting are conducive to mental training and learning to improve focus and concentration. Not to mention the outstanding Texas hospitality and home cooking.” Two of Vitchoff’s athletes in particular, Walton Glenn Eller and Vincent Hancock took center stage at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China when they won Gold Medals and broke four Olympic Records.