Meet Coach Lior Doron (B.A., D.S.A., M.Sc)Trained by the National Hockey League (NHL) Montreal Canadiens' sports psychologist at the time, Lior's education stems with an undergraduate degree
specialized in psychology. He then pursued his graduate studieswith a sports
administration diplomafrom the John Molson School of Business.
His thirst for knowledge led him to apply for a masters degree. After
receiving many letters
of rejectionfrom a variety
of Universities (one more not included from McGill in 2009 yet again for a B.Ed!), he
got accepted at the University of Montreal, earned a 3.7 GPA and received
his Masters degree.The Masters of Science Degree
in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sports Psychologytrains students on how to build sports psychology
programs with elite and high performance athletes so that they may create,
recreate and maintain flow in their sport. He can travel to your location to popular destinations such as Toronto, New York, Miami, Florida or other places. Coach
Lior Doron has earned certification in the sports of tennis as an instructor, hockey as a referee and coach (intermediate level), baseball as an umpire and is a qualified rock
climbing instructor. He also also taught and coached volleyball and
basketball.
Lior has over fifteen years of valuable teaching experience
from his home town in Montreal in the SWLSB (Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board) and the LBPSB (Lester B. Pearson School Board). He has taught physical education, math, English, computers french, science and has pioneered the very first introduction to sports psychology class within Laval Liberty High School (see the web page that he created to facilatate learning for his students). He was also vice principal and in charge of discipline in a
prestigious private high school. Lior has gained valuable experience
working within the elementary school system as well.
Lior is also the academy director of the Tennis and Sports Psychology Academy (TSPA). The academy's main purpose is to teach not only the physical skills
of tennis on the court but also the mental skills off the court. Finally,Lior officiates as an ice-hockey
refereewithin the Concordia
University department of recreation and athletics, and the City of Cote Saint-Luc. He also worked
as a sports psychology coach for the Concordia
University Intercollegiate Stingers football team.and the Stingers Soccer Team.
Founded in 2003, Lior is the president and owner of Flow in Sports. The site is designed and
dedicated to help athletes, students and individuals create, recreateand maintain flow or reach peak performance in their
lives.
Coach Lior Doron is strictly against an all work and
no fun lifestyle. Many times, he escape his daily routine and contributed at variuos camps namely as a counselor, volleyball instructor and a land sportsupervisor. Working up the food chain, he worked for international companies
such as Club Med as a tennis G.O. during three different seasonal contacts. He lived
in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
Other contracts included working for Royal
Caribbean Internationalaboard seven different world class cruise
ships as a junior cruise animator. This gave Lior the opportunity to travel
aboard one of the world's largest
cruise ships. Sailing all over the world allowed Lior
to explore a variety of landmarks while being sensitized to the vast
cultural and ethnic diversities that exist among us.
Coach Lior Doron has extensively studied the mental
characteristics of successful performances. He can help you improveyour sporting game with specific exercises to
create, recreate and maintain the mental
skillsto get you into flow.
He has one child named William with his wife Valerie Perez.
Coach Lior Doron B.A., D.S.A., M.Sc. can take your
athletic game to the next level. He also helps students improve theirgrades in school.
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Click here to get coach Doron involved with your team. View the initial proposal.
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Click here to find out more information about his academy (Tennis and Sports Psychology Academy).
Click here to find out about all the Flow in Sports services.
His masters thesis
compares minor league and National Hockey League (NHL) officials as
to the psychological characteristics of peak performance.
Find Out How the Top NHL Hockey Officials Think!
Listen to Coach Doron Discuss The violence of sports, the Max Pacioretty / Zdeno Chara Hit (video) and Sports Psychology on the Radio!