Dr. Keith Wilson
Dr. Keith A. Wilson
Title: Performance Consultant
Dr. Wilson has taught mental performance skills to professional and amateur athletes for over 15 years. He is a member of National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Currently he is employed as a Performance Enhancement Specialist with the Army Center for Enhanced Performance at Fort Knox. He also owns a performance consulting business in the metro Louisville area.
Dr. Wilson has provided performance training with collegiate, professional and amateur teams and individual athletes. Team consultations include: 1) El Paso Buzzards Professional Ice Hockey Team, 2) The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP): soccer, tennis, football and basketball, and 3) high school soccer teams in Albuquerque, NM and Fort Wayne, IN. Dr Wilson has also consulted with individual professional golfers, baseball, and basketball players.
A graduate of Hiram College, Dr. Wilson also earned graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University, University of Tennessee and Boston University.
For over 10 years, Dr. Wilson was a highly involved member of the El Paso Youth Soccer Association in El Paso, Texas. During that time, he was a Board member, chaired several committees and was president of EPYSA. He coached youth soccer and became a proud soccer dad to his two children when they began playing at age 4.
He has written for a wide variety of publications including Soccer Journal, the official journal of NSCAA. He created “Performance Partners,” a program for Iowa Soccer Association. A dynamic, interactive speaker, Dr. Wilson has made professional presentations to many soccer organizations, ranging from: the NCSAA annual convention, USYSA annual Coaches Convention and many Annual General Meetings of regional soccer associations of the USYSA.
Most errors in performance, including in soccer, begin with mental errors. Dr. Wilson’s goal is to teach Louisville Lightning soccer players how to “Perform under Pressure.” Performance at the optimal level includes learning how to play at the right level of intensity to maximize soccer training. When performing at this level, the player makes fewer errors caused by emotional overloading and also reduces the risk of forgetting to play within one’s self.
Dr. Wilson is pleased to join the Louisville Lightning for its inaugural year.
