This website is dedicated to sharing what I have learned about athletes and the Jock Culture we all live in, athletes and non-athletes alike.

It’s for all of us: For athletes who wish to enhance their performance and to better understand some of their own struggles, on and off the field; For Fans who want to learn more about why athletes and coaches behave in the ways that they do, and for Coaches who want to learn how to help their athletes improve and therefore help them in being more receptive to their teaching methods.

Fellow mental health professionals can learn how indispensable it is to educate themselves about Jock Culture. Especially important, parents can understand how their attitudes and behaviors have an enormous impact on their children who play and do not play sports.

Living my life immersed in and dedicated to athletics, first as an athlete, then as a sport psychiatrist and psychoanalyst has given me a unique perspective on the athlete’s mind. I am convinced that an athlete does possess psychological markings that are unique and shared by other athletes. For the most part, the mind of the athlete remains incompletely understood or indeed at times, completely misunderstood.

Whether one is an athlete or not, we all live in a modern Jock Culture that deeply affects us all.