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Icebox Athlete offers the following services:
Team instruction and athletic department keynote seminars and workshops (including NCAA Student-Athlete Affairs/CHAMPS Life Skills) available for Icebox™ Mental Skills & Toughness Training, Poise Under Pressure, The Keys to Performance Consistency, High Impact Leadership, Clutch Confidence, Big Game Preparation, Focus, Commitment, and Intensity.
Read the 'News' articles on some of the recent Icebox Sports Performance Seminars conducted by Icebox Athlete President Spencer Wood and his coaching staff, and read some of the following reviews. Contact info@iceboxathlete.com for more information.
"Mental toughness, poise, focus and confidence is critical for the success of my team at the University of Florida and Spencer Wood is somebody I use to help create that mental edge for my team. Spencer has worked with my team on multiple occasions both in the pre-season and to prepare for big games and he has done an outstanding job. His Icebox mental skills teaching methods have unlocked the secret on how you can effectively be at your best when it counts the most."
Billy Donovan
2006 National Championship
2007 National Championship
2010 Recipient of John Wooden "Legend of Coaching Award"
Head Coach
Men's Basketball
University of Florida
"This mental toughness training was very important for our team and helped us win a national championship. Spencer worked with the team on things like poise, confidence and mistake management, all things that we needed and used during our championship journey. Working on and perfecting your mental skills are just as important as working on your fundamentals . . . We worked on both everyday and the results speak for themselves.
Cathy Reese
Head Women's Lacrosse Coach
University of Maryland
2010 NCAA National Champions
National Coach of the Year
"Spencer has made several presentations to both our student-athletes and coaches in the area of mental toughness training. His information is practical, providing many techniques and methods that can be implemented immediately. He has been very well-received . . . I would highly recommend Spencer to anyone interested in continuing to grow their understanding and ability to implement mental strategies designed to increase success."
Kim King
Assistant Director for Life Skills, Leadership and Counseling
SUNY Binghamton
"Spencer Wood's Icebox Athlete presentation was a cutting edge, thought provoking session into mental toughness. He really impacted Billiken student-athletes . . . Spencer's presentation helped out student-athletes develop a better understanding of the importance of developing the mental aspects, in addition to the physical component. We definitely will be working with Spencer (again) in the future."
Brandon Morris
Director of Student-Athlete Development
Saint Louis University
" . . . We will also have Spencer Wood, an industry leader in the field of helping players perform under pressure. We had an opportunity to hear him speak at a coaching seminar and we felt that every coach should have a chance to hear his presentation! Spencer has worked with Top 20 college programs as well as NBA teams."
From Coaching U Live - Held in Las Vegas (7/2010)
Hosted by Boston Celtics Assistant Coach Kevin Eastman
"I recently attended a Nike Coaching Conference expecting to find a few drills, learn a few things and have my approach to coaching affirmed by what other coaches were doing. What I did not expect, on the 3rd day, in the next to last presentation, was to be blown away by the presentation given by Mr. Spencer Wood of Icebox Athlete. His slide presentation alone was worth the price of the conference. There are a 1001 tools and a million different ways to make modern athletes physically bigger, faster and stronger, but next to none (that I know of) to develop and train the "muscle between the ears." Mr. Wood's gift is that he has made a complex subject easy to understand and has developed a set of tools that will yield results in a crucial area of athletic development that too many coaches ignore. After the presentation, I was not surprised to see one of the top High School coaches in our state in deep conversation with Mr. Wood."
Barry Thompson
Director Football, FPYC
Youth - High School Football Coach
Washington, DC
"Icebox Athlete is a great program that provides student-athletes with real, tangible tools that they can use with their sports, academics, and personal lives. Spencer is a powerful speaker that engages the audience, and the challenges their perspectives. He is very knowledgeable about mental skills training, as supported by this numerous accomplishments, but presents at a level that both impresses and interests college student-athletes."
Darr Tucknott
University of Montana
CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator
"We want our team to reach its full potential and you can only do that by being totally prepared mentally. We were extremely pleased with the mental toughness presentation by Spencer Wood and our team has found it immediately helpful in regard to mental preparation and focus. We look forward to continuing to work with Spencer and Icebox Athlete. This under explored area of 'game preparation' will be what separates the best from nearly the best."
Coach Jim Larranaga
2006 Final Four
All time winning coach George Mason
"I am a huge believer in the power and importance of the mental side of the game, and when it comes to improving the mental toughness and clutch performance of a team, Spencer Wood's training methods and mental toughness workshops are amongst the best I have ever seen."
Lawrence Frank
9 Year NBA Head Coach
2X Eastern Conference Champions
"We received great feedback from our student-athletes and coaches on Spencer's presentation; his delivery is engaging and the message he has for student-athletes is eye opening for many of them who haven't considered the role that mental toughness and preparedness play in their specific sport. His teachings can be put into practice immediately."
Alison Quandt
Boston College
Student Athlete NCAA Champs Life Skills
"Thanks for the extraordinary visit to Colorado Springs, and thanks for the terrific presentation on mental skills and mental toughness, you nailed it! You certainly exceeded my expectations, and several participants commented that your presentation was the best of the Conference . . . I agree. I plan to send out letters to several other High Performance Directors in various Olympic National Governing Bodies. In addition to praising your presentation, I'll assure them that the US Shooting Team hopes to call upon your services even more in the future."
Bill Roy
Director of Operations
Team USA Shooting
"Spencer Wood does an outstanding job of explaining and developing mental skills and toughness training. He works with elite athletes at both the professional and Olympic levels. I am currently using many of his methods and techniques on all of the athletes I coach both in baseball and men's soccer. I am very impressed with our results and our student-athletes progressions. I highly recommend Spencer and Icebox Athlete. He is making a positive difference in our athletes!"
Tim Mead
ABCA Vice President
American Baseball Coaches Association
"Your presentation made my convention trip to Dallas! I plan to purchase your program!"
Kevin Howard
Head Baseball Coach
LeGrange College
"Thank you for your outstanding presentation to the coaches and the athletes. I really appreciated your passion for the mental training of our student-athletes."
Dale Kennedy
Head Men's and Women's Cross Country, Track and Field Coach
Montana State University
"I want to thank you for your concrete and practical presentation this weekend. For those of us who know you need to train the mental side but are unsure how, it was very helpful. I will implement many things from your presentation with the infielders I work with at Washburn University. Thanks again for your commitment to bettering athletes around the world!"
Mike Amend
Assistant Coach, Baseball
Washburn University
"I am the head football coach at Freedom High School in South Riding, VA near Dulles Airport. I was in attendance at your presentation at the Nike Clinic at Westfields and came away very impressed. It was the best presentation I have attended. Thank you again for your time and thanks for the great ideas from the clinic."
Michael Mullins
Head Football Coach
Freedom High School
"Spencer Wood's Icebox presentation has been the best received presentation by both student-athletes and coaches in the four years that I have been involved with the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program here at Montana State. Furthermore, as a former collegiate and professional athlete, Spencer's program would have been something that I know I could have used in my athletic career. However the great thing about Spencer's presentation is that you can apply it to not only athletics, but your professional career and life in general as well. I have started to and will continue to use the techniques that Spencer shares in his presentation, and look forward to working with him again."
John Taylor
Academic and CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator
Former NFL and AFL Defensive End
"Prior to working with Spencer, we had a team of perfectionists who had a fear of failure. The Icebox training helped our players focus more on the process rather than the outcome. We are now ready to "put our self esteem on the line" and set a goal to be ACC Champions! I am AMAZED at the immediate difference in the mentality of our players!!"
Sylvia Crawley
Head Coach
Women's Basketball
Boston College
Icebox Athlete is a premier provider of mental skills and toughness training programs, in addition to explosive speed, agility and quickness training programs that numerous state and national championship teams and athletes have used with distinction.
In addition to producing cutting-edge speed training and sports psychology training programs and equipment, Icebox Athlete publishes a monthly newsletter brimmed with effective speed, agility and quickness training drills, in addition to essential mental skills and toughness training tips.
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Icebox Athlete Spencer Wood presents at the 2011 Men's Final Four in Houston, TX
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Icebox helps World Cup Soccer Team qualify for World Cup Finals
Icebox & Spencer Wood; a difference maker at the University of Illinois - excerpt from the Central Illinois’ #1 news source, the Illinois Herald & Review and an article written by H&R’s Executive Sports Editor, Mark Tupper
Icebox Mental Skills answers the call for Legendary Coach C. Vivian Stringer and her talented Rutgers University Women’s basketball program
Icebox at the NSCAA Conference - Baltimore, 2008. Icebox President Spencer Wood presented at this years NSCAA Conference - Soccer's Premier US Event for coaches
2010-2011 - Recording Breaking Season at Icebox!
