Above The Pack, LLC

Meet Our Team

Above The Pack, LLC

Meet Our Team

Our Mission

Our Mission is to facilitate greatness on and off the field. We help others develop the confidence and resilience needed to seek challenges, overcome obstacles, and achieve goals. We thrive on building authentic relationships and community, positively impacting lives, and sharing in the adventures of growth and performance.

It has never been more important to seek guidance and resources for building the mental strength.

We are consistently hearing about the importance of mental skills training and seeing the need for it. This is largely because so much of our world today provides us with convenience, comfort, and a false sense of connection. With a single device that we carry around in our pocket, we can order food to our doorstep, change the thermostat, and check in on our friends without a single step or human interaction. There is nothing inherently wrong with any of those things, cellphones, or the other luxuries of the 21st century. However, they don’t mentally prepare us for the journey toward meaningful or challenging goals. That journey is difficult, full of adversity, often very uncomfortable, and requires genuine support from others. We are here to be a part of the solution.

Above the Pack, LLC

OUR SERVICES

Online education, custom packages of support, and a community of like-minded individuals.

Above The Pack Mindset

Seek Challenges

It is getting above the “normal” goal to fit in (the pack mentality) and being willing to set goals that you or others might think to be unrealistic.

Face Fears

It is getting above the “normal” goal to find comfort (the pack mentality) and being willing to face the fears and failures of the climb.

Control Your Halo

It is a commitment to controlling what you can control (attitude, concentration, and effort).

Achieve Goals

It is a commitment to becoming THE BEST YOU in life and in your competitive space.

Training athletes, tactical athletes, leaders, and other performers.

Meet Your Mental Performance Coaches

Tyson Holt

Tyson Holt, CMPC, ACC

Certified Mental Performance Consultant

Tyson spent 12 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Coach and Player Development where he provided education, training, and support to players, coaches, and other staff on how to mentally perform within an elite competitive environment. He has provided training and support to coaches on how to best coach and connect with the today’s athletes. He has created programs for coach feedback and development. Prior to the Pirates, he spent two years (2010-2011) as a Performance Enhancement Specialist for the United States Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness — Performance and Resilience Enhancement Program (CSF-PREP) at Fort Gordon, GA. There, he provided mental skills education to soldiers, family members, and DA Civilians in support of their personal and professional mission readiness. He received his Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology at the University of West Georgia in 2005 and his Master of Art degree in Sport Psychology at John F. Kennedy University in 2009. Tyson is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation. He loves spending time with his wife and daughters, exploring the great outdoors, testing his personal physical/mental limits, and the limits of his Jeep Gladiator.

Education:

  • MA in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University

Certifications & Training:

  • Certified Mental Performance Consultant, AASP
  • Associate Coaching Certification, ICF
  • HRV biofeedback for Health Professionals, HeartMath
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Resilience Training through UPENN
Tamara Holt

Tamara Holt, MS

Mental Conditioning Coach

Tamara has worked in the field of Mental Conditioning for the past 12 years with high performers such as athletes, combat nurses, soldiers, and military officers across the country. She has a Masters of Movement Science, with a Concentration in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. She has a passion for developing well-rounded athletes and knows that mental training and mental toughness in sport is a huge, and often overlooked, key to success. Her focus is on training skills such as confidence, concentration, and composure to the athlete/team so they can perform more consistently to the best of their ability under pressure and in the face of adversity and challenges. In her spare time Tamara loves working out, traveling and hiking with her husband and two daughters.

Education:

  • MS in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Barry University

Certifications & Training:

  • Mindfulness Based Attention Training
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Resilience Training through UPENN