About Dan Weigand

Daniel A. Weigand, PhD

Dan was born in Portland, OR, and spent his youth in Orange, CA, where he was actively involved in a variety of sports including basketball, American football, baseball, volleyball, tennis, racquetball, surfing, SCUBA diving, and motor racing.

He obtained Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology and Sociology from Portland State University and Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Experimental Psychology with a Specialization in the Psychology of Sport and Exercise from the University of North Texas.

He has an extensive background in academia and consulting including serving as the director of sport and exercise research and consulting centers in the United Kingdom (UK). Recently, he was an associate director in the Center for Research Support at Walden University where he was responsible for overseeing research quality and dissemination.

While living in the UK, Dan was the Chair of the Psychology Section of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES), the liaison between BASES and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and one of two BASES representatives on the General Assembly of the European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC).

Dan was an AASP Certified Consultant and while living in England he was a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist: Psychology (Research and Support) and a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist. He is a Fellow of AASP and was a Fellow of the European College of Sport Science. He also was a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Sport Psychology Registry and a member of the British Olympic Association's Psychology Advisory Group.

He has conducted numerous presentations, workshops, and individual/team consultations on mental skills training in sport and exercise to novice and elite athletes from more than 20 sports (including national champions, Olympians, and professionals) in the USA and UK.

He also has reviewed scientific manuscripts for many journals and was the editor of the Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, a behavioral/social science section editor for the European Journal of Sport Science, an editorial board member of the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, and an essociate editor for Athletic Insight and the Journal of Sport Behavior. He is currently the editor of the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.

Dan has many publications in scientific journals and his research is primarily in the following areas: (a) motivational climate and the development of achievement motivation in physical education, sport, and exercise; (b) mental skills training effectiveness in physical education, sport, and exercise; and (c) the psychology of injury rehabilitation in sport and exercise.

He has published a book with Vicki Aitken entitled "Caddy-Talk: The Psychology of Being a Great Golf Caddy" (see link below to purchase). The book is a required text for Caddie Connect, the caddie school in St. Andrews, Scotland, and is included in the Professional Caddies Association's training program. He also has two unpublished books (available soon from DAWVIJA Publishers): "Golf Zone: How to Play Better and Enjoy it More" and its complement "The Golf Zone Logbook: Exercises to Get into the Zone."