ALTIUS PERFORMANCE WORKS

Coaching athletes and performers to help bridge the mental gap between where they are and where they want to go.

 
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Forging enhanced performance through a deeper connection with the self.

Altius Performance Works helps athletes and performers of all stripes master the obstacles of peak performance. Using a host of strategies--behavioral, cognitive, and expressive-- Matt helps performers become their absolute best, both internally and externally. Working in collaboration with the athlete and their whole system, Matt sparks the fire of transformation, connecting performers with the joy of their endeavor & the power of self-knowledge.  And that's what we call winning.

 

“Working with Matt has taken my golf game to the next level.”
— Kyle M.
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SERVICES

Matt offers a wide array of services to help you or your athlete or performer realize the height of their potential, and all of these services are completely customizable based on the need:

Amateur Sports Services & Pricing

Altissimus (Package 3 - $2400)

  • 12 Personalized Coaching Sessions

  • Complete Altius Objectives

  • Review Video Competition & Assessment

  • Learn Visualizations, Mantras, & Affirmations

  • Complete Performance Grid

  • Open Access via Messaging

Altius (Package 2 - $1700)

  • 8 Personalized Coaching Sessions

  • Complete Altus Objectives

  • Deepen Heartwork & Mindwork Practices

  • Attend Sports Coaching Session

  • Introduce Entourage Work

Altus (Package 1 - $900)

  • 4 Personalized Coaching Sessions

  • Assess Goals Clarification

  • Introduce Heartwork & Mindwork Practices

  • Introduce Performance Grid

For Pro-Amateur and Pro Sports Track contact Matt for a Free Discovery Call.

 

TESTIMONIALS

"My son Will and our family have been working with Dr. Munich for several years now. He has made an enormous impact on his life in both his athletic and academic journey, as well how we all communicate and deal with life’s tests as a family, both on and off the field. He has taught him skills that he can use as an athlete, how to prepare for practice or tournaments and to get through difficult times, as well as test taking and day to day struggles and anxiety with school. To have taught a teenager these skills at such a young age is profound. Dr Munich has also changed and opened our eyes as parents and coaches, how to help our boys and students with ways to cope with all types of pressure and to ensure we help them get the most out of their endeavors. He has taught us all life changing skills and we are forever thankful to Dr Munich whose work has been so invaluable to our family. As a parent I am forever grateful!!!"

- Narelle K.

"Working with Matt/Dr. Munich has taken my golf game to the next level. We have been working on my mental routine for almost a year now. Adding regular meditation and emotional awareness drills has easily taken 5 strokes off my golf game. Every athlete or performer will definitely benefit from working on the mental aspect of their game with Matt."

- Kyle M.

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MATT MUNICH

I have been a lifelong competitor and student of sport. After a junior career playing in local and national squash tournaments, I played college squash at Cornell University, where I earned such honors as most valuable player, the sportsmanship award, and captaincy. After college, while serving as a club professional, I continued to compete individually, winning local tournaments, state championships, and playing several times at the top level of amateur squash, The S.L. Greene Championships, squash's United States Open. My competitive highlights include winning the 5.5 level national championship, and representing the United States internationally in the 1997 Maccabiah Games.

I also served as head of squash operations at two preparatory schools: The Kingswood Oxford School and The William Penn Charter School, where I worked with both boys and girls varsity squash teams. In these institutions, I honed his belief in mastery orientations: that process is not only better than product, but produces a better product.

In 2009, I decided to bring a more clinical focus to my work with athletes in order to help them with performance-based challenges. I attended the Smith College School for Social Work, where I conducted qualitative research on the experience of elite college athletes ("No Purer Joy: The Developmental, Social, and Motivational Aspects of Elite College Squash"). After graduating, I very quickly became immersed in the world of trauma psychology, helping veterans recover from the kind of cognitive misappraisals so commonly generated by posttraumatic stress. These kind of misappraisals are precisely the kind of imbalanced thoughts which hinder athletes from performing their best, and have parallels with performance anxiety, lack of behavioral control, and difficulties with focus. In my clinical work, I also works with groups, helping disparate individuals find greater meaning through a deeper connection with the team.

My combination of sport experience and clinical work put me in a great place to help your athlete or team remove any obstacle to peak performance, and derive the powerfully life transforming lessons of sport.

 
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CONTACT MATT

Matt can be reached at mattmunichphd@gmail.com or by phone at 860.539.0183.  Matt works both in person at his Durham office, or remotely via secure video conferencing.  You can also initiate contact by filling out this form:

Altius Performance Works

5015 South Park Drive, Suite 250

Durham, NC 27713