Dr. Scott Goldman is a high performance and clinical psychologist with 25+ years of experience working with elite athletes and organizations in the NBA, NFL, MLB, and NCAA. His expertise extends across performance psychology, talent development, and organizational dynamics.
He’s also been a key advisor to the NCAA, co-authoring several mental health best practices and serving on its Mental Health Task Force. He holds fellow status with both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and has trained under Albert Ellis, creator of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.
Dr. Goldman is the founder of AIQ+, a cutting-edge platform that combines decades of psychological insights with AI to assess and predict athletic intelligence. AIQ+ provides front offices, coaches, and players with instant, actionable data to improve talent acquisition, development, and performance. Designed to work alongside traditional evaluation tools, it helps teams identify trainability, mental agility, and decision-making under pressure—traits that often separate good athletes from great ones.
Chapters:
- 00:56 The Birth of AIQ: Merging Psychology and Sports
- 02:04 Understanding Athletic Intelligence Quotient (AIQ)
- 04:48 What Separates Good Athletes from Great Ones?
- 09:42 The Trainability of Mental Skills in Athletes
- 13:06 Misunderstandings in Athlete Cognitive Makeup
- 16:24 Using AIQ for Talent Selection and Development
- 20:11 Transferability of AIQ Beyond Sports
- 22:20 AIQ vs. Traditional Testing Methods
- 24:54 Leveraging AI and Data for Deeper Insights
- 28:07 The Future of AIQ and Its Expansion
- 31:43 Intelligent Athletes: Case Studies and Insights
Scott Goldman: 🏠Website: https://aiq.team/
💼LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottgoldmanphd/
Scott Garber:
🏠 Website: https://profluence.com
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sgarber40/
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