Dr. Ben Strack, Founder of OC Sport Psychology, is a licensed psychologist, sport psychologist, certified mental performance consultant (CMPC) and Board Certified in Biofeedback (BCB-BCIA) Dr. Strack has consulted with professional athletes across multiple sports: MiLB/MLB, NHL, NBA, PGA, MLS/USL, Olympic, and Olympic aspiring athletes (Women’s Indoor Volleyball, Swimming, Speed Skating, Fencing, Sprint Kayaking, Track, and Field)
Dr. Strack serves as Assistant Clinical Professor, University California, Riverside School of Medicine. He is the team sport psychologist and EAP Director for the The Athletics and team sport psychologist for OC Soccer Club (USL). He is an author/editor of the sport psychology book ” Applications of biofeedback and neurofeedback in sport psychology ” (2011).
Ben is a former Division I college baseball player and founding partner of Proball Inc., a private baseball academy. During the 1999 and 2000 MLB seasons, he was the batting practice pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. From 1999 to 2004, he was hand-picked to pitch in the MLB Players’ Association and ESPN’s Big League Challenge Home Run Contests where he was the personal pitcher for Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Raphael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco, Shawn Green, Magglio Ordonez, Andruw Jones, and Troy Glaus.
Dr. Strack is a United States Olympic and Paraolympic Sport Psychology Registry member, 2017 President of the Orange County Psychological Association, and a co-chairperson for the Optimal Performance/Functioning division of the Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. He is also an active member of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Baseball Coaches Association, and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).