Jeff Simons, Ph.D.

Jeff Simons

Professor of Kinesiology

Kinesiology

E-mail: jeff.simons@csueastbay.edu

Phone: 510-885-4247

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Expertise

Psycho-motor aspects of physical activity, learning, and performance

Unique Experience

Learning and Performance Consultant to elite sportspeople over 30 years; Athletes/coaches in past 7 Olympic Game; Credentialed Sport Psychologist to Australian Olympic Teams 1996 and 2000; Currently Learning/Performance Consultant to 2016 Australian Olympic Rowing Team; Considerable experience with principles of youth sport and physical activity participation.

In The News

  • Kinesiology professor Jeff Simons explains competition in sports.

    November 8, 2023

  • Simons discusses the art of playing with competitors' minds to outsmart them to the finish.

    October 18, 2021

  • Simons discusses the myth that you are broken if you don't maintain contact with your competitors in a race.

    September 13, 2021