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President’s Message

Jonathan Metzler, Ph.D., CC-AASP, SAIC/CSF2

I hope that you are enjoying whose services are highly valued given their employment at

the summer and have had an prominent institutions where performance excellence and

opportunity to preview the quality are fundamental. These individuals are invigorated to

program of our upcoming embrace, or in some cases reengage, AASP as a professional

conference in Las Vegas. Brent home.

Walker, Jack Watson, and the

Conference Planning Committee
Expanding Our Visibility and Reach
have done an exceptional job at

securing dynamic and diverse Our increased involvement in the Joint Commission on Sports

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speakers and keynotes who Medicine and Science continues to catalyze a variety of

opportunities that could push AASP out to the public in strategic
should stimulate your thinking

as you advance yourself as a ways. Over the past few months, I represented AASP at a few

professional. The conference
high-proile events, including the Closing the Gap on Childhood

Obesity Summit, sponsored by the Clinton Foundation and the should also provide an excellent opportunity to meet and

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the White House Healthy connect with colleagues. We anticipate another record

Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit. Both of these events attendance as well as an exciting ‘5 Slides in 5 Minutes’ trial

were attended by leaders of various organizations interested in
format for some presentations. I am optimistic that this novel

enhancing the well-being of children and society through sport.
approach will stimulate interaction and discussion, providing a

rich professional development experience, reminiscent of the

intimate days that characterized the founding of AASP.
I found it interesting that, more often than not, the conversations

tended toward pondering how to change individual behavior,

with little to no attention paid to the contributions of our On the Cusp of History - Again

members who have expertise in relevant areas such as youth

I am pleased to report that, compared to this time last year, our
sport, specialization, parental involvement, coach education,
membership has increased about 14%. At 1,935 members in total,
and psychology of injury reporting. My attendance allowed me
including the inlux of new members we have gained within the
to directly engage these leaders to inform them about AASP, the
irst 6 months of 2014, we are on trajectory to pass the 2,000
disciplinary knowledge we distribute, and the professionals we
member mark for the irst time in AASP’s history. I believe the
credential to serve as experts in these areas. My overarching
growth of the organization reveals an excitement regarding
sense is that AASP is not currently the “go-to” organization for

the potential of the Association. I am most excited to have had
scholarship or service providers in these areas, as we are still
personal dialogue with several sport psychology professionals

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