Sport Psychology Consultant & Mental Coach
Udi Gal has competed at two Olympic Games and coached at two more. He knows what pressure actually feels like — and he builds mental systems that survive it. For professional athletes and elite teams across basketball, tennis, sailing, and Olympic sport.
“He’s been exactly where you’re trying to go. That changes the whole room.”
Elite Athlete
The Method
A systematic, evidence-based framework for diagnosing and developing the mental skills that determine elite performance.
We identify the specific mental qualities that drive performance in your sport — and assess where you currently stand against your own ideal.
Targeted, structured work on the skills that matter most. Grounded in sport psychology research. Adapted to your reality.
Strategies that work under pressure, in competition, when it counts. Not theory — applied tools you own.
Research & Writing
Original frameworks and practical articles — for athletes, coaches, and practitioners who want to understand what high performance actually requires.
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Infrastructure
SportMind is Udi’s proprietary practitioner platform — combining performance profiling, DBT module tracking, session documentation, and practitioner-led client management in a single integrated system.
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Tool
Digital Assessment
The Performance Profile App brings Hierarchical Performance Profiling into a digital format — enabling athletes and coaches to assess mental performance qualities, track progress over time, and identify the gaps that matter most. Thousands of downloads worldwide.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Published by Bloomsbury, The Sail Racing Bible covers every dimension of competitive sailing performance — from tactics and boat speed to the mental skills that separate good sailors from champions. Required reading for serious competitors at every level.
About
4x Olympian. World Champion. Sport psychology consultant & mental coach.
Udi Gal has done what most mental performance coaches can only read about. He competed at two Olympic Games and coached at two more in sailing, winning a World Championship and European Championship and collecting more than 20 World Cup medals. When he moved into coaching, he took those same Games to another generation of athletes.
What makes his work distinctive isn’t the trophy case — it’s what came after. A Master’s degree in Sport Psychology, 20 years of applied practice across basketball, tennis, soccer, sailing, and Olympic disciplines, and original research that produced a new framework for precision skill development: Hierarchical Performance Profiling.
He also built the Performance Profile app — one of the most widely used assessment tools in applied sport psychology, with thousands of downloads worldwide — and SportMind, a client intelligence platform. He also authored The Sail Racing Bible, published by Bloomsbury.
Credentials
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Location
San Francisco, CA — works globallyUdi takes on new clients selectively. Tell him about your sport, your level, and what you’re working through — he’ll respond personally within 48 hours.