Aaron Weintraub (also known as “Coach Traub”) lives with his wife Nicole and their 5 children in Redlands, CA. He earned his bachelor's degree from Emory University in Atlanta and a Master of Education from the University of Virginia, majoring in Sport Psychology and Motor Learning. He is a disciple of the late, great Harvey Dorfman, who earned two World Series rings and wrote The Mental Game of Baseball and other books.

Coach Traub is honored to be called “Coach” by quite a few people over his 27 years in coaching. He coached college baseball for 13 years at Emory University, Presbyterian College, Brevard College, The University of Virginia, and Cedar Valley College. He has been a full-time mental skills coach, consultant, and author for 13 years now. He has worked with individuals and teams in all sports from figure skating to golf to softball to football. He has, on multiple occasions, taught mental skills to parents and athletes jointly with 19X World Champion Sprinter Michael Johnson. He has authored two books: A Coaches Guide to Winning the Mental Game and Leadership Training for Softball. He has also put together a mental skills training workbook for athletes, a mental skills training workbook for coaches, and organized three Mental Skills Training Full-Day Workshops for professional coaches with some fantastic speakers like Trevor Moawad and Vince Poscente.

Coach Traub's latest project is building an online mental toughness and leadership course. He is joined by six Sport Psych instructors to help varsity-level student-athletes win the mental side of the game. The course is here: www.TeamMentalTraining.com.

Consultant for teams or Athletic Departments, including:

• Ole Miss
• Georgia Tech
• Louisiana Tech
• Colorado Mesa University
• Blinn Junior College
• University of Central Florida
• New Mexico State University
• University of Texas - Arlington
• Baylor
• Dallas Baptist University
• Odessa College
• University of Central Arkansas
• San Jacinto Community College
• University of Maryland
• University of Houston
• Memphis
• McNeese State
• Union University
• Click here for a more complete client list. 

Clinician for these and other coaching events:

• American Baseball Coaches Association
• Glazier Clinics and their Head Coach Academy
• National Fastpitch Coaches Association
• Colorado High School Baseball Coaches Association
• Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association
• Gulf Coast Softball Coaches Clinic

From 2002-2006, Coach Traub served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Cedar Valley Junior College in Dallas. He helped the Suns grow from a 13-38 team to a well-respected, consistent winner. The team was nationally ranked in the top 10 in 2004, 2005, and 2006. He was also an assistant coach of the Coppell Copperheads in 2007 for a team that won the Texas Collegiate League with a couple of fine first basemen: Brandon Belt and Paul Goldschmidt.

Coach Traub came to Cedar Valley from his alma mater of Emory University in Atlanta, GA. In 2001 he helped lead the Emory Eagles to their first ever #1 national ranking; that team finished the year with a 36-9 record, ranked #9 in NCAA Division III. He has also coached baseball at Presbyterian (SC) College, Brevard (NC) College, and the University of Virginia. While there, the Presbyterian team set a then-school-record for wins, Brevard did the same and achieved national recognition with a #4 ranking, and the Virginia Cavaliers were ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation. Additionally, he served as head coach of two collegiate summer league teams in wood bat leagues sponsored by major league baseball.

On the side, Coach Traub plays violin professionally. He also enjoys family time, "old man's league" softball, racquetball, tennis, golf, Yoga, and competitive ping-pong. Aaron's personal Facebook page is here and the business page for Coach Traub's Mental Skills Training is here. Please "like" it. He also has a softball dedicated facebook page here. He has a website dedicated to baseball here: www.BaseballMentalMaster.com and a sister site for softball here: www.SoftballMentalMaster.com. You can also follow Coach Traub on twitter here for inspirational and thought-provoking tweets. For the most free content and to comment, please go to his blog: www.SmileNowCoach.com. You can also subscribe to his free e-newsletter called Mental Skills Tips at www.SmileNowCoach.com.

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Christopher, 12; Ariel, 6

Carissa, 6, Gregory, 3

Gregory (7) Lillian (2) and Carissa (10) in Georgia

Carissa (sporting a Coach Traub t-shirt), Christopher, Ariel, and Gregory with Butterflies.