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Cameron Omsberg

 (NCAA Division I soccer player and current assistant coach)

Cameron worked with coach Flaherty while captain of Lehigh University and also playing on USL PDL team Portland Phoenix. Cameron also went on to work with Flaherty as an assistant coach at NCAA DIII school Bates College. Together, the pair guided Bates from an 0-10 NESCAC season to snapping a nine year playoff drought for the school.

“Stewart was instrumental in helping me prepare and focus to consistently perform at a high level during games and practices. Once I began coaching, I used many of the techniques he taught me to help my players. Even though my playing career is over, I still stay in touch with Stewart and use his advice in my professional and personal life.”

ABBY PYNE

 

Abby worked with coach Flaherty during her youth soccer career, both on the field and with her college search process that ended in her playing for NCAA D1 power Duke University.  During her youth career, Abby played on the U14, U15, U17 and U18 national teams.  During her college career in the ACC, Pyne did more work with Flaherty as she recovered from multiple knee surgeries.  Here is a feature on Abby during her Duke career;

“Having known Stewart as a coach, mentor, and friend over the last 10 years of my life, I have grown to fully appreciate how rare it is for a coach to know what individual players need to hear to be their best selves. When I was riding high and on youth national teams, Stewart drove me to be better. More importantly, when I was low, and recovering from knee injury after knee injury, Stewart kept me sane. He is brilliant at helping you reach peak performance mentally as an athlete and equally brilliant at helping you handle the nuances of recovering from injuries. I cannot recommend to him enough to players who are seeking to reach the next level or who are looking to best handle setbacks.”

 

KAM ARNOLD

Kam has worked with coach Flaherty for two years and the pair have a strong working relationship.  The primary focus of work was goal setting, prefight mental rituals and visualization.  Other work done was to help Kam align his entire life to allow for greater success and time allocation to his fighting.  During 2018, Kam became the NEF Bantamweight champion.

JAMES BEATTIE

James worked with coach Flaherty in his younger years as a developing player.  James went on to play in the English Premier League, Scottish Premier League and UEFA Champions League as well as representing the England national team, scoring over 100 goals at the professional level in Britain. 

 “I have known Stewart for over 20 years and his knowledge of sports performance and the mindset required is thorough and impressive.  Not only has he learned it, he continues to apply it on a daily basis in his field of work.  He is honest and has an insatiable appetite for success.

He is someone I trust implicitly as a sounding board and has often given me ideas on how I approach my own coaching.”

WYATT OMSBERG

Wyatt worked with coach Flaherty from the age of 14 years old, working on both on field coaching and sport psych specific work.  Omsberg would go on to become a four-time Ivy League champion with NCAA D1 program Dartmouth College.  Omsberg went on to a decorated college career, being named a three time All-Ivy League player and two time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.  Omsberg was then drafted in the first round by MLS franchise Minnesota United where he is currently pursuing his professional career.

MATT PROBIN

Matt worked with coach Flaherty while recovering from injury during his decorated fighting career.  Currently an undefeated professional MMA fighter who has competed most recently with Bellator, Matt also has a decorated Muay Thai career that has seen him compete in Thailand while also boxing professionally in his early fighting career.