About This Project

Elizma Nortje

As one of the world’s leading High Performance Mental Training Specialists, Elizma has been working with tens and thousands of elite athletes (professional, collegian and junior tennis and cricket players), Hollywood actors, writers and entrepreneurs over the past 17 years. The key to unlock their full potential and take them from being stuck to unstuck is the programming of their minds. She is working with top ATP (Men’s Professional Tennis tour), WTA (Women’s Professional Tennis tour) and ITF (International Tennis Federation) as well as USTA players. Elizma also works with many players from tennis academies such as the Tim Mayotte’s Academy in Boston, Nick Saviano’s Academy in Florida, Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy in Spain, the Mouratoglou Academy in France, and the Piatti Academy in Italy. She is Head Coach and Mental Training Director at the Van der Meer World Class Academy in the USA.

Elizma’s work and training is greatly influenced by one of the world’s most renowned cognitive neuroscientists, Dr Caroline Leaf, as well as her great mentor Dr Jim Loehr, a world-renowned performance psychologist, author and co-founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute to help athletes and all high performers with up-to-date scientific research and practical implementations to reach their full potential in life.

As a High Performance Mental Coach and a Certified Dietless Life Coach, Elizma trained and worked with the top International & UK #1 Therapist Marisa Peer, who also developed the highly successful Rapid Transformational Training (RTT) Born in Namibia, Elizma played as the #1 junior and senior tennis player for Namibia. She was also the #1 u/16 and #3 u/18 junior in South Africa and was honored with Junior Springbok Colors. After graduating from the United States International University (USIU) in San Diego, California, where she played on a NCAA Division 1 (Top 12 ), Elizma competed on the WTA Tour for eight years as a professional tennis player.

She began her coaching career under the watchful eye of the famous Dennis Van Der Meer and was the first woman to receive the ITF Level 3 High Performance Coaching Certificate (recognized as the highest coaching qualification internationally). She led the tennis mental research field in Valencia, Spain under the ITF educational expert Miguel Crespo. Elizma also served as the ITF traveling coach for the world’s top junior teams in Europe for several years which produced top players such as Grigor Dimitrov, Guido Pella etc. She was also the Founder and Head Coach of the Pro Tennis Academy in Namibia, President of the Namibian Tennis Federation and Fed Cup Captain.

With her cutting edge mental training techniques, methods, and her multifaceted wealth of tennis experience, Elizma equips, enriches and empowers players, coaches and parents to become their very best, fulfilling their potential on and off the court.

As a Dietless Life Coach, she helps thousands of people around the globe to develop a healthy relationship with food by using the power of their mind to create optimal physical and mental health.

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