Current collaboration, since 2024
GoAcademy
Since 2024 I have been working with GoAcademy in Agno in the field of sport mental preparation. The collaboration is ongoing.
Fausto Donadelli
Sport Mental Coach and Mental Performance Coach, based in Lugano.
- Mental Coach
- Sport Mental Coach
- Mental Performance Coach
- Professional Coach
My work
I have been working with athletes in sport mental preparation since 2000.
I work with athletes, coaches and teams on the mental side of performance: concentration, pressure, confidence, managing emotions and mistakes. I work with professionals and amateurs, with young athletes and with their families.
My work starts from an observation I have come across in sport for years:
“having talent, being prepared and possessing great technical skills does not necessarily mean being able to express them in competition.”
This is where the approach I call Intelligenza Agonistica comes from: helping athletes use, when it matters, the resources they have already built.
Experience in 19 disciplines
Individual and team sports, on ice, on snow, in the water, on the road and on the field.
- Artistic gymnastics
- Athletics (track and field)
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Cross-country skiing
- Cycling
- Figure skating
- Football (soccer)
- Freestyle skiing
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Inline hockey
- K1 / kickboxing
- Karate
- Speed skating
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
Collaborations
Previous experience and collaborations
- 2014–2016HC LuganoIce hockey. Mental Performance Coach
- 2016FC LuganoFootball. Mental Performance Coach
- 2022IHC MalcantoneInline hockey. Mental Performance Coach
Over the course of my career I have worked with HC Lugano (2014–2016), FC Lugano (2016) and IHC Malcantone (2022). I currently hold no contractual position with these three clubs, and I also work independently with individual athletes.
Training
Programs completed with private training providers, as stated in the documentation.
- “Master in Psicologia dello Sport” and “Master in Coaching Sportivo” (dual-title program)Academic Excellence Recognition.
- METT Advanced, Expert LevelFacial microexpression recognition.
- Professional Coach, Life & Executive Coaching600 hours.
- Professional Counselor450 hours.
- Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic ProgrammingOver 600 hours of practical training and assistance; NLP Practitioner, NLP Master Practitioner and NLP Trainer levels.
Where and how I work
- Base
- Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
- In person
- In Switzerland, Italy and abroad, by arrangement
- Online
- Individual coaching, available internationally
- Languages
- Italian and English
My work is mental preparation for sport performance, carried out with discretion and confidentiality. Information about an athlete is shared with third parties, such as coaches, clubs or parents, only with their consent, in line with legal and safeguarding obligations.
When a situation calls for help other than mental coaching, I refer to a psychologist, a physician or another qualified healthcare professional.
To find out how a coaching program works, see Method; for the different audiences, see Services.
Let’s talk about your goal
Tell me in a few lines about your sport, where you train and what you would like to improve. Together we will decide whether to work in person or online.
Write to me through the contact formOr write to info@sportmentalcoaching.org
The first introductory conversation is free of charge.