VRC Bio Blast
Reginald Younger Jr.,
At VRC Sports Psychology Performance Consulting Group, P.L.L.C., Reginald provides mental performance coaching to athletes, coaches, and teams. Welcome to my Bio Blast page.
Reginald is a member of the Association for Applied Sports Psychology. The association is the largest sport and exercise psychology professional organization in North America. AASP is an international, multidisciplinary, professional organization with over 3,000 members in 50 countries worldwide, with backgrounds in a variety of areas including sport science, social work, counseling, and clinical psychology. He is also a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT).
AASP promotes the development of science and ethical practice in the field of sport psychology and offers certification (Certified Mental Performance Consultant®) to qualified professionals in sports science and psychology who have completed the education, practicum, and internship/supervision requirements and successfully passed a certification exam. (appliedsportpsych.org). He is a graduate and student-athlete from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, majoring in Broadcast Communications Journalism with a minor in Child Development. Reggie participated in the varsity basketball and track teams (high jump) at Mira Mesa High School in San Diego, California, where he still holds the high jump record. He was a member of the Weber State University Track and Field team and a three-year varsity athlete under world-renowned coach Chick Hislop. He is the former Head Junior Varsity coach for Pinnacle Lacrosse and led teams to records of 6-10, 12-0, 6-6-1, and 8-3. Due to COVID-19, our season was cut short with a 4-2 record. In 2021, the Junior Varsity record was 13-1, and Reggie was named the Arizona Girls Lacrosse Association (AGLA) Coach of the Year. In 2021, the team secured a record of 11-2, earning back-to-back first-place honors in Junior Varsity. For the 2022/2023 season, he led his upstart team to a 5-5-2 record. He was then under the mentorship of new head coach Lisa Ojea, who brings over ten years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level that includes stops at Rutgers, Louisville, James Madison (as a player), and Virginia Tech, as well as experience at the Collegiate Club level serving as Head Coach at Grand Canyon University. He is part of a new coaching staff led by Coach Kerry Clayton, a former standout attacker for the Division I Arizona State University Lacrosse Team. For the 2023/2024 season, Reggie was named Head Coach of the Pinnacle Varsity team, where he helped lead them to a 12-2 record and a playoff semifinal appearance. He was once again named the 2024 Coach of the Year for the AGLA and the USA Lacrosse Coach of the Year for the Arizona Region. Reggie was named Assistant Head Coach, Varsity Lacrosse at Xavier High School (September, 2024) under accomplished Head Coach Diana Oduho, a mainstay at Xavier. Reggie was also Coach Oduho’s Assistant Head Coach for the Arizona Women’s National Tournament (WNT) held in North Carolina in 2023.
Reggie earned his Master’s of Sport & Exercise Psychology from the Arizona School of Professional Psychology (Argosy University) in January of 2013, including practicum, internship, and supervision. His practicum sites were Pinnacle Lacrosse and Glendale Community College Women’s Tennis. He completed his Post-Master’s Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northcentral University in December 2017. He completed his Master’s degree (MAMFT) at National University on March 22, 2026, for licensure eligibility for Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) in the state of Arizona. His areas of research interest include the psychological aspects of athletic injury, concussion, eating disorders, gender diversity, depression, anger management, mental performance, and the role of exercise in mental health and wellness. He is a member of The Association for Applied Sport Psychology, The American Psychological Association, and The APA Division 47 Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology. His clients are athletes and performance artists aged 18-65. He was an Abstract Reviewer for the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st annual conferences, respectively, for the Association for Applied Sports Psychology held in New Orleans (2013), Las Vegas (2014), Indianapolis (2015), Phoenix (2016), Orlando (2017), Toronto (2018), Portland (2019) and Virtually (2020, 2021, 2022). He worked with athletes and the business of sports from various perspectives, spending 12 years with the San Francisco Giants organization and USA Baseball, and now he looks at it from a sport-psychological and performance perspective, one-on-one with athletes and teams.
Reggie has strengths in the study of psychological and mental factors that affect performance in sport, exercise, and physical activity. He uses applied sport psychology techniques in everyday settings and across a diverse range of sports. He assists coaches and staff in working with elite professional, collegiate, and high school athletes to improve drive, focus, and team cohesion through team talks and seminars. Reggie developed a keen understanding of applied core theory in sports psychology and research. He has demonstrated the ability to assess and evaluate case material to develop and implement interventions for athletes and teams in sport settings.
He is the founder and leads the VRC Sports Psychology Performance Consulting Group, a sports consulting firm in Phoenix, Arizona, focused on mental skills and athletic performance. He works with elite, collegiate, and high school athletes (age 18). Sports include lacrosse, tennis, basketball, football, softball, and others. He was under the mentorship of Mary Oakley, Psy.D., (CMPC®), of Stride Psychological Services. He has aspirations of building a center for Mental Health, Wellness, and Sports & Exercise Psychology.
Reggie, a believer in serving the community, is the President of the Desert Ridge Community Association (which he has served since 2008), a suburb of North Phoenix, and former Chairman of the Design Review Committee. He has been a member of the Desert View Village Planning Committee, under Mayor Kate Gallego and City Councilman Jim Waring, for the City of Phoenix since 2009. He served as the second Vice President and President of the Arizona Girls Lacrosse Association from 2016-2018, representing and growing the sport of Lacrosse in the state of Arizona.
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