Lindsey Blom
Sr Assoc Athletic Director for Championship Performance, Sr Kinesiology Advisor to Dean, Prof of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Lindsey Blom is a Professor of Sport and Exercise
Psychology, Faculty Athletics Representative, and Sport & Exercise
Psychology Graduate Program Coordinator at Ball State University interested in
psycho-social aspects of youth sport and sport for development and peace. For
the past decade, she has investigated positive youth development through sport
and using sport to promote peace at the individual, community, and
international levels. Specifically, her research focuses on maximizing the
benefits of sport participation through a mastery and cooperative approach
fostered by trained coaches and supportive parents, emphasizing holistic
athlete development. Her recent projects include exploring the peace indicators
and development of purpose in Liberian youth involved in a sport for
development program, conducting sport for social change programs in India,
Jordan and Tajikistan, developing a values-based curriculum that can infused
into recreational sport leagues, chairing the NASPE task force for the position
statement on Maximizing the Benefits of Youth Sport, and running local
after-school sport for peace and leadership programs with elementary school
children. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Blom has co-authored numerous journal
articles, book chapters, and a book, Survival Guide for Coaching Youth
Soccer, and received over three-quarters of a million dollars in externally
funded grants as the principal investigator or Co-PI, with two recent PI grants
related to sport of social change funded by the Department of State Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs’ SportsUnited program. Dr. Blom also serves on
the Board of Director for Dream Sports Africa and Ball State’s Center for Peace
and Conflict Studies as well as the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Editorial Board, and is a Ball State New Faculty Academy Facilitator and an
Association for Applied Sport Psychology Fellow.
To accompany her educational training and research
experience, Lindsey has over 15 years of consulting experience as a certified
mental performance consultant (CMPC) and over 15 years of experience as a youth
soccer coach. As a consultant, she has worked with administrators, coaches, and
athletes from the youth to collegiate level on issues in creating a positive
sport environment and maximizing performance. Furthermore, she has led numerous
team-building workshops and presented at coaching conferences. Additionally, as
a soccer coach, she has worked with children ages 4 to 18, in recreational,
competitive, and school-based settings using her experiences as a
semi-professional and Hall of Fame Division I soccer player.