“With out a doubt, Andrei Mandzuk made me a stronger athlete. I first started working with Andrei during the summer of 2019. At the time, I was an inconsistent track performer. Although I had had good races, I had battled through many injuries during my collegiate career and my confidence was low. Going into my senior year, this self-doubt was creeping into my races and really sabotaging some potentially strong results. Within a month of working with Andrei, my results were beginning to turn for the better. My mental training consisted of imagery (imagining myself feeling relaxed and confident during a race) and disassociating from any pain/negative thoughts during my practices. It really felt as though I was practicing to meditate while I ran. This allowed my stress and anxiety to decrease before and during my races. In fact, after this initial month working with Andrei, I placed in the top 10 at the first Cross Country race for SFU (my best placing in a cross country race for SFU at that point). That cross country season would turn out to be my best ever with the school, as I broke personal bests in the 8km and 10km distances. Now, two years later, I am a stronger, more confident runner because of Andrei's training and guidance.”

“In my time working with Andrei Mandzuk I feel that I improved my mental game a lot. Why I reached out to start working with Andrei is that I was over working and being overly critical of myself and it was affecting my training severely. Our sessions provided me with mental cues and strong ways of handling emotions that I carry with me every day throughout my athletic career. Andrei was truly an amazing coach and made our sessions individual and personal to myself and my situation. If any athlete is looking to get a mental edge and take that next step in their game I could not recommend Andrei enough!”

“I have been coached by Andrei for 4 years. Andrei is an insightful and caring mental performance coach who knows how to draw off past experiences as well as adapt theories to an athlete’s unique sport or situation. He’s very committed to both educating and instructing athletes on their journeys to improve performance. He is open-minded and goes above and beyond the expectations of an MPC to really connect with and benefit the athletes. It’s also nice to have a coach in Andrei who is still an athlete himself. Knowing that Andrei knows, and is going through the same performance improvement “grind” makes working with him even better, as he can relate to the hard work and dedication it takes to be an elite performer.”

“I’ve had the honor of working with Andrei at provincial academies on several occasions. Every conversation I have with him, without fail, leaves me amazed at how knowledgeable he is in his field. Andrei lives and breathes sport. He is an incredibly personable and highly creative professional who really puts in the effort to engage with his clients – not always an easy feat over zoom during a pandemic! The athletes love him. The support staff love him. Andrei is definitely someone you’d want on your team!”

“Andrei's passion and curiosity surrounding sport performance and mental training is evident in his practice, and his workshops. He focuses on the needs of the individual, or the group, and how his work and knowledge can apply to their sport, using research and application of growth mindset and other performance training resources. You can tell Andrei is someone who practices what he teaches, focusing on maintaining a growth mindset in his own climbing which only adds to the inspiration he fosters in his athletes and clients.”

“I have had the opportunity to work with Andrei a couple times over the last few years. On both occasions I came away with new knowledge, and new perspective on high-performance sport psychology. One of his most impressive attributes, is Andrei's ability to apply theory to real world scenarios. Being able to apply a technique, and see progress, is what really matters for me as a coach (and athlete).”

“It was a pleasure to work with Andrei on a multitude of workshop through the ARC'TERYX Climbing Academy. Very professional and knowledgeable bringing immense value to our programming.”