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Dirk Stroda
Dirk Stroda (July 10, 1962) is a Canadian personal development author and mental performance coach. He published his book How to Make Life Work and Build a Legacy in 2018. Dirk Stroda is the personal coach for Olympians and high level athletes as well for CEO and public figures in North America and Europe. He has coached athletes that participated in 13 Olympic Summer and Winter Games and Paralympics Games, numerous World Championships and countless National Championships.

Early life

Stroda was born in Selters, Germany to Karl-Heinz and Marilen Stroda and spend his childhood in Duesseldorf, Germany. After graduating from Lessing Gymnasium in Duesseldorf, he served in the German Air Force.

Career

Stroda enrolled in Koblenz, Germany and later in Duesseldorf, Germany to pursue his career as a Physiotherapist. He founded and managed one of Germany's largest orthopedic and sport rehabilitation clinic. He became the medical coach for several German National Teams between 1990 and 2002. He published the first functional golf training video program in 2000 which became the benchmark in functional training concepts. He co-authored a research paper in 2000 and held lectures in Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Australia and the United States. In 2002, Stroda moved to Canada with his three children and Verena Stroda, his wife. His passion in human performance shifted from the physical to the non-physical. He began coaching in his Canadian hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia and after a short period he was appointed to the Mental Performance Coach of Equine Canada (2013 - 2016). Stroda is now the personal coach for top riders in Canada and the US.

Influences

Dirk Stroda was influenced for his coaching career by Wayne Dyer, the Institute of HeartMath and his mentors in the field of high performance sport and business.