Sport psychology expert Jon Hammermeister will speak on “Principles of Olympic Excellence” at Western Washington University at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in Arntzen Hall Room 100.

The event is free and open to the public.

Hammermeister works with the Army Center for Enhanced Performance at Westpoint, N.Y., and is a performance consultant in sport psychology to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Ski Team. He served in the same capacity with the U.S. Olympic teams in 2002 and 2006 and will accompany this year’s team to the Vancouver Olympic Games.

A professor in the Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation at Eastern Washington University, Hammermeister is on a professional leave of absence this year while he works with the Army Center for Enhanced Performance’s branch at Fort Lewis just south of Tacoma. There, Hammermeister is responsible for designing, implementing and analyzing studies examining the efficacy of performance psychology...