Ms. Pennisi has her M.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Exercise and Sport Science specializing in sport psychology. She has expertise in parental influences on youth sports and how participation in sports influences one's mental development. She received a B.A. in psychology and a B.A. in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ms. Pennisi was a varsity collegiate athlete in tennis as well as a Morehead scholar. She has coached varsity high school and middle school tennis and middle school basketball. She has presented to collegiate and high school level athletes and coaches on motivation, team building and mental skills. She also has experience consulting with individual athletes as well as teams, focusing on helping athletes improve their performance through mental skills training. In addition to doing consulting work, she currently teaches tennis to all ages.

EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (M.S.)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.)

EXPERIENCE
Individual and team consulting with coaches, athletes and parents.
Presentations on mental skills training to Tar Heel Tennis Camps and UNC Strength and Conditioning Camp

PUBLICATIONS
Lauer, L., Sie Pennisi, N. (2002). Effectively dealing with parents. In Gould, D. (Ed.), 2002 Coaching Academy Playbook, The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. Morristown, NJ.

Lauer, L., Gould, D., Rolo, C., Jannes, C., & Pennisi, N. (2006, accepted). Junior coaches' perceptions of core tennis parenting principles. Medicine and Science in Tennis.

Lauer, L., Gould, D., Rolo, C., Jannes, C., & Pennisi, N. (2006, accepted). Coaches' perceptions of working successfully with junior tennis parents. Medicine and Science in Tennis.

Gould, D., Lauer, L., Rolo, C., Jannes, C., & Sie Pennisi, N. (2005). Understanding the role parents play in junior tennis success Phases 1 & 2: Perceptions of junior coaches. Final grant report. USA Tennis Sport Science, Key Biscayne, FL.