Title: Inclusion of mental mental coach in the sports preparation of the Czech Republic A- Team in cross country skiing Objectives: The aim of this work in to find out the justification of the need to include a mental coach in the sports preparation of the national team of cross-country skiing Methods: The research was carried out in the research design of grounded theory. As a method of data collection was used semi-structured interview, data were evaluated using open, axial and selected coding. Results: Basedon interviews conducted with twelve respondents (6 men and 6 woman), members of the czech republic national team of cross-country skiing, the inclusion of a mental coach in the preparation of the national team is desirable. Key words: cross-country skiing, psychological preparation, mental coach, sport performance