Sports Psychology Tips: 3 Tips to Help You Ride the Waves of Transition in Sport Transitions in sport and life can be tough at times Life can throw us off track when we least expect it whether you are a professional athlete, a young athlete with potential or an experienced coach – things happen that …
Sports Psychology Tips: Mental Toughness is a Hugely Valuable Trait But is misunderstood by many people If you could improve your performance levels by 5-10% what difference would it make to your life? What about 20-25% difference how would that make you feel? Would you win more prize money? Would you have the pleasure of …
Sports Psychology Tips: Why You Should Stop Setting SMART Goals Why not set goals that work for you? You have probably been force fed this goal setting structure since you were in PE, at the age of 10! Well, you’re not 10 anymore (If you’re 10 this still applies!). So, let us bypass the catchy …
Sports Psychology Tips: 6 Reasons Why Goal Setting Doesn’t Work Goal setting can be a very powerful process but… Goal setting is widely used in the field of sport and performance psychology. Goal setting consists of defining specific short term and long term goals. This is in order to have a sense of direction and …
Conversations with Kids – Week 16 For parents and guardians where we give you prompts so that you can have more meaningful conversations with your children to help them build key characteristics such as mental toughness, resilience, confidence, creativity, focus and so on. A Question for your Kids How often do you brush your teeth? …
Conversations with Kids – Week 15 For parents and guardians where we give you prompts so that you can have more meaningful conversations with your children to help them build key characteristics such as mental toughness, resilience, confidence, creativity, focus and so on. A Question for your Kids Would you like to be Lionel Messi? …
Combat Sports Psychology Tips: Helping Fighters Who Self-Sabotage Success Helping combat fighters stay committed to their training When supporting fighters in combat sports one of the biggest challenges that I come up against is helping them help themselves remain committed to their mental and physical training. Often plateaus in performance occur when you don’t see …
Sports Psychology Tips: Life After Professional Sport and its Challenges The beginning of a new life and a potential emotional rollercoaster Every year many athletes decide to hang up their boots or consign their racquet to the shed as they begin aging and feel that they can’t operate at the level that they’d like too. …
Sports Psychology Tips: 8 Top Personality Traits of High Performance Athletes How much of being a top athlete is about your personality? From a young age, I was always interested in what makes an athlete successful. Is it about talent or genetics? Is it more psychological and about what character traits they have? Could it …
Golf Psychology Tips: How to Stay Focused During the Off-Season Do you try to maximise the time you get to comeback mentally, physically and technically stronger? Many golfers struggle during the winter months to stay motivated, throw in COVID-19 restrictions that have been placed on us in many different countries. It can be very difficult. …