25 May 2024 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 5 Important Lessons On Commitment From The 4 Hour Work Week I hope you are well and 2024 has been good to you so far. I’ve been slow with the creation of this Mental Edge, which I sincerely apologise for. It is probably the biggest gap …
Sports Psychology Tips: 4 Steps To Form A Habit That Actually Sticks The Art of the HABIT is fraught with difficulties but… A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. The American Journal of Psychology go on to define a “habit, from a psychological standpoint as a …
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 …
16 September 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Set Better Goals so That You Enjoy Your Sport More Are you setting the wrong goals? The majority of people that we support at Inspiring Sporting Excellence are highly motivated, goal driven athletes, coaches or sporting parents. Yet, something I note is that many …
03 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How Can I Fulfil My Potential? This is a very important question you should ask yourself Many athletes and coaches won’t explore the topic of how to achieve your full potential – I’d encourage you to be one of the few that do. So how can …
Conversations with Kids – Week 17 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 What is Important to you? Today the …
20 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge What Is Important To You When You Play Your Sport? What is important to you when you play your sport? Often I find in conversations I have with athletes, coaches and parents there is a huge emphasis placed on winning, scoreboards and scorecard. Is this a …
13 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How Can You Build Positive Habits? How Can You Build Positive Habits? A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. The American Journal of Psychology go on to define a “habit, from a psychological standpoint as a more …
06 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How good are you at sticking to your promises? Happy New Year! I hope that your new year has got off to a good start? For me this week I’ve enjoyed a fun week in the Lake District with our family before getting back into my …
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 …