25 Ideas that will boost your Performance and Mental Health Welcome to episode #211 of Demystifying Mental Toughness. Today we bring you the 1st of 2 compilation episodes over the festive period. The key takeaways from this episode come from the worlds of sport, business and healthcare. Mental health, burnout, injury recovery, managing difficult conversations …
18 August 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Improve the Coach-Athlete Relationship? Update on The Mental Edge from David I hope that you’re well and that you have had a good week. As a valued subscriber and reader of The Mental Edge, I’d like to let you know about small change to …
04 August 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 7 Problems Dysfunctional Teams Can Run Into In Sport Dysfunctional teamwork refers to a situation where a group of individuals (players and/or coaching/support staff) within a club or organisation fail to work effectively together. The end result often equals poor performances and problems in achieving common …
28 July 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 5 Benefits of Team Building Exercises in Sports How to create a team first mentality to improve results in sport. A team first mentality, could also be described a team-oriented mindset or team-centric approach, and refers to the belief and practice of prioritising the collective goals …
30 June 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Help Kids Enjoy Their Youth Sport Experience Can sports psychology coaching help my child enjoy their sport more? Most parents face this challenge from time to time and can struggle encouraging their children in sports. At some point it’s pretty inevitable that something happens …
09 June 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Assert Yourself so That Other People Don’t Throw You Off Your Game In different sports an athlete’s job varies according to their role and the specific sport. For example, a batter in cricket’s role is to score runs. For a defender in football or …
Soccer Psychology Tips: Case Study -Supporting a Young Footballer to Overcome His Fears This example represents a very common challenge we help solve The Client: A 12 year old footballer who has taken part in a series of unsuccessful trials at professional football academies. The Challenge: The client was a talented attacking player, who was …
Sport Psychology Tips: 5 Reasons Team Captains Should Work with a Sports Psychologist Leadership support is vital for captains to perform optimally In 2002, I began a new role as a Business Travel Consultant after working in a variety of customer focused and supervisory roles in the travel industry. Within 9 months I was promoted …
Sports Psychology Tips: Coaches – Are You and Your Team Pulling Together During Tough Times? The culture of a team or club starts from the top Right now, we’re in the middle of a pandemic with the recent government guidelines hitting sport hard. Even prior to this announcement mental health was a concern for many …
Sports Psychology Tips: 3 Tips to Deal with Bullying in Sport Pressures in sport can mean bullying, wrongly, becomes part of the game Competitive sport, such as hockey or netball, are known for encouraging a positive environment, particularly within youth sport, as well as teaching athletes the importance of friendship amongst teammates. However, these competitive …