Mental Health and Resilience: Lessons from an Olympic Medalist Marilyn Okoro has competed in elite professional athletics for 15 years in the 400m and 800m, recently retiring from the sport. She is a 2 x Great Britain Olympian where she gained a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m relay. Now Marilyn is a …
Encouraging Mentally Healthy Cultures in Sport Amy Izycky is a Clinical Psychologist and a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist specialising in Neuropsychology. She graduated from Durham University with an Honours degree in Psychology and a Masters of Science in Developmental Psychopathology. She later went on to complete her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Newcastle University and more recently …
7 Reasons Why Golfers Should Visualise By working with David Charlton, you and your organisation will be better equipped to rise to modern day challenges and better informed to thrive on and off the pitch, course or court. Where he inspires individuals and teams to: Cope with pressure and challenges more effectively Maintain positive mental health …
Mastering The Mental Side Of Golf JJ Vallely, is a PGA Professional Golf Coach from Matfen Hall and an experienced coach who has supported golfers for more than 20 years. In 2018, he was recognised by his peers as England Golf Squad coach of the year for his outstanding work with the England Golf North …
Why You Should Build Your Mental Toughness Paul Lyons is an experienced Australian based mental toughness and leadership practitioner who advises and coaches business owners and leaders and their organisations on making better decisions to achieve happiness, good health and high performance. Neither an academic nor psychologist his practical, everyday approach to Mental Toughness comes …
Encouraging Mentally Healthy Environments A lot of people don’t view mental toughness in the correct light. Many have pre-conceived ideas that mental weakness is the opposite to being mentally tough so in this episode we look to get the point across that this isn’t the case. Especially to those that then go on to …
Are you your biggest enemy on the golf course? In conversations with golfers I often ask them what their biggest obstacle is to shooting lower scores and playing better golf. The following words are usually uttered, “I need to be more consistent”, I don’t hole enough putts” and “I’m erratic off the tee.” Many golfers …
How to Cultivate Mental Toughness and a Growth Mindset in Rugby If you have a fixed mindset, you believe that basic qualities such as your intelligence, skills or talents fixed. In other words, they are considered a part of you that cannot be changed. However, the individual with a growth mindset believes that even …
How to Develop Mental Strength in Young Athletes You’ve got mental strength or you haven’t some people often wrongly assume. Mental strength or mental toughness can be developed with self-awareness, from experiences, coaching or psychological support. The upside then is an individual or a group of individuals are likely to make smarter decisions which goes …
The Importance of Effective Communication in Sports An important element of mental toughness which is often not thought about is our ability to communicate effectively, both on a 1-2-1 basis and in groups. In some individual sports, this skill is arguably not as important as it is team sports or in the workplace. However, you …