Explore resources to help children and young adults build lasting sporting confidence and self-belief. Many talented young athletes struggle because they are overly self-critical, engage in negative self-talk, or fail to recognise their abilities. Parents often describe them as “their own worst critic,” “too hard on themselves,” or “they don’t believe in their ability.” Our guides and podcasts show how to replace self-doubt with self-compassion, a can-do attitude, resilience and self-confidence in sport and life.
Sports Psychology Tips: Bullying -The Dark Side of Sport Have you been on the receiving end of bullying? What is bullying? Bullying is is a verbal or a physical action which can include calling nasty nicknames, threats of violence, taunting to hitting, slapping, and hurting somebody emotionally and /or physically. On top of verbal …
Sport Psychology Tips: Five Ways to Get out of a Slump Losing form is tough to take Maybe you’re a centre-forward in football who just can’t hit the net, a professional golfer who can’t make a cut or a tennis player who is on a losing streak? When you hit a patch like this, how …
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 …
Sports Psychology Tips: How to Deal with Distractions on the Netball Court Are you guilty of losing focus? When playing netball, there are many potential distractions to contend with. For example, the crowd can be loud, people can move in your line of sight, there can be loud music playing or you can even have …
Sports Psychology Tips: I Must Work Harder Are you being effective in the way you train or practice? Many athletes tell themselves “I must work harder”, they often hear from coaches “To achieve your goals you must work harder” or parents tell they’re children “your head went down you’ve got to keep trying till the …
Goalkeeper Psychology Tips: Helping Boost Young Goalkeepers Self Confidence Confidence in your ability is essential to succeed Often children are placed in goal as a punishment or because no-one else wants to go in goal – what sort of message is that telling them about the position? Especially as the goalkeeper’s role is arguably the most …
Sports Psychology Tips: How to Swim Fearlessly Do you get overcome with fear and doubt before competing? Recently I reviewed emails that I had received from different swimmers and it helped me understand that fear is a pretty common thing for lots of swimmers. All in all, 9 emails mentioned the word FEAR in …
Rugby Psychology Tips: How to Instill Self Belief and Self Confidence in a Young Rugby Player Having self-belief in your ability to play rugby can make a huge difference One of the biggest difficulties for parents is how to instill self belief and self confidence in young rugby players. As a child it’s very difficult to …