21 July 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Improve The Skills of Team Captains What you can learn from great captains? What makes a great captain? Who has been a great captain in their sports? We’ll all have different opinions, I’m sure. Three captains that stand out to me over the years …
14 July 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Do you leave leadership skills to chance? Do you leave leadership skills to chance? In a previous life before supporting athletes, parents, coaches and teams I worked in the travel industry, for the most part in corporate or business travel. In 2003, after being with a …
07 July 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 10 Ways to Take Responsibility and Keep Moving Forwards Do you have a “CAN DO” attitude? When we coach athletes, parent our kids or manage people you’d like to think that we have others best interests at heart. That we’d be looking to try and cultivate …
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 …
23 June 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How to Stop Mind Reading Others and Focus on Your Own Game Do you worry too much about what others think of you? Social approval is a very common challenges for athletes especially youngsters and can worry their parents and coaches. For the athlete who struggles …
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 …
26 May 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 9 Ways To Help You Handle Pressure Better Over The Longhaul Are you someone who thrives off pressure? Pressure in sport does funny things to us. Some people go into overdrive and rush decisions whereas some people slow down. Some become more aggressive in the way …
19 May 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 10 Steps to Help You Accept Perfection Isn’t Required to Perform at Your Best Does Trying to Be Perfect In Your Sport Help You Perform Better? Perfectionism in sport can be advantageous for some athletes and it can be fatal for others quashing their enjoyment and …
12 May 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How To Overcome Performance Anxiety And Play To Your Potential Why is it that people seek the help of a Sports Psychologist? Below is a list of the top 10 challenges that we come across on a regular basis: Loss of skills, for example, an inability …
05 May 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 5 Tips to Help Children Enjoy Their Sport More and Reach Their Potential Helping children enjoy their sport more and giving themselves the best chance of reaching their potential. When working with kids I notice that the following three challenges are something that I come across …