03 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Self Care: How important is it to you? In my work I come across a lot of athletes, coaches and support staff who have a lot of hallmarks of being mentally tough. They are confident people who have belief in their ability. They love a challenge …
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 …
Sports Psychology Tips: Creating a Mentally Healthy Sporting Environment Is the culture you and your organisation create helping your athletes or players? Most professional clubs, academies and governing bodies managerial staff are well versed in trying to ensure that their players or athletes are technically skilled and tactically well versed. As well, making sure that …
Sports Psychology Tips: Life After Professional Sport and its Challenges The beginning of a new life and a potential emotional rollercoaster Every year many athletes decide to hang up their boots or consign their racquet to the shed as they begin aging and feel that they can’t operate at the level that they’d like too. …
Sports Psychology Tips: 3 Tips to Help You Ride the Waves of Transition in Sport Transitions in sport and life can be tough at times Life can throw us off track when we least expect it whether you are a professional athlete, a young athlete with potential or an experienced coach – things happen that …
Sports Psychology Tips: Mental Health Guidance For Coaches When Supporting Athletes Without Positive Mental Health Athletes Performances Will Dip Coaches often state their number one priority is the athletes they work with. They are the people you sacrifice many hours of work for, putting on extra sessions and providing support whenever needed. You are used …
Sports Psychology Tips: How to Keep Goal Setting Simple? Many people over-complicate goal setting and get overwhelmed I had an interesting call with a client recently, I’ll give her a pseudonym to protect her real identity – Paula, a professional golfer. Paula had felt that she done a great job of setting out her goals and …
Sports Psychology Tips: How To Challenge Yourself In Training? The level of intensity of your training is very important Do you find it tough to say motivated to practice and train at a high level throughout the off season and into the competitive season? Practice and training can be samey and boring at times, depending …
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 …
Sports Psychology Tips: How To Learn From Last Year Set aside some time to reflect It’s nearly the end of the year. Have you sat back and reflected on what you have accomplished in the past 12 months? This is a great time to do it, as well as planning and plotting what you want …