Youth Sports Psychology Tips: How to Help Kids Overcome Performance Anxiety Channelling nerves is possible Many children can get very fearful and uptight before they play competitively in their sport. So much so that they dread playing, they may be very irritable with you the parent on the journey in the car, they may even …
Motor Sports Psychology Tips: Case Study – Supporting a Professional Motor Cyclist Overcome Injury and Regain Confidence Gaining control of a stressful situation The Client: A 28 year old highly driven, professional motor cyclist based in the South of England who had been involved in the sport since he was 17 years old. The Challenge: …
11 November 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Without Self Awareness Your Progress in Your Sport Will Stall It’s celebration time for me, here at Inspiring Sporting Excellence where I’ve achieved a big feat. The podcast that I planned in late 2019 and early 2020 before COVID-19 changed our lives has now reached 200 …
Sports Psychology Tips: Mental Toughness is a Hugely Valuable Trait But is misunderstood by many people If you could improve your performance levels by 5-10% what difference would it make to your life? What about 20-25% difference how would that make you feel? Would you win more prize money? Would you have the pleasure of …
17 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Improve Your Mental Game And Improve Your Performance By Up To 25% Sports Psychology has benefits it really does! How important is your mental game to you? How much does it impact your performance levels? Some would say 10%, some 50%. The great American golfer Jack …
10 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Why Sports Psychology Can Help You Sports Psychology I’m interested but… Research in sports psychology began, believe it or not in the late 19th century. This body of work was built on by psychologists such as as Norman Triplett, who in 1898 found that cyclists who …
Sports Psychology Tips: 3 Tips to Help You Overcome Setbacks Do you fail to learn from mistakes? How many times have you come away from a football or rugby pitch or a golf course and played over and over in your head something that you should have done. When I speak to coaches’ they often …
Sports Psychology Tips: Coach Development – Helping Athletes Overcome Fear of Failure There is no such thing as failure We’ve all seen and heard about it, where a player is lambasted in front of his team-mates by his coach for making a mistake that he has made on the pitch which cost the team a …
Youth Sports Psychology Tips: How to Support an Angry Young Athlete Anger is generally viewed negatively BUT… When we’re young, as children we often bite, push, shove, hit, kick and throw things in a rage. They’re normal behaviours that simply come with the territory of being a young child or infant. This is often the …
Sports Psychology Tips: 3 Tips for Playing with Confidence Under Pressure How do you embrace nerves before big matches? Some rugby players feel that the best way to mentally prepare themselves for a big game, when they are full of nerves and feeling scared or worried, is to find ways to relax. They use breathing …