Youth Sports Psychology Tips: 5 Tips for Parents To Help Their Children Perform with Confidence Gaining control of a stressful situation Watching your children perform can be emotionally draining On a regular basis I am asked many questions by parents that relate to playing sport with confidence. Below are some common questions with some short …
Cricket Psychology Tips: Perfectionism in Cricket Trying to be perfect is a common challenge and can be overcome Are you a batsman or bowler who often feels great in the nets but struggles to bring that form into matches? Could it be that you are a perfectionist? Cricketers who can get caught up in chasing …
Sports Psychology Tips: How does Counselling work in Professional Sport? To build your resilience talking is essential In professional football, rugby and cricket, I’ve supported a number of players away from their clubs, in a private and confidential setting to deal with situations such as: Falling out with teammates and coaches. Relationship breakups at home. …
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: 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 …
Sport Psychology Tips: Improving Sport Performance Using Gratitude Do you often get in your own way sabotaging your performances? More and more frequently in sport, self-care and mental health have been talked about. Especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. One skill that is a growing practice and has been shown to improve the overall quality …
Sports Psychology Tips: Don’t Waste Another Lockdown We’re now into Lockdown 2 – the craziness of 2020 continues. I’ll get straight to the point in this blog! You’ve a few choices available during this lockdown: Option 1: You can spend time in the PAST Wishing this was a bad dream Getting upset that you can’t …
Rugby Psychology Tips: Managing Your Emotions in Sport Sitting on the fence We all have good games, and we all have bad games, it’s one of those truths of playing sport. Some days, we turn up and make 10 passes, score tries and think we’re unplayable, and the feeling of being on top of the …
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 …
Racquet Sports Psychology Tips: How to Let Go of Mistakes When Playing Tennis We all make mistakes, even the great players! Sometimes, when things aren’t going your way on court, it can feel like whatever you do, nothing is going to change. “It’s just not my day today”. “Why is my backhand not working at …