Rugby Psychology Tips: Are you a Rugby Player with Perfectionist Tendencies? This article is also for the rugby coach who is breeding perfectionists Perfectionist rugby players have unrealistic demands about their performance levels often leading to a lack of confidence and trust in their ability under pressure in matches. Rugby players who strive for perfection …
Rugby Psychology Tips: Case Study – Supporting a Rugby Player to Overcome Self-Doubt This example represents a challenge many rugby players experience The Client: A 16 year old rugby player who has been part of a variety of programmes at Southern England based Premiership Rugby Academies. The Challenge: The client was an exciting winger, who …
Rugby Psychology Tips: How To Play Well When You Aren’t Feeling Great You will feel uncomfortable on occasions Do your performances suffer when you’re not “on it” or when you feel uncomfortable? Are you quick to get in your own head when you’re not feeling confident and struggle to grind it out or win ugly. …
Sports Psychology Case Study – Supporting a Professional Rugby Player Rehabilitating from Injury Emotional support at this time is a huge benefit The Client: A 20 year old very competitive, professional rugby player (for the purpose of this article, we’ll call him Jack) based in North West England who had been involved in the sport …
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 …
Sports Psychology Tips: 5 Ways to Create a Psychological Safe Sporting Environment Do your players often play it safe and choose not to take a risk? Whether it is on the pitch when passing the ball or selecting a shot to play many players retreat into their shell taking a safe approach. Some even play …
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 …
Rugby Psychology Tips: Dealing With Uncertainty We’re all experiencing a range of emotions We find ourselves in a situation that no-one thought we would be when reports of a new virus in China made its first appearance in the news a few months ago. Now, the vast majority of us are now living the shared …
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 …
Rugby Psychology Tips: Overthinking on the Rugby Pitch Do you struggle to quieten your mind when playing rugby? Last month I received an interesting email from a rugby player from Edinburgh, Scotland. He went on to say: “I’m 23 years old and play Rugby professionally however I’m not enjoying my Rugby at the moment. When …