Case Study – Supporting a Rugby Player to Overcome Self-Doubt

Rugby Psychology Tips Case Study - Supporting a Rugby Player to Overcome Self-Doubt

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 displayed excellent handling …

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Rugby Psychology Tips: Are You A Rugby Player With Perfectionist Tendencies?

Rugby Psychology Tips Are you a Rugby Player with Perfectionist Tendencies

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 …

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Case Study – Supporting a Professional Rugby Player Rehabilitating from Injury

Supporting a Professional Rugby Player Rehabilitating from Injury

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 …

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Managing Your Emotions In Sport

Managing Your Emotions in Sport

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 …

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How to Instill Self Belief and Self Confidence in a Young Rugby Player

how to you instill self belief in a rugby player

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 …

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Overthinking on the Rugby Pitch

Overthinking on the Rugby Pitch

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 …

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