How to Support Your Highly Sensitive Sporting Child Lessons from Aoife Durcan’s Book

Aoife Durcan Your Highly Sensitive Child

Book Review: Your Highly Sensitive Child – Dr Aoife Durcan Ideas for Sporting Parents Sport can be an emotional rollercoaster for children, the thrill of scoring, the sting of missing, the pressure of being watched.  Some youngsters however seem to experience all of this more intensely.  They might cry after a mistake, withdraw after criticism, …

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Helping Young Athletes Take Emotional Control: Lessons for Parents and Coaches

Composure when goalkeeping

Why Emotional Control Matters in Youth Sport With Matt Young Every parent and coach wants to see their young child or athlete perform with confidence, enjoy their sport, and handle pressure well. Yet, as former professional footballer and anxiety coach Matt Young explains on the Demystifying Mental Toughness podcast, young people often struggle not because …

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Taking Emotional Control: Lessons from Ex-Footballer and Anxiety Coach Matt Young

EP 295 Matt Young

How Emotional Control Builds Resilience and Freedom in Sport Matt Young – Anxiety and Fear Coach Matt Young spent eight years as a professional footballer, sharing the pitch with England internationals, playing under international coaches, and experiencing the highs and lows of elite sport.  Over the past 15+ years, he has deeply studied peak performance …

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Attribution Training: A Game-Changer for Athletes Under Pressure

Breaking the Cycle of Choking Through Psychological Intervention

Attribution Training: A Game-Changer for Athletes Under Pressure Breaking the Cycle of Choking Through Psychological Intervention Every athlete knows the devastating feeling: the moment when pressure transforms peak performance into catastrophic failure. This phenomenon, known as “choking,” affects even the most skilled competitors, causing them to perform well below their normal standards precisely when it …

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The 3-Second Reset: How Stuart Barnes Helps Cricketers Perform Under Pressure

Episode 294 Stuart Barnes

The 3-Second Reset: How Stuart Barnes Helps Cricketers Perform Under Pressure Stuart Barnes is a Professional Cricket Coach and Founder of SB Consulting Stuart Barnes is an experienced cricket coach with over two decades working across every level of the game from grassroots to international cricket. Currently the Bowling Coach at Warwickshire County Cricket Club, …

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Coaching Smarter: Lessons from Buy Back Your Time for Sport Coaches

Buy Back Your Time Dan Martell for Book Review

Book Review: Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell Lessons for Professional Sport Coaches As a sports psychologist, I work with professional sport coaches who are constantly juggling competing demands: managing athletes, liaising with support staff, engaging with media, dealing with administration, and still trying to create the best possible training and performance environments. Many …

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