What Can I Expect When Working With A Sport Psychologist By working with David Charlton, you and your organisation will be better equipped to rise to modern day challenges and better informed to thrive on and off the pitch, course or court. Where he inspires individuals and teams to: Cope with pressure and challenges more effectively …
10 February 2024 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge David Charlton – Me and my role as a Sports Psychologist I don’t give huge amount away about myself and my role as a Sports Psychologist so thought I’d do so today… In August 2007, my life changed dramatically, I’d been married for 4 years to …
05 May 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 5 Tips to Help Children Enjoy Their Sport More and Reach Their Potential Helping children enjoy their sport more and giving themselves the best chance of reaching their potential. When working with kids I notice that the following three challenges are something that I come across …
28 Apr 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 3 Tips to Help You Manage Your Emotions Better so That You Perform with Trust Is your mind often in overdrive thinking about your sport performance? If this is true for you, I’d like you to consider 2 statements today which I’ve adapted from the short …
21 Apr 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 6 Tips So That You Can Perform Better Every Day Are you getting better every day? Last week during a break to refresh and re-energise in North Yorkshire, I reflected on what I’d achieved this year so far. What challenges I had encountered and what commitments …
31 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 15 Ideas To Beat The Yips So That You Can Perform More Freely How can I beat the yips? The yips can impact any golfer at any level of the game and become a serious problem. It can also impact athletes across many sports. For the …
24 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge 33 Ways To Help You Get In The Zone How can I find “the zone”? Imagine the scenario, you have a big race or a cup final to play, the days before you talk about it often. The night before it’s all you talk about. Then …
17 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Does Your Inner Voice Control Your Emotions and Actions? Do you get in your own way? For those who follow me on Instagram you may have noticed that I’ve embarked on a challenge this month. A 31 Day Ice Bath come Cold Therapy challenge where on …
10 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge EXPECTATIONS: Do You Set Yourself Up For Success? After consulting now for over 12 years one conclusion that I’ve come to is that high and rigid expectations can often mean an athlete will play in fear. Fear often manifests itself internally with changes in muscle tension, …
03 Mar 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Self Care: How important is it to you? In my work I come across a lot of athletes, coaches and support staff who have a lot of hallmarks of being mentally tough. They are confident people who have belief in their ability. They love a challenge …