24 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Whats Your Thoughts? Does Optimised Mental Health = Better Performances? Most professional clubs, academies and governing bodies managerial staff are well versed in trying to ensure that their players or athletes are technically skilled and tactically well versed. As well, making sure that their athletes have …
17 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Improve Your Mental Game And Improve Your Performance By Up To 25% Sports Psychology has benefits it really does! How important is your mental game to you? How much does it impact your performance levels? Some would say 10%, some 50%. The great American golfer Jack …
10 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Why Sports Psychology Can Help You Sports Psychology I’m interested but… Research in sports psychology began, believe it or not in the late 19th century. This body of work was built on by psychologists such as as Norman Triplett, who in 1898 found that cyclists who …
03 Feb 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How Can I Fulfil My Potential? This is a very important question you should ask yourself Many athletes and coaches won’t explore the topic of how to achieve your full potential – I’d encourage you to be one of the few that do. So how can …
27 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge Can You Be Distracted By The Score Or Result? It can be very difficult to get away from the score, the leaderboard or results. After all, that’s why people often play their sport, for the competitive element – right? You play to win, you hate getting …
20 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge What Is Important To You When You Play Your Sport? What is important to you when you play your sport? Often I find in conversations I have with athletes, coaches and parents there is a huge emphasis placed on winning, scoreboards and scorecard. Is this a …
13 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How Can You Build Positive Habits? How Can You Build Positive Habits? A habit is a routine of behaviour that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. The American Journal of Psychology go on to define a “habit, from a psychological standpoint as a more …
06 Jan 2023 Helping You Gain A Mental Edge How good are you at sticking to your promises? Happy New Year! I hope that your new year has got off to a good start? For me this week I’ve enjoyed a fun week in the Lake District with our family before getting back into my …
Sports Psychology Tips: 8 Top Personality Traits of High Performance Athletes How much of being a top athlete is about your personality? From a young age, I was always interested in what makes an athlete successful. Is it about talent or genetics? Is it more psychological and about what character traits they have? Could it …
Soccer Psychology Tips: Case Study: Supporting a Professional Footballer during Challenging Times It’s important to recognize footballers are human beings too The Client: A professional footballer who played at international level. The Challenge: The client had lost his confidence and his desire to train hard. In matches, he was on the periphery when he was …