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Training vs Competition Performance Gaps

It’s common for children and young athletes to excel in training yet underperform in competition, showing only “60% of their ability” on match or competition day. This gap between practice and performance can frustrate the child as well as parents and coaches. Our resources explore why this happens and provide practical strategies to help young athletes transfer their training success into confident, consistent competitive performances.

Why play Cricket in fear?

by David Charlton
Cricket Sports

Cricket Psychology Tips: Why Play Cricket in Fear? Being fearful in cricket is very common I’ve been lucky enough to support a number of cricketers who have experienced a range of psychological challenges with a common theme – FEAR.  Watching cricket on the TV as I do regularly, in every match this challenge is highlighted.  …

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Feel free to check out the categories below where we have 100s of different resources in the form of blogs, case studies, podcasts and video’s.

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