Mental Skills & Sports Psychology
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Mental Skills & Sports Psychology Articles
The Neuroscience of Teamwork
A coach fixated in believing that his message will equally resonate with each player will fail to create a cohesive team approach as individual’s differences are not being considered.
Elite Athlete Preparations
Well… unfortunately for many they are not able to achieve anything like their personal best, for others, they outperform expectations.
The Third Job
In 2009, Louise Stevenson was my first long distance open water swimmer. She swam the 20 Km from Cotteslole Beach to Rotnest Island in Western Australia.
The Future of Human Development
It was in the Sydney gym where I met Fiona Taylor. She was training for the Olympics in Wind Surfing. After working with her I funded my way to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, buying a round-the-world ti...
Beware Neuro Bunk
Recently released, Pulitzer Prize nominated and best-selling book Stealing Fire reports how Navy SEALS, Google and Silicon Valley are combining neuropsychology, psychology and technology in pursuit of...
Great Results from Difficult Clients
You remember that difficult one? The client who at first appeared so eager to change, making all the right sounds, and they seemed so keen to get started with you. You had high hopes and expectations
Visualisations That Enhance Coaching Outcomes
Visualisation is my most used and valued tool in coaching, and I have been using it for a very long time – I know its’ power and potential for changing the lives of my clients.
Too Motivated to Succeed
I am the creator of The Me Project, a business completely dedicated to helping people achieve their own personal versions of success. Yet, this fact has still not made me immune to my own epic failure
The Art of Noticing
As a coach, I’m sure you’re interacting with people all the time. Though let me ask you a question, do you actually notice people? I believe that many coaches, do just that, they just coach and that’s
Coaching the Mind: David Berens on Adversity and Mental Resilience
Coaching. What exactly is coaching? Patterns on a chalkboard? The X’s and O’s of plays and formations run ad nauseam in practice until they become second nature to the athletes on a team? Recruiting o
The Psychology of Engagement in Sport and Business
Do you remember that first moment when you discovered this whole concept of coaching or personal development? I do! I was sitting in a hotel room watching an…
Sports Culture and Mental Performance: Conrad Singh
As a South African-born, Australian-educated and raised young man, I have experienced a great deal of cultures in my time. Immediately after completing unive…
Just another brain trainer?
NeuroTracker is a method for cognitive enhancement that was pioneered at the Visual Psychophysics and Perception Laboratory in Montreal. Professor Faubert, d…
Nudging the Dial of Human Consciousness: The Path Ahead for Coaching?
Socrates, sometimes described as one of the earliest coaches, declared that he could not teach anybody anything; he could only make them think.