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In this article we’re going to cover something that every athlete experiences in sports competition, some more often than others – and that is performance anxiety. Experiencing the pre-game jitters or nerves is completely normal and to an extent… it shows how much you care,  but it also has the ability to ruin your performance,…

Attitude is something we hear about all the time, especially in the realm of sports. At the elite levels it can make or break an athletes contract or recruitment status. It is something that coaches and scouts seek, in particularly a positive and coachable attitude. So what is it? Attitude is defined as a settled…

A peak performance Mindset is a combination of 2 things: Showing up as the best version of you. Controlling the elements of your sport which are within your control. Let’s start with showing up as our best self. This comes down to the way we prepare both physically and mentally. So, what is preparation? and…

One of the very staples of mental performance & pressure management is Controlling the elements of sports performance that are within our control. Many psychologists, performance coaches and elite level athletes preach controlling the controllable.   Where did the phrase “Control the controllable” come from? The phrase is accredited to Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl as…

What is perfectionism? Perfectionism is a trait characterized by an athlete’s concerns in striving for flawlessness & perfection. With this comes critical & negative self-evaluations & concerns of others evaluations. It is driven by internal pressures such as: trying to avoid failure or harsh judgement and manifests as criticism of self or even others. The…

Many athletes describe the flow state as a shift of the mind; they state that they experience total calmness and a complete awareness of what is going on, often pointing to an experience complete silence and that time seems to slow down, as if everything shifts to slow motion. What is it? The term “flow” was…

In this blog, I want you to get to know me better.  I want to give you a bit of an insight into who I am as a Mental Performance Coach as well as who I was as an athlete and my career journey too because I’m sure there are parts that you can relate…

Whenever I think of the importance of a mental skillset in competition, I can’t help but turn to legendary High-Performance Coach – Tim Grover’s definition in his Best-Selling book ‘Relentless.’ “In sports, we spend so much time on the physical component – training, working, pushing the human body to be faster and stronger and more…

As many sports prepare to wind down competition moving closer to the holiday season, it is important for athletes to mentally and physically recover their minds and bodies so they can hit the ground running in 2023. By no means, does this mean completely removing yourself from skill workouts, gym workouts, or team workouts –…

The beauty of competition is the unpredictability. Coming from Australia, we love the underdog story. The David vs Goliath chronicle. The rags to riches narrative. The truth of the matter is, that anyone who puts time into their preparation for competition will usually run the mini-movie of how they perform in their head. Whether it…