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Athlete coaching

Working with young aspiring elite athletes, I can complement the work being done by the sports coach as my focus is on the mind. If the mind and body can both perform at their best together, this is when excellence is achieved and dreams are fulfilled. Young athletes can lack support or conversely can be ‘over-supported’ by parents, schools, universities, academies etc…They can lose their sense of enjoyment, with the increase in pressure and then sadly walk away from a sport that initially gave them so much.

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Sport is massively important to me and anyone that is coached by me, will confirm that sport can often creep into my coaching sessions in some shape or form. I played lacrosse for Wales many, many years ago. You will now find me embracing my competitive inner athlete in local half marathons and 10k races.

 

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Athlete on the blocks

Key topics for athlete coaching:

  • Developing and maintaining a high performance mindset 

  • Dealing with pressure

  • Fear of other people’s opinions

  • The role of social media

  • Managing your mindset, when not meeting performance objectives

  • Progress plateau and working through this

  • Balancing your life as a young athlete

  • Looking after yourself

  • Keeping perspective

  • Successfully navigating relationships with parents, coaches, team mates, friends

  • Setting goals and working towards these

  • Coping with injury and other challenges

The best way to explain my approach to coaching is to read through testimonials from people that I have worked with…

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"Over the course of a series of one to one sessions, she was able to explore Jack’s thoughts and concerns and mentally prepare him for the track season ahead."

Helen Kinrade,

Parent of u20 Middle Distance athlete 

How else can I work in partnership with you..? 

Graduate of www.meylercampbell.com Mastered programme for executive business coaching. Accredited by The Association for Coaching (AC). The programme also holds the European Quality Award (EQA) as conferred by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).

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Myers Briggs, MBTI qualified practitioner.

Accredited to deliver Positive Psychology Intensive Coaching.

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Counselling Accreditation (Level Two)

 

Finding Mastery: High Performance Psychology (for business and sport) with Michael Gervais​

Founder Coaches Network coach member

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