Often athletes, even when they are playing, shift their concentration to the wrong areas with thoughts that do not help the game. Such as reflecting negatively on a mistake or failure.

Many of the interventions are aimed at keeping the athlete in the present, dealing with the game and leaving aside the results.

Many athletes are full of self-doubt and self-doubt is the opposite of confidence. If you have a lot of self-doubt before or during practice, it is an indicator of low self-confidence or at best an attempt to sabotage your confidence. Confidence is at the core of mental skills as it is directly related to all other skills.

To deal with setbacks and mistakes. Many athletes have strict expectations that are too high and then have trouble dealing with the minor mistakes that are a natural part of sport. It is important to accommodate expectations and help the athlete maintain composure in the face of pressure and in the face of mistakes or moments of frustration.

Different people and different sports require different levels of mental arousal(Arousal). Find the right state to perform at your best. As this varies from person to person and sport to sport it requires a level of self-awareness. It is important to go in with a high level of energy and positivity, but it is also important not to become over-excited.

Much of sport psychology and team coaching focuses on improving communication and cohesion. The more a team works as one, the better the results for all involved.

One of the areas where we work most often is in helping athletes to identify ineffective and negative beliefs and attitudes. These beliefs need to be identified and replaced with a new way of thinking. Ineffective thoughts and beliefs will keep you stuck and limit your growth and development as an athlete.

It is important to appreciate your level of motivation and identify what motivates you to do sport.  

There are athletes who are motivated by extrinsic reasons and play sport for the wrong reasons. For example, there are those who take up a sport because of parental influence or pressure.

We work to ensure that athletes have the right level of motivation and do it for the right reasons.

Some athletes are physically ready to return to activity after an injury but mentally they retain some scars. Injuries can undermine self-confidence and create self-doubt during competition, causing loss of concentration. 

We help athletes to heal mentally and lose the fear of re-injury.