
🥇 Feeling inspired by Paris 2024? We have some availability for new clients over the next few weeks!
Drop us a message below to find out more ⬇️
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Gillian Thomas, Sport and Exercise Psychologist (HCPC). CPsychol, MSc, BSc.
Contact us today for a free initial assessment to see how sport psychology can help you to perform to your potential!
Operating as usual
🥇 Feeling inspired by Paris 2024? We have some availability for new clients over the next few weeks!
Drop us a message below to find out more ⬇️
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💚 A great day yesterday with supporting at their 15s, 18s and 20s camp! We kicked off the conversation with players and parents around looking after their own wellbeing.
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🤸The GOAT, Simone Biles, on her experience on mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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⚓️ Goal setting can be vital for motivation as well as providing confidence and hope to athletes and coaches alike.
What are your end of season goals? Let us know below ⬇️
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☀️ Finally we have some sun!
We have some spaces recently opened for teams and individuals who want to work on their mental game over the summer. Drop us a message below to find out more ⬇️
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💬 It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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❄️ A chilly start to 2024!
We have a couple of slots open through January & February for athletes, coaches and teams looking for some sport psychology support 🧠
Feel free to get in contact to see how we can help you start 2024 hot 🔥
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🎯 Darts World Champion, Luke Humphries, on his experience of mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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💛 Today is World Su***de Prevention Day. Talking about su***de can save a life. Take a moment today to ask somebody how they are doing.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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***depreventionday
🏅The Gold Medal Profile for Sport Psychology (GMP-SP) (Durand-Bush et al., 2023) is a framework that uses 11 competencies to underpin success in elite sport.
The GMP-SP is broken into 3 broad categories and can be used by coaches, athletes and sport psychs to design, track and deliver mental skills programmes for elite athletes 🎓
1 - fundamental competencies. These serve as the foundation of the GMP-SP and should be developed and maintained for high performance. They included motivation, confidence and resilience 1️⃣
2 - self-regulation competencies. These components are important to help athletes adapt to their ever-changing environment. These include self-awareness, stress management, emotional regulation and attentional control 2️⃣
3 - interpersonal competencies. These should be developed to optimise development and engage in effective relationship building. These include athlete-coach relationship, leadership, teamwork and communication 3️⃣
It’s also important to note that the GMP-SP is underpinned but mental health and well-being 🧠
Want to know more or learn to develop any of these competencies? Let us know below for a free initial consultation ⬇️
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⚽️ 3 from 3 for the U21s!
A perfect start to PL2, excited to continue to watch the lads progress over the next few weeks. Lots of positives and lots of learns experiences to continue to build on this season 📈
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⚽️NWSL footballer, Cari Roccaro, on her experience with mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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💡Imagery (or visualisation) is one of the most commonly used psychological techniques by professional athletes. Imagery can help with improving confidence and aid with motivation.
Imagery allows the neurons in your brain to fire and adapt, strengthening the pathway between your brain and body, allowing you to train without physically training 💪🏻
When done correctly, imagery aids you to build up a picture of the skill and the performance environment, using all your senses and allowing you to prepare for your next competition 🏆
Why don’t you give imagery a go? Pick a skill and use all your senses to imagine it in as much detail as you can. What are you wearing to perform? What’s the weather like? What can you hear? What equipment do you have? Any smells/tastes? Let us know how you get on ⬇️
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⚽️ All eyes on Saturday!
Excited for another season to get underway and to see our boys put into practice everything they’ve been focusing on during pre-season 📖
Any games you are excited for this season? Let us know ⬇️
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⛳️Golfer, Rory McIlroy on his experience of mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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⚙️ One of the most commonly used phrases within sport is momentum. Often cited as the key component for a swing in results either positively or negatively during a game, tournament or a season.
Psychological momentum can be defined as ‘the positive or negative change in thoughts, emotions, physiology and behaviour caused by an event or series of events that affects the outcome of the event’ (Taylor & Demi k, 1994) 📖
Within sport, psychological momentum can be seen as a chain, with six ‘links’ that need to occur in order to alter performance, or more importantly, alter the athletes perception of their performance (Jones & Harwood, 2008) 🔗
Step 1 - the precipitating event. This could be a goal, a big tackle, a save, an interception or any other trigger within the game ⚽️
Step 2 - changes in thoughts, physiology and emotions. Change happens depending on if the athlete sees the event as a positive or a negative. This is where the perception of momentum comes in ⚖️
Step 3 - Change in behaviour. Depending on that perception, confidence may increase or decrease, in turn impacting how you respond to the event 🧢
Step 4 - Change in performance. These behaviour changes can therefore impact performance either for the better or the worse 🏆
Step 5 - Opposing change for the opponent. In order for psychological momentum to really occur, there needs to be a change in your opponents perceptions of the game, otherwise the momentum change will restart until a turning point elicits momentum change (Highsm & Harwood, 2005) 🔄
Step 6 - Immediate outcome change. The result of psychological momentum can have an immediate change on the match in progress, due to how the athlete has perceived the previous steps in the momentum chain 🧠
What are the biggest momentum shifts you’ve experienced? Let us know below ⬇️
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👑 22/23 over and out!
A lot of positives and even more learning experiences in my second year of full-time academy football ⚽️
Excited to build and try to make our psychology programme even better for our players and staff 📖
See you soon 23/24 👋🏻
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⚽️ Professional footballer, Hector Bellerin, on his experience with mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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🫁 Centering is a breathing technique used to narrow your focus and remove any distractions and unhelpful thoughts.
Step 1 - become aware of your breathing. Breath in through your nose, out through your mouth 🌬️
Step 2 - focus your mind on your centre of gravity (below your bottom rib) 🧘♂️
Step 3 - take 5 deep breaths, while remaining focused on your centre of gravity 🎯
Give it a go next time you need to relax before, during or after training! Let us know how you get on below ⬇️
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👭’Nobody cares about women’s sport’
Stamford Bridge - 27,000 🔵
Twickenham - 58,498 🏴
The Emirates - 60,063 🅰️
Three great matches, three great occasions, three big results. I think a lot of people care about women’s sport✌🏻
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🎾 American tennis player, Mardy Fish, on his experience of mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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🔥 Athlete burnout can be described as a syndrome comprised of emotional and physical exhaustion, reduced sense of accomplishment and sport devaluation (Raredeke & Smith, 2009).
One of the key signs to be aware of when focusing on burnout is exhaustion, both emotional and physical. Emotional and physical exhaustion refers to a reduction in coping strategies and increase in fatigue bought on by training and competition 🛏️
Burnout can also lead to athletes devaluing their accomplishments, skill level and overall performance. This can lead to low mood and a potential lack of motivation 📉
Finally, it can lead to athletes developing a negative attitude to their own sport, potentially increasing levels of frustration, anger or sadness ❌
It’s important for us to understand the signs of burnout so we can help to support our athletes through dealing with burnout - putting out any fires that they might be fighting 🧯
Want to learn more? Let us know below ⬇️
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🌺 Spring has sprung! With (hopefully!) warmer, sunnier days on the way, make sure you get outside!
Vitamin D is vital to promote immunity and research has also suggested it can increase our energy levels through assisting the efficiency of our working muscles ☀️
Nature can also be a great way to promote mindfulness by focusing on the sights, sounds and smells that spring has to offer 🧘♂️
What are you the most excited about in Spring? Let us know below ⬇️
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🏸 Badminton player, Adam Hall, on his experience of mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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👭 To our mothers, sisters, friends, teammates, colleagues and clients.
We see you, 365 days a year 💖
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⚽️ Nothing beats sunny days pitch side.
What are your favourite games you’ve seen so far this year? Let us know below ⬇️
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⚽️ Professional footballer, Wendie Renard, on her retirement from captaining France.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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👷Psychological safety is becoming one of the most talked about topics in sport psychology.
There are 4 different types that you can focus on to ensure your team are working at peak performance 4️⃣
Inclusion safety - feeling valued, like you belong 🧩
Learner safety - being able to show gaps in your knowledge, admit mistakes and ask for help ⛑️
Contributor safety - feeling confident and comfortable in sharing ideas 💡
Challenger safety - being able to challenge those with a perceived higher social standing 👑
Want to know more? Leave a comment below ⬇️
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🦄 Had the pleasure of facilitating conversations for Berkshire Unicorns RFC] and on Tuesday evening discussing mental health, performance and culture.
It was also great to hear from and her experience with Wales in the World Cup 🏴
📸 Berkshire Unicorns RFC]
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⛵️ Canadian sailor, Oliver Bone, on his experience of mental health.
It’s ok to talk about mental health 🌻
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