Mental health has come to the fore in recent years, as we slowly start to learn more about wellbeing. Helping to overcome its stigma, celebrities, athletes and public figures have started to open up about their personal struggles in recent years. Even the Royal Family have endorsed Heads Together – a charity that tackles…
Anyone who’s ever watched Any Given Sunday will know, there are many great life lessons we can all learn from sport. As its rousing speech proclaims: “In either game – life or football – the margin for error is so small.” Across the world, we see the positive effects of sport, especially sport for…
Taking care of yourself is important for your wellbeing and overall health. It involves getting the balance right on a number of elements; from nutrition to sleep, exercise to personal care. As a sports professional, there’s a number of ways in which you can help boost your mental health, here’s just a few important…
It’s said that we emulate those closest around us. By virtue, as parents this means being role models to our sporting children, teaching them important life lessons like; never giving up and learning from our mistakes. So, with growing minds and flourishing personalities, how can we be mindful of our behaviours, and be the…
Arianna Huffington once said that failure is merely a stepping stone to success. Thomas Edison found 10,000 ways to not make a light-bulb. In no small part, it’s why every athlete from Michael Jordan to Tom Daley have bounced back from setbacks. Yet, learning from failure is no mean feat. It requires guts, determination…
In applied sports psychology, the area of debriefing is given due consideration. The process of reflecting back is said to help with understanding, as well as aid psychology recovery – but only when conducted in an efficient and effective way. Debriefing helps athletes to divert their attention from past events and also to build…
What do Sir Richard Branson, Phil Knight, Sir Alex Ferguson, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos and Glen Mills all have in common? This pantheon of names are among some of the most successful leaders that have a vision. Some of them are business leaders, others are industry pioneers, some are politicians, others are sports coaches….
As the saying goes ‘we learn from our mistakes’. Embracing failure is the reason why parents let their children fall down and get back up when they’re learning how to walk. It’s the reason why students re-sit exams, and it’s the reason why sports athletes have comebacks after major defeats. So important is failure…
If you’re old enough to remember Karate Kid, you might recall the genius of Mr Miyagi. The thoughtful and wise leader believed in focus and wellbeing, facing adversity head-on and the importance of never giving up. Some say he was ahead of his game, because many of these practices ring true today, often used…
To the untrained eye, or for those who rely on the movies for enlightenment, being a sports coach could wrongly be viewed as a one-way street. The reality of course couldn’t be more different. Improving athlete engagement is a mainstay in the role played by coaches. Ok, so shouting from the side-lines and giving…