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MindSport offers cutting-edge, yet affordable sports psychology training through a unique blend of hands-on, practical training sessions and remote support for coaches.

Please fill out this form to request a callback from a Mindsport psychologist to discuss your exact needs.

We train managers, coaches, fitness trainers and other specialists who work closely with athletes and equip them with an understanding of the theory and practice of modern sport psychology.

Once trained, coaches are then assisted with implementation techniques so they can use what they have learned with their athletes, in their environment and focusing on their specific issues.

The full MindSport Training Package includes a fully trained sport psychologist available on-call 24/7 to advise, nuture and develop your sport psychology programme for your athletes.

This unique approach enables us to keep our costs down, and pass on the savings to you.

We offer mental skills programs for both athletes and coaches.

An example of one of our programs designed specifically for coaches can be observed below:

Seminar: Using Mental Skills in Sport

Sport Psychology for Coaches

Completed over 2 days Mindsport teaches small groups of coaches how to use and apply mental skills in their respective sports. The small groups create an interactive and client centred approach. This makes sure that all the coaches leave all the information they need to make a performance winning difference. Mindsport offers a money back plan if the coaches are unhappy with the service provided. Athletes can also attend.

The Syllabus

Being positive

Learn how to:

  • Control their athlete’s internal state in order to improve performance.
  • Help their athletes to develop a deep rooted value system.
  • Provide their athletes with positive self-talk and negative self talk techniques
  • Teach their athletes how to turn negative experiences into positive ones

Visualisation

Coaches will learn how to teach the athlete the following skills:

  • To take control of their mind allowing the projection of positive pictures, sounds and feelings
  • How to use enhancement and reduction techniques in order to maximise the effect of positive experiences and minimise the effect of negative experiences
  • Teach the athlete how to use visualisation skills in order to help them to rehearse physical techniques in sport.
  • Teach the athlete how to use visualisation skills in order to help them rehearse emotional material in order to generate positive states.

Goal-Setting

Coaches will learn how to teach the athlete

  • To be able to unearth long term goals and teach them to how to effectively achieve them
  • How to devise structured action plans

Focus

Coaches will learn how to teach the athlete

  • Where and how to direct attention
  • The differences between controllable and uncontrollable factors
  • The common ways in which focus is misunderstood in sport
  • How to reconstruct and use distractions in a positive and useful way.
  • The importance of focusing on processes instead of outcomes
  • How to utilise internal and external focus at the right times.

Confidence and Belief

Coaches will learn how to teach the athlete

  • How to build confidence
  • To be able to recognise the symptoms of high and low confidence
  • The relationship between success and confidence
  • An understanding of the importance of cultivating a high level of self belief.
  • Some of the key techniques used to develop effective self belief

Motivation

Coaches will learn how to teach the athlete

  • How to increase and improve levels of motivation.
  • How to break free of their comfort zone
  • How to obtain the right balance between discipline and reward during training

Application and Integration

Taking the theories from the page to the stage.

The second half of the workshop will allow the practice of the skills acquired in group work. This will be aimed at providing the coach with a complete model of how to integrate Mental Skills Training into their sport.

Coaches will be provided with a handbook with all the key exercises to apply and use with their personal athletes.

Successful Completion

The coach will become a registered user of the MINDSPORT brand when teaching in sport.

The coach will receive 6 month support after completing the Mindsport course. This support system involves the company answering any queries or concerns about the integration of Mental Skills in Sport. An onsite review service is also available