Most of the athletes that I coach are part time as they navigate the world of sports performance alongside their careers. This brings a different dimension to the challenge, one where time is at a premium and should be used wisely to enable peak performance.
Regardless of your sport or your job, those who act like an athlete rather than a participant tend to see more success.
An athlete:
Does whatever it takes
Makes sport their priority
Makes choices and some sacrifices
Makes decisions based on their development
Takes opportunities that are available
Has a team behind them
Trains well every session
Asks questions
Looks to maximise their talent.
Conversely, a participant:
Likes to be comfortable
Tries to do everything
Protects time for leisure
Only does what they enjoy
Engages in sessions based on how they feel
Takes part
As your performance coach I will help you stay firmly in the ‘athlete’ category. I’ll be part of your team. I’ll bring my decades of sports experience and all my qualifications. You bring your passion, determination, curiosity and open mindedness.
Some of the ways in which we do this are:
You’ll have someone to be accountable to - someone who notices if you do what you say you will and keeps you on track. I’ll also be there to suggest when it’s time to pull back a little. What I’ve observed over the years is that many athletes think that more is always better. Intelligent training includes reducing volume when that is what you need to make the next breakthrough.
We can identify your core strengths & values. We can also worth to unearth any of your hidden limiting beliefs and systematically remove them.
Together we’ll help you bring your best you out in training and for your events.
“Who, exactly, seeks out a coach? If you ask a coach the answer is usually the same: Winners who want even more out of life.”
HOW IT WORKS
We will start with a longer session (approx. 1.5 hours) and before this I’ll send you a questionnaire to understand where you are looking for support and to understand various patterns across your life to date. Follow up sessions tend to be 30 mins to an hour and we’ll work through the most important aspect at that time.
What then tends to happen is that we conversationally undermine any limiting beliefs that you hold. You would generally then be given ‘homework’ before a couple of shorter follow up sessions.
Sessions are often held monthly to give enough time to make progress on tasking before the next session, however we will create a schedule that works for your goals and your timescales. A quarterly pattern is a good starting point (one long session and two 30 minute follow ups) and we can repeat that as many times as you find useful.