Are You Leading Your Career—Or Is It Leading You?

High-performance sport demands commitment, sacrifice, and relentless effort. You put in the hours, chase the next milestone, and keep proving your worth. But at some point, many coaches wake up and realize:

They’re exhausted from...

High-performance sport is relentless. The long hours, constant pressure, and the unending drive for improvement can easily lead to burnout and a loss of personal direction. It's all too common to lose sight of the very reasons that drew you into this field.

So, how can you stay purpose-driven...

It's not an overstatement to say that my work is teaching me profound insights.

If you've been with me on this journey for any amount of time, my assumption of you is that you're interested in seeing life differently.

This requires reflection with depth.

Answers, certainly in my experience, are...

This week I'm inviting you into a theoretical case study to highlight a potent area for us to work on to create a profound impact - way and above any new training modality, treatment or tech.

Are you ready!

I'll start by introducing you to a piece of research that highlights one of the key...

This week we continue the series on the top 7 most common reasons why practitioners are struggling in elite sport.

Today the topic is around many practitioners being stuck in their head, leaving them unable to be present.

Why?

They're always thinking about what's next, whether that's...

The series continues with the most potent and widespread issue that is a clear standout from my research: Low Self-Esteem.

To me, this appears to be one of the most insidious and destructive issues we face in our elite sports culture.

The reason it's so destructive is because it contributes to...

The series of posts continues with the third common theme from 160 practitioners in high-performance sport. It's the challenging topic of being emotionally unskilled that is insidious, and yet deeply destructive.

A lead strength & conditioning coach told me:

"I don't know because I’m...

As we continue this series, the second common theme coming through from 160 practitioners in high-performance sport is the inability to have balance in their life.

The cost of this is massive, from divorce, short-term relationships, absent parent, physical and emotional illness.

A head of...

When I reflect on the research I've been doing for nearly 2 years, it really stands out to me the diversity of who I've actually spoken with.

It's important to highlight that I have also sought out advice from sports psychologists and psychotherapists within my network for 2...

It's been an exciting few weeks after presenting at the UKSCA conference 2023.

It was a real success, much of which has been down to the many conversations I've had about how much men behind sport resonates with so many coaches.

I feel this area is about to explode. I believe wholeheartedly that...

Introduction

Why is it so hard to set healthy boundaries?

The answer is unique to each of us.

One thing is for sure though, unshaped personal boundaries are a massive problem within performance support staff.

"I was working 6.7 days a week across a 12-month period, I wasn't seeing my kids or my...

Introduction

Do you ever stop and consider whether your role in performance sport will be a lifelong career for you?

This is one of the primary questions I support performance staff to answer, and it's not a simple yes/no answer.

It's a primary question because we are at a time of...