An excerpt from the acclaimed book: * Body Language | Business Psychology If you are not the best, then pretend you are. Muhammad Ali, Boxer Everything we have said in this chapter (See Chapter 5 of What Business Can Learn From Sport Psychology) is about increasing your feelings of self-confidence…
An excerpt from the acclaimed book: * The Zone Whatever the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve. Napoleon Hill What is Coaching? Coaching is all about improving performance. Coaching is not remedial. In sport, improvement can often be quite obvious and tangible (times run, distances thrown, points scored).…
It wasn’t a gift from birth that helped him score 62 goals as a youth team player in a single season. It was Acton Park, or more precisely the thousands of hours he spent there with his two brothers practicing and playing football. The park in Acton is just a…
An excerpt from: ‘The Wizard’ glared at his players. This was first practice, he knew what to say: “I'm not going to like you all the same. You won't like me or each other all the same either. Nor will I treat you all the same.” At first glance this…
From the top-rated soccer coaching book: * The Role of Psychology in Football Once again you’re stood, frustrated, in the technical area as the ball nestles into the back of the net. Despairingly you gaze up to the sky before looking back to the pitch to see your opponents celebrating…
From the top-rated soccer coaching book: * << page 1 Introducing the ‘5Cs’ of Soccer Psychology It should already be clear that there are a wide variety of behaviours and responses on show during training and matches, and not all of them are desirable. One of the main aims of…
An excerpt from the acclaimed bestseller: * Business Psychology As a professional, you are extremely skilled at what you do. We’d bet that you are able to perform your skills without thinking sometimes, like you are on autopilot. Consider driving for a moment. When you get in your car you…
Get Better at Putting... Fast! In this article, learn some top putting tips from golf guru Dan Abrahams, author of Golf Tough. Putting is a discipline of precision. It requires pinpoint accuracy. It requires pinpoint control. It’s not like driving the ball, or approach play, where there is margin for…
From the top cycling book: * There was a time when almost everyone was just dying to take apart Fabian “Spartacus” Cancellara’s bicycle. A conspiracy theory, in 2010, claimed that the vigorous Swiss had won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix with the help of a motor hidden somewhere…
By Dan Abrahams. Dan Abrahams is Lead Psychologist for England Golf, as well as a former touring professional golfer and PGA golf coach. He has delivered golf psychology wisdom to players globally at all levels – from amateur through to tour professional golfers, and he has previously been a lecturer…