“When I am playing
well, I think about nothing. When I am playing badly,
I think about everything”
Does the above quote
apply to you? Michael
Caulfield is one of the country’s most respected
mental skills coaches. It is accepted that mental
skills coaching is as important as technical skills
coaching at the highest level in sport. Michael specialises
in helping you prepare for the highest level of competition
by coaching you in the mental skills you will need
to fulfil your ambitions in sport and business.
Golf,
for example, is the most technically and mentally demanding
of games. Although everyone needs golf coaching for
their swing, golf is a game that demands a range of
mental skills good mental skill coaching can help develop
those.
You
need to train your mind as much as your swing. Even
the best golfers in the world accept that the difference
between playing well and playing badly is how they cope
mentally with all aspects of golf.
How
do you practice? How do you record your practice sessions?
How do you prepare for you sport? How do you react to
a bad performance? How do you talk to yourself? How
do you review your performance? Why is it you can perform
well in practice and can’t transfer that in competition?
If you
are considering mental skill coaching, contact Michael
Caulfield, BASES Accredited sports psychologist, who works with with players and coaches. To
back up the work you do with your technical coach, learn
how to condition your mind for the challenges in sport.
