Get More Out of Yourself
How do I prepare mentally for competition?
What is the best way to prepare for pressure?
Should I be developing a pre-shot or performance routine?
What is the best way to support my athletes?
How can you make goal setting work?
Will visualisations improve my performance?
Should I be more mentally tough?
What We Do
FOCUS Performance Psychology’s Sport Psychologists work with individuals and teams to achieve:
- Performance enhancement and mental skills (e.g. goal setting, imagery, confidence)
- Anxiety management and relaxation
- Concentration and mental preparation
- Stress and time management
- Team building and leadership
- Communication skills
- Travel skills
- Debriefing and program evaluation
- Recovery and restoration
- Injury rehabilitation
- Psychological assessment
- Athlete assessment and profiling
- Video analysis of sporting emotions and performances
Extra support for individuals or teams:
- Depression
- Overtraining and burnout
- Conflict resolution
- Weight management and health behaviours
- Career transitions
- Grief and loss (e.g. de-selection and retirement)
- Balancing sport and study, employment and/or family life
A range of people use Performance Psychologist services:
- Recreational, elite and professional athletes
- Coaches, managers and administrators
- Trainers, physicians and other sport scientists
- Umpires and referees
- Performing artists (e.g. musicians, dancers, actors)
Clientelle
FOCUS Performance Psychology’s Sport Psychologists work with individuals and teams from a wide sporting background:
- AFL
- Athletics/Running
- Ballet
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Chess
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Dance
- Endurance Athletes/Sports
- Equestrian/Eventing
- Extreme Sports
- Fencing
- Football – Soccer
- Football – AFL
- Golf
- Gymnastics – Artistic and Rhythmic
- Hockey
- Ice Skating
- Lawn Bowls
- MMA
- Motor Sports/Racing
- Netball
- Parkour
- Pentathlon
- Performing Arts – Singing
- Rock Climbing
- Rowing
- Rugby – League
- Rugby – Union
- Shooting
- Snow Sports – Skiing
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Touch Football
- Trampolining
- Triathlon
- Waterpolo
Some of our clients to date include:
- AFLPA – www.aflpa.com.au
- ARL – www.arldevelopment.com.au
- Swimming Australia – www.swimming.org.au
- Swimming NSW – www.nswswimming.com.au
- Australian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association –www.ascta.com
- Cricket NSW – www.cricketnsw.com.au
- Cycling Australia – www.cycling.org.au
- Cycling NSW – www.nsw.cycling.org.au
- West Tigers NRL – www.nrl.com.au
- St. George Illawara NRL – www.nrl.com.au
- Golf Australia – www.golfaustralia.org.au
- Lawn Bowls Australia – www.bowls-aust.com.au
- Western Region Academy of Sport – www.wras.org.au
- Sport Medicine Australia – NSW – www.smansw.com.au
- Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness – www.susf.com.au
- NSW Sport and Recreation – www.dsr.nsw.gov.au
- Tennis NSW – www.tennis.com.au
- Rugby Union Players’ Association – www.rupa.rugby
- Rowing Australia – www.rowingaustralia.com.au
- Triathlon Australia – www.triathlon.org.au
- NRL – www.nrl.com
- NRL Players’ Association – www.rlpa.com.au