When Performance
Changes Under Pressure,
Find Where It Begins.
I help athletes, coaches and teams investigate what changes in competition, what may be driving that change, and what needs to change in practice.
The Result Changes Last. Something Usually Changes Before It.
Competition problems are often described by the final outcome. I am more interested in what changed first.
Training Is Stable
The action works in training, but competition changes timing, attention, confidence or decision-making.
One Error Changes the Next Action
Instead of returning to execution, attention stays with the mistake, the score or the possibility of another error.
A Strong Result Becomes Something to Protect
The athlete stops simply performing and starts monitoring, controlling or trying not to lose what is already there.
Automatic Becomes Conscious
Movements that normally organise themselves become deliberately checked, corrected or controlled.
Not Every Performance Problem Is a Mental Problem.
A drop under pressure may involve attention, decision-making, motor control, fear, physical state, pain, fatigue, technical adaptation, training structure or the interaction between them.
The job is not to force a psychological explanation onto every problem. The job is to understand the sequence.
More About My Approach →Same Pressure. Different Performance System.
Pressure may activate similar mechanisms, but it changes execution differently in every sport.
Shooting
Shot timing, hold, trigger, position, visual attention and conscious control.
Archery
Aim, expansion, release, timing, execution and score protection.
Fencing
Distance, perception, tactical choice, commitment, hesitation and recovery.
Golf
Commitment, target focus, tempo, technical checking and consequence.
Billiards
Geometry, contact point, speed, cue action and position decisions.
Darts
Rhythm, targeting, release, score awareness and action control.
Curling
Weight, line, communication, tactical decisions and execution.
Boccia
Precision, body state, fatigue, positioning and tactical execution.
Who I Work With
Athletes
Understand what changes in your performance and what may be happening underneath it.
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Separate what is visible from the mechanism that may be producing it.
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Integrate performance with body feedback, fatigue, pain, spasticity, equipment and recovery demands.
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Build a shared performance language across athletes, coaches and support staff.
Work With Me →I Don't Start With Generic Advice.
I don't assume every performance problem is psychological.
I don't replace technical coaching.
I don't reduce complex competition problems to confidence, breathing or positive thinking.
I look for where the performance pattern begins to change and what may be organising that change.
Start Where You Are.
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You Already Know What Happened.
The useful question is where it started, why the pattern appeared and what needs to change next.