Performance

Mental performance coaching empowers athletes to strengthen the mental side of their game, giving them practical strategies, skills, and habits to perform at their best and truly enjoy their sport.

Mental training is one of the four essential pillars of athletic development, alongside physical, technical, and tactical preparation.

As a Mental Performance expert, Jonathan helps athletes and performers build self-awareness and self-regulation skills to implement effective routines for pre-performance, performance, and error recovery. To achieve this, we utilize Mental Skills Training (MST), which encompasses strategies for thought and emotion regulation, goal setting, enhancing focus and attentional control, mindfulness, relaxation, and imagery, all designed to cultivate grit, resilience, and mental toughness. Jonathan also supports athletes and performers to manage perfectionism, transition from an athletic identity to other life endeavours, and use MST for other life performance demands, such as school tests. Additionally, Jonathan helps clients explore and leverage their character strengths to tackle challenges both on and off the performance stage.

Teamwork

Team sports provide countless opportunities but also bring challenges that can hold performance back. Together, we’ll strengthen team identity, build culture, and create strategies that help your team adapt and excel in any situation. By establishing a shared mental model and uniting under one vision, your team will be ready to perform under pressure, respond with confidence, and deliver consistent results when it matters most on and off the field.

Injury Rehab Support

Injury is an inevitable part of sport, and while this can bring adversity for athletes, it also creates opportunities to grow stronger mentally and return better prepared than before. Through MST, we focus on areas that support recovery in ways that empower you to feel in control of your process, helping you rebuild confidence and return to doing what you love with renewed determination and clarity every step of the way.

Mental Health

To be human is to have mental health just as it is to have physical health. The mind and body connect to provide a vast array of experiences in sport and life that influence our being in the world and the relationships we most desire. Sport can greatly increase one’s mental health and wellness towards fulfillment and joy in both their chosen sport(s) and in other aspects of life. Sport as Life is committed to promoting and supporting mental health as an essential component of success for all.