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  • Pre-event and event planning 21.06.22

    How prepared for your event are you? Totally? Really? Yes or No? It does seem obvious that you ought to be prepared for your event. Training your body physically; being fit enough; having the stamina;… Read more

  • Being Prepared 13.6.22

    If your sport is a summer sport, your competition season has begun and all being well will continue until the early autumn. Being prepared to compete, participate and perform is a big topic amongst athletes.… Read more

  • What’s your life script? 30.5.22

    How does your life script influence your sports performance and are you in control of changing the outcomes? Following a meeting with a client the topic of inclusion and exclusion was raised. Whilst the link… Read more

  • Achievement – 16.5.22

    Its always nice to have your efforts noted and I was pleased to receive my Counselling Skills certificate last week. This rounds up a year of evening classes that made the most remarkable impact. Most… Read more

  • A rip-roaring success – 10.5.22

    Many thanks to the ladies who attended our ‘Let’s Talk.. Menopause & Movement’ evening at Peckhams of Hyndland on Monday night this week. We had a full house, with 20 tickets booked up within a… Read more

  • Let’s Talk.. Menopause & Movement 11.4.22

    Today’s blog post is super simple. A link to an event hosted by myself and Kelly Ludwig on Monday 9th May at Peckham’s of Hyndland , from 6 30pm – 8 30pm. Tickets are available… Read more

  • Once you’ve reached your goal, what’s next? 6.3.22

    Two friends reached the summit of the same hill last weekend. Fiona Russell (Fiona Outdoors) completed her munro bagging quest of 20 years and David Venables (see earlier Blog post) reached the peak of that… Read more

  • What do YOU need to improve your performance? 14.03.22

    Setting yourself apart from everyone else isn’t easy. We are educated in groups, we often train and work in groups or teams and we (mostly) live in families. Even the most independent or isolated individuals… Read more

  • Reaping Rewards: the proof that training works 26.02.22

    Congratulations to Sarah Heward for her ‘rocking it’ confident and fun (her own words) performance at Club La Santa Volcano standard distance triathlon held today, 26th February 2022 at the Club La Santa resort on… Read more

  • The five ways to wellbeing as a sportsperson

    Trying to simplify your world is a lot easier said than done. One evidence based message delivered some years ago by the New Economics Foundation suggesting that we find five ways to wellbeing has become… Read more

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Hi, I’m Vicky. I integrate sport psychology and counselling techniques with professional sports coaching skills to lead you where you want to go in your sporting life. You’ll learn to think better, recognise your behaviour patterns and reach positive outcomes related to the challenges you set yourself; you will develop psychological skills to enhance your physical abilities.

Find out more: vicky@the-sports-counsel.fitness