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What’s your Scene? Personality and sport Mental Notes

October 1st, 2010

In sport, we are always interested in ways to help enhance athletes’ performances. From a sport psychology point of view, one goal when working with athletes is to help them bring all the performance aspects (mental, physical, tactical and technical) together to get the edge over their opponents. What personality traits are helpful for peak […]

Breath Control Works on Tour! Dr Andrea Furst

Here’s an article about some of the work we do.. Andrew Dodt breathes life into Tour ambitions The Australian September 03, 2010 9:07AM TAKE a deep breath and allow Andrew Dodt to explain how something as simple as breathing turned him into a winner on the European PGA Tour. “It’s just controlling your emotions,” Dodt […]

The 2010 AFL Grand Final: When the going gets tough Matt Ahlberg

September 29th, 2010

Anyone who watched Saturday’s AFL Grand Final between Collingwood and St Kilda will have an opinion about the outcome.  Some say it’s a travesty that there was no result on the day and some say that the premiership being decided by another game this weekend is the greatest test of who is the better team. […]

Kokoda Challenge versus Matt’s Mental Toughness Matt Ahlberg

September 1st, 2010

17th July, 2010: At 7am I began the most physically and mentally challenging task I have ever experienced.. With three team-mates I commenced the 96km journey from Mudgeeraba Village Shopping Centre to the Nerang Velodrome known as The Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge.  The Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge is a bushwalking team event where teams of […]

Learn from Your Experiences… Dr Andrea Furst

August 21st, 2010

There are several Olympic champions roaming the island of Singapore during the Youth Olympic Games.  Here’s some advice from Russian pole vaulting legend, Yelena Isinbayeva, “Well, there are not only obstacles in sport, but also in life.  What I hope to do in Singapore is to give the young athletes the benefit of my personal […]

Spectacular Start to Youth Olympic Games! Dr Andrea Furst

August 15th, 2010

The Opening Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games was energetic and fun!  A great way to start the inaugural Youth Olympics!  Several of the sailors from Singapore Sailing were involved in the torch relay as well as the Olympic flag raising.  Darren Choy did a marvellous job of being the last torchbearer.  See photos on […]