Sports Psychology & Performance Consultancy at Athlete’s Mind
About Sports Psychology at Athlete’s mind: Athlete’s mind® provides a distinctive and intuitive performance service to professional and amateur athletes across the World of sport, using unique methods of consultancy athletes can receive high quality sports psychology & performance consultancy from anywhere in the World using athlete’s mind online® or can book consultancy with Louise Ellis, Director of athlete’s mind in person.
What work does Louise do with athletes? Louise Ellis is one of few accredited sports psychologists trained in the specialist area of psycho-physiological monitoring. This enables Louise to monitor physical changes in an athlete in response to any mental changes they have endured surrounding competition. Louise’s work ranges from supporting athletes with performance enhancement and performance recovery to focusing on specific areas such as; increasing confidence; removing performance blocks; improving anxiety control; controlling aggression and anger to developing focus under various performance conditions. Her expertise has been called upon by athletes and coaches in sports such as professional football, boxing, darts, golf, tennis, athletics, ice dancing and show jumping to name a few. The client testimonial section shows a variety of sport specific feedback
Focusing on the individual: Louise provides a complete holistic, intuitive and evidence based approach to providing sports psychology and performance consultancy and programmes are tailored to suit the individual needs of the athlete and characteristics of the sport. Even when Louise works with a team, the individual athlete and their personal approaches to performance are focused upon. Every athlete is unique and prepares differently for performance and to peak for performance. In order for an athlete to produce a consistent level of performance or peak for performance the three major systems such as the brain, heart and respiratory system need to work in synch. That’s why at athlete’s mind you can be assured holistic programmes are developed and where possible athletes are psycho-physiologically monitored in order to provide tangible evidence to the athlete which improves an athlete’s understanding and trust in the whole mind to body performance / recovery process.
The following case studies demonstrate how Louise’s holistic approach supported a show jumper, golfer and Lacrosse player to break down their performance barriers.
A show jumper
A show jumper approached Louise wanting to jump the 1.20m height class for the first time. She had never achieved this and inner-belief patterns relating to self-confidence had caused a performance block. This uncertainty was also transferring into her horse’s behaviour. Within a month of having face-to-face consultancy with Louise, the show jumper broke a personal barrier and jumped the 1.20m height class for the first time. The performer overcame a personal boundary she had subconsciously set through beliefs and unproductive thinking. With a combination of dedication to technical, physical and mind training, the show jumper has now reached the National finals and is ready to compete at the 1.30m class. Louise has now worked with several equestrian athletes and every equestrian athlete has also noted significant ‘positive’ changes with horse behaviour as a consequence of changing their own mind set and energy field.
A golfer
An amateur golfer had been playing off a 7 handicap for some time and approached Louise in the off season as he felt stuck at this performance level and it was beginning to cause him some frustration. This mind set was also transferring into his overall game and in particular his putting game. The golfer also wanted to see what else he could be doing above physical practice. Within the first season of working with Louise on his ‘mind’ game, the golfer successfully reduced his handicap from 7 to 5 and won a number of competitions in the process.
Lacrosse Player
A young lacrosse player was being physically sick due to nerves before competition at National level, after one session with Louise and after working on an individualised programme of work the Lacrosse player has stopped being sick before competition.
Louise supports athletes across all sports to break down personal boundaries and move them forward in their sport. For further information on how Louise can support you, please contact Louise for a confidential discussion.
Examples of some of the sports Louise has worked in:
- Professional Football (National level, Premiership and Championship)
- Professional Fighting (boxing, combat and Kick boxing)
- Professional & Amateur Golf
- Tennis
- Equestrian / Dressage / Cross Country / Show jumping / Eventing
- Swimming
- Diving
- Table Tennis
- Netball
- Darts
- Aerobatics pilots
- Bridge players
Athlete’s Mind is a trading name of LE Performance Consulting Ltd
