Mental Toughness Resilience & Positivity Focus Preparation & Recovery Confidence & Motivation Goal Direction The field of sport and performance psychology is little understood by the average person, yet it can have tremendous benefits for anyone – even if they are not involved in professional level sport or performance. Sport and performance psychology incorporates many […]
Sports Injury Recovery Support Service
Quick Links Why the Athlete Recovery Academy? The Athlete Recovery Academy Peak Recovery Mindset The Athlete Recovery Academy Program Our New Location- Gold Coast Physio & Sports Health Download a4 info sheet When a serious injury occurs your world changes in a flash. You experience the pain, the emotions, the isolation and limited movement, the […]
Peak Recovery Mindset and Mental Health After an Injury
What are we trying to prevent? Sport can be high impact and high risk and injuries are sometimes inevitable. Some people don’t cope when they get an injury that puts them out for more than a couple weeks leading to poor recovery outcomes and re-injury, or performance slumps. Others people who usually show great resilience […]
How to Sharpen Your Focus
Whether your field of endeavour is sports, music, or business, being able to sharpen your focus is a valuable skill to develop. For a start, the ability to sharpen your focus when required will help you to get into the zone. Task-focused attention allows full sensory processing of the situational demands of performance, and enables […]
How to Get into the Zone
One of the most exciting components of sport and performance psychology, is learning how to get into the zone. It is the holy grail of mental conditioning; because once you know how to get into the zone, everything else just seems to “click” into place. The experience of being in the zone is one of […]
Advantages of Performance Profiling
Feeling confused about how to approach improvement in your field? The answer is Performance Profiling, a valuable tool to analyse your strengths and weaknesses; assess your current level of performance in relation to your targets; and to help you with planning and setting goals, to maximise your time and effort in training. What is Performance […]
Controlling Emotions in Sport?
You might have heard a lot about controlling emotions in sport; but I think that it is even more important to learn how to channel your emotions, and use them to your advantage.
Mindfulness for Stress and Performance
There has been a lot of buzz about mindfulness in recent years, but the truth is that it has been around for centuries. Although the theory and practice of mindfulness is rooted in Buddhist meditative traditions, today mindfulness is a clinically proven approach to developing mental health and controlling stress and pain. Utilising mindfulness for […]
7 Ways Music Can Improve Your Performance
There is substantial scientific evidence regarding the effects of music on mind and body. Music influences our emotions, performance, health and group behaviour. In fact, we are so saturated with music in our daily lives that we may take for granted, the power it can have if used strategically. Don’t believe me? Then take a […]
Pre-Performance Routines
Pre-performance routines can begin when you leave the house for the training or performance venue, or when you arrive. Everything before that is pre-event prep and is equally important, but not the focus here. Why Have Pre-Performance Routines? Pre-performance routines are a great mental warm up, and can be used to advantage in many sports, […]
Mick Fanning Shark Attack- Sport Psychology Recovery
In this article I will discuss the recent Mick Fanning Shark incident from a sport psychologist’s perspective and give an account of how Summit Performance Psychology would approach assisting Mick Fanning or Julian Wilson to make a safe and healthy return to the water and professional surfing after such a traumatic event. Mick and the […]
Fitness for Life
How do you rate when it comes to looking after your own health and wellbeing? Does the thought of getting into the routine of fitness for life make you groan?! While we all know just how important it is to be fit and active, and to eat well … As we grow older, it can […]
Recovering from Sports Injuries
Sports injuries often involve more than just damage to the body; they can also be a huge blow, mentally and emotionally. While it isn’t easy for anybody to recover from an injury, for an athlete or active person it can be particularly devastating. Athletes and sports people will find it much more disruptive or limiting […]
Mental Toughness Training
It takes time, effort and resilience to achieve peak performance in the face of a diverse set of challenges and setbacks – and this is where mental toughness training can help. Individuals and groups that are serious about performance make large sacrifices and undergo significant stress and even suffering, to achieve greatness in their chosen […]
