Picture this. You’re an elite rower, in the senior national team, competing at a world cup. After giving your all in the final race,...

(First published in The Association of Coaching magazine - Coaching Perspectives, 2022) The world of high performance sport has entered a...

In my work as a performance and leadership coach I have the privilege of helping clients navigate all manner of issues in their lives....

Grounds for confining sledging to the history books By John Hendry and Laurence Cassøe Halsted Elite sport has the potential to uplift,...

We are seeing a major shift in the way organisations and their leaders understand and approach developing their people. In elite sport...

I am a huge advocate of mental/emotional training for enhancing performance. Having spent the majority of my sporting career as my own...

Attachment theory is a psychological framework that examines the importance of close emotional bonds between individuals. It was first...

Why video review? When taking part in a sport, there is often little room for calm and clear reflection during the activity itself....

When getting on my soapbox about the role of compassion in creating high performance, one of the concepts I find myself often bringing...

In January 2012, just 5 months before Olympic selection, I broke the wrist on my sword-wielding arm. I’d been dreaming about going to an...

Connection, discovery and the triumph of love over fear ”10 strokes for Michelle!” ”10 strokes for Kathleen!” Those were the words of...

For some time I have been convinced that the next frontier of sport performance will come by way of sporting environments and cultures...

I am currently reading the most exciting and energising non-fiction book that I have read in a long time. It’s called Reinventing...

I went 8-0 down in my first fight of my individual Olympic debut, in Rio 2016, against a strong Chinese opponent. In a match to 15, it...

This book encapsulates the experiences and passion of a wide range of contributors, but it also represents a culmination of my own...

I have been unsure whether I have the right to tell this story, as it revolves around someone other than me, but I will do, because it...

The traditional culture of sport - obsessed by results, medal counts, league placings and based on a win-at-all-costs model - has, in...

In the summer of 2021, I designed a very special weekend for a group of Danish national team athletes (check out this video to get an...

Resilience is perhaps THE buzzword these days. But I have noticed that most people, even those who offer to increase your resilience,...

Like so many others, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching Ted Lasso recently. Apart from the comforting familiarity (I’m a Londoner who...