If you’re a golfer who wants to play your best golf more often. You will have to have confidence in your putting stroke under pressure. Many golfers will admit the sport isn’t a great deal of fun when you stand over putts with fear written all over your face, with your knees knocking and your mind and heart racing. And when it feels like the hole has cling film placed over it, golf becomes a hugely frustrating sport!! So in this episode, Andy Gorman a leading putting and short game coach shares ...
Mar 26, 2021•47 min•Ep. 45
Life throws at us different situations in social settings; dealing with difficult people, coping with criticism, and approaching people where we can choose to have an inferiority complex. In sport, coach-athlete, parent-athlete, coach-parent-athlete relationships and the overall culture of clubs and organizations can have a big impact on athletes. Playing team sports such as football, cricket, or rugby; different cultures, moving clubs, playing styles, new coaches, managers or teammates, egos an...
Mar 19, 2021•13 min•Ep. 44
This episode is helpful for young footballers, parents and coaches where former professional footballer Jamie Forrester’s shares his thoughts on how to thrive in professional football. Today, we chat about playing overseas, training and playing with big names stars at such as Gordon Strachan and Gary McAllister in a successful Leeds United team. The challenges of moving clubs, settling in, hitting the ground running, dealing with managers are other features of this episode. Key Learning Points: ...
Mar 12, 2021•37 min•Ep. 43
It is not enough to be motivated if you are going to fulfil your talent. You must also be able to show immense commitment, where the promises you make to yourself and others you follow through with and do what you say you will do. Especially, through the tough times. In this episode, Mark Bennett MBE and I go on to discuss the differences in commitment levels between leisure and high-performance athletes. How coaches can get the best out of their athletes, and parents can best support talented c...
Mar 05, 2021•40 min•Ep. 42
To have confidence in your ability is a necessity to achieve your potential. To have a lot of interpersonal confidence is also appealing and can give you an advantage on others. In this episode, Professor Paul McGee, one of Europe’s leading speakers and authors shares with you all about communicating so that you can assert yourself where necessary, build better relationships, deal with difficult people and manage criticism more effectively. It’s a great listen, go on tune in! Key Learning Points...
Feb 26, 2021•40 min•Ep. 41
Where does the time go! We’re now 40 episodes in so it’s time for another compilation episode which is action-packed with the best bits from the previous 9 episodes which include some great tips and stories. Listening to the advice I’m pretty sure will help you learn more about what Mental Toughness actually is and its importance. Key Takeaways • Dave Jueno talks about the impact of bullying and advises coaches and leaders on how to deal with such behaviour. • I ask you to consider living life w...
Feb 19, 2021•34 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, John Fletcher who is recognized as an outstanding coach chats to me about helping athletes express themselves so that in pressure situations they can play fearlessly. Fletch’s impressive career began with Newcastle Falcons, in the academy before becoming the club’s Director of Rugby and Head Coach. As well as working with England’s best young players for over 10 years as the England Rugby Under 18’s Head Coach. John brings a great deal of experience and knowledge into our conver...
Feb 12, 2021•33 min•Ep. 39
Taz Bricknell is a professional rugby union player, playing in the Premier 15s for Worcester Warriors. She plays in the back row and has also played for Gloucester-Hartpury and England Under 20’s. Today I’m joined by Taz Bricknell, a professional rugby player for Worcester Warrior where she talks about the challenges involved in playing professionally in a male-dominated sport. We also discuss how COVID-19 has impacted her daily routines and her role as an ambassador in The Sports Business Club....
Feb 05, 2021•27 min•Ep. 38
This episode is an inspiring one, where Penny Mallory, the first woman to have driven a rally car for Ford and to drive in the world championships tells David about her journey. We go on to discuss her difficult childhood, her mentality to turn what seemed impossible into reality. Penny’s story is a very inspiring one, enjoy tuning in! Key Takeaways: Penny’s experiences helped her develop qualities associated with Mental Toughness, Resilience. Taking risks are necessary to achieve your dreams. T...
Jan 29, 2021•31 min•Ep. 37
In this solo episode, I share my thoughts on some difficulties that athletes are having during the coronavirus pandemic, especially now in the UK with the most recent lockdown. How this has gone to make them feel and the impact it is had on their intensity levels in training and for those who are lucky enough to practice or still compete. Key Takeaways: A lot of negative emotions are evident with athletes and coaches right now during the lockdown. The more mentally tough amongst them are better ...
Jan 22, 2021•13 min•Ep. 36
Today we talk about an extremely important topic, dealing with stress so that we don’t simply survive but move forwards more positively. I’m joined by Dr John Perry who has led the exploration of specific aspects of Mental Toughness and a variety of applications – including new insights into understanding stress management all of which have direct implication for practitioners. Key Takeaways: Motivation is a complex phenomenon. How people respond to pressure situations. Sport teaches you that fa...
Jan 15, 2021•31 min•Ep. 35
After being interviewed on a series of podcasts, I realised there were parts of me that I haven’t talked about on my own podcast. So I invited a great interviewer, resilience trainer for referees and managing director of The Third Team, Nathan Sherratt to give me a grilling and ask me some difficult questions so that you can get to know more about my background. What we cover in this episode: Why I changed career and chose Sports Psychology as a new calling. How my background helps me relate to ...
Jan 08, 2021•46 min•Ep. 34
Aly Dixon is an English long-distance runner who currently holds the 50km world record and won the 2019 50km World Championship in Brasov, Romania. She has also won the British marathon championships two times. Aly is also a proud ambassador for St Benedict's hospice in Sunderland, a charity which specialises in end of life care for cancer patients, which is close to her heart after losing family members to the illness. Aly talks about her journey into running, why she runs. How she sets goals a...
Jan 01, 2021•39 min•Ep. 33
David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster. He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches. From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes. Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their performance and/or mental health. David is a fully approved Charte...
Dec 25, 2020•14 min•Ep. 32
David Jueno is the founder of The Sports Business Club, an organisation which funds grassroots sport and charity / community projects across the UK. He also works as a director for Gillingham Town Football Club. As a youngster, he enjoyed playing football and the classical guitar. He spent most of his adult life working as a sales professional until his life changed due to a cocaine addiction. After a couple of years recovering from a very tough period, he has now turned his life around and insp...
Dec 18, 2020•37 min•Ep. 31
This is the 3rd compilation episode which is action-packed with the best bits from the previous 9 episodes including many pearls of wisdom that the guests have shared on the show. Listening to the advice I’m hoping will be a timely reminder for you to recognize that Mental Toughness is such an important quality for you to develop if you want to move forward and kick on in your life, sport or career. Key Takeaways • Steve Hackney tells you to ignore the noise and seek to learn from the best, trie...
Dec 11, 2020•20 min•Ep. 30
Lome Fa’atau is a former professional rugby player from Wellington, New Zealand. He played for the Hurricanes and Chiefs in Super Rugby, as well as Glasgow Warriors and Nice in Europe. Lome also played over 30 times internationally for Samoa. He is now a Personal Trainer and Rugby Coach with special interests in strength and conditioning, health and wellness and young athlete development. Where he works with people from all walks of life, as well as athletes. Inspiring, supporting and pushing pe...
Dec 04, 2020•27 min•Ep. 29
Professor Peter Clough needs little introduction. Whilst at the University of Hull, Peter initiated a programme of work which led to the development of the 4Cs concept for Mental Toughness – published in 2002 and is now comfortably the most widely adopted description of Mental Toughness globally. Since that time, he has collaborated with researchers all over the world to examine the concept further and to identify links to important aspects of work and life – his name appears on around 50 peer-r...
Nov 27, 2020•40 min•Ep. 28
Natalie Henderson is Professional Football Coach and with many years’ experience working with Premier League & International Youth Athletes, both male and female. She was also the first ever full-time female coach to work in a Men's Premier League Academy as well as a proud winner of the Premier Leagues Eamonn Dolan Award. Natalie is football obsessed and has a huge passion for trying to get the very best out of people. She hates people wasting their talent. If you were born with even the sl...
Nov 20, 2020•37 min•Ep. 27
David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster. He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches. From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes. Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their performance and/or mental health. David is a fully approved Charte...
Nov 13, 2020•8 min•Ep. 26
David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster. He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches. From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes. Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their performance and/or mental health. David is a fully approved Charte...
Nov 06, 2020•15 min•Ep. 25
Julian Dowe is a former professional footballer whose knee injury prematurely ended a stuttering career after nine years in the game. During this time he played at various levels in England, Spain, Scotland, Sweden & Latvia. Retirement allowed Julian to observe of grassroots and elite level football and it’s needs. This led Julian to develop football4football. An industry-leading free online football resource which details practices, principles & methods that drive the game's best player...
Oct 30, 2020•37 min•Ep. 24
David Charlton helps ambitious athletes to reach their aims, faster. He supports a range of highly motivated athletes and coaches. From ambitious youngsters and amateur athletes, as well as elite professional athletes, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour, Rugby Premiership and in The British Superbikes. Additionally, David supports business professionals, executives and entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their performance and/or mental health. David is a fully approved Charte...
Oct 23, 2020•10 min•Ep. 23
Robbie Thompson is a personal trainer and lifestyle coach with over 12 years of coaching experience. He has worked with a huge range of clients from mums, dads, business owners, teachers, dentists, to professional athletes, actors and celebrities. In that time his role has changed from a Personal Trainer who helps people get in shape, to a coach who works with busy, high performing people to upgrade how they look, feel and perform in all areas of their lives. Working with such a huge range of pe...
Oct 16, 2020•34 min•Ep. 22
Today I’m joined by Steve Hackney, a former celebrated rugby union professional who played in England's top division of domestic rugby union for Nottingham and Leicester Tigers. Since retiring from professional sport, for over 20 years, he has applied his elite sporting attributes to growing businesses, and the combination has been and is a potent and unique weapon in the world of marketing. Where he has transformed the way many small and medium sized businesses operate. His mission is to transf...
Oct 09, 2020•29 min•Ep. 21
Mental Toughness Compilation 002 Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you’re a motivated athlete, coach, sport psychologist, mental game coach or executive listen in for pr...
Oct 02, 2020•22 min•Ep. 20
Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you’re a motivated athlete, coach, sport psychologist, mental game coach or executive listen in for proven and practical advice in this...
Sep 25, 2020•41 min•Ep. 19
Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you’re a motivated athlete, coach, sport psychologist, mental game coach or executive listen in for proven and practical advice in this...
Sep 18, 2020•54 min•Ep. 18
Demystifying Mental Toughness is for people who want to reach their goals faster and are curious what high performing athletes and professionals do to fulfil their potential. David Charlton shares insights, strategies and stories from leading athletes, coaches, psychologists and specialists to help you perform to your optimum level on a more consistent basis. If you’re a motivated athlete, coach, sport psychologist, mental game coach or executive listen in for proven and practical advice in this...
Sep 11, 2020•30 min•Ep. 17
David Charlton helps people to reach their goals, faster. Supporting footballers, golfers, rugby players, motor cyclists, triathletes, cricketers, boxers, gymnasts, tennis players, swimmers, surfers and many more highly motivated athletes and coaches. Some of whom are motivated youngsters, others are dedicated amateur athletes and others are at the top of their sport at elite professional level, playing in the Premier League, European Golf Tour and Rugby Premiership. As well, David supports busi...
Sep 04, 2020•16 min•Ep. 16
