Creating winning teams through embedding mental skills training into team culture.
The biggest differentiator between great performers and okay performers is the ability to manage stress under pressure.
Andrew has been a great supporter on and off the bike. He has influenced me in searching further to develop the mental aspect of my training, not just relying on physical preparation. He has also helped with my public speaking skills and preparing for life after sport. Maysie has empowered me with the confidence to try new things, a quality I really admire.
Maysie is one of the leading sport coaches I have worked with. He is much more than an exercise physiologist. He has a gift of getting players to connect with what drives them (inner desire) and tapping their full potential. I have learnt a lot about his MatchFit approach and adapt this towards a holistic approach to elite performance.
Following a restructure of the business we were looking to bring the team together with a shared philosophy and working practices that created synergy. Coaching Academy accelerated the effectiveness of the team and provided the platform we needed with an explicit behaviours and specific training on how to have coaching conversations. We now have confidence and the skills to have robust debate/healthy conflict without the collateral damage. The results have been exceptional.
I worked with Maysie at NSW Cricket team and when I was at the Sydney Swans and was continually impressed by his thorough understanding and knowledge of coaching and elite performance. He has a natural talent in knowing how to get the best out of people – whether they are currently performing well or whether they need to lift their game.
Maysie is one of the leading sport coaches I have worked with. He is much more than an exercise physiologist. He has a gift of getting players to connect with what drives them (inner desire) and tapping their full potential. I have learnt a lot about his MatchFit approach and adapt this towards a holistic approach to elite performance.
Andrew has been one person along my journey to reinforce the notion of slowing down to speed up – the power of channelling energy into the right pockets Starting a career in cycling later than most I tried to achieve success the hard and fast way. Maysie’s approach of finding a productive rhythm in the ebbs and flows of athletic life is the Holy Grail for optimal performance.
In elite sport, it is widely recognised there are three things you can train*:
Traditional team programs work on ‘the outer game’ which is skills training, competition, strength and conditioning. The inner game is all about the mind – training to consistently perform under high pressure situations. Just like putting a program together to train the body to be healthy, fit, flexible and strong; we can do exactly the same for the mind.
*Michael Gervais, Sport Psychologist.
Andrew’s method uses normal language that sporting teams and coaching staff can understand and implement. This is underpinned by an evidence-based framework drawing up on the latest neuroscience, behaviour change and performance psychology he teaches in the Mental Skills Academy.
Best-practice mental skills programs work across 3 levels:
Andrew works as a mental skills coach for a number of elite performers and the Parramatta Eels National Rugby League Club.
