WORKSHOPS
MENTAL PERFORMANCE FOR ATHLETES AND COACHES
Practical, evidence-based workshops that build the mindset behind consistent performance for the moments training alone can't prepare you for.
The moments that decide seasons
PRESSURE
Your best player goes quiet exactly when
you need them most.
MOTIVATION
Effort dips the moment finals stop feeling close.
CONFIDENCE
One dropped catch and the whole second
half unravels.
Not sure which workshop fits?
Talk it through first. Book a 30 minute free consultation here
FOR ATHLETES
90-minute in-person workshop designed to introduce athletes to key psychological skills that support performance, helping them develop greater control over their thoughts, focus, and preparation in training and competition.
Key Themes:
Selt-Talk
Visualisation & Imagery
Focus & Attention
Key Outcomes:
Develop practical mental skills to improve performance consistency
Gain greater control over thoughts, emotions, and focus during competition
Improve preparation and execution through structured psychological strategies
90-minute in-person workshop designed to improve goal-setting effectiveness, helping athletes build clear direction and sustained focus.
Key Themes:
Understanding the difference between outcome, performance, and process goals
Creating goals that translate into daily training behaviours
Developing strategies to track progress and maintain focus
Key Outcomes:
SMARTER Goal Setting
Long-term & Short-term Planning
Outcome, performance & process goals
90-minute in-person workshop designed to help athletes understand motivation and develop strategies to maintain consistent effort, commitment, and engagement throughout the season.
Key Themes:
Understand the factors that influence motivation and long-term commitment
Identify common barriers to motivation, including setbacks, injury, and plateaus.
Build habits that support sustained performance development even when motivation is low.
Key Outcomes:
Understand motivation (instrinsic vs extrinsic)
Develop more consistent training behaviours
Manage dips in motivation
90-minute in-person workshop designed to develop performance confidence, helping athletes strengthen self-belief, trust their preparation, and approach challenges with greater certainty.
Key Themes:
Understand the psychological factors that influence confidence and performance
Develop strategies to build confidence through preparation, reflection, and action
Learn how to maintain confidence when facing setbacks, mistakes, and pressure
Key Outcomes:
Learnign how to build confidence as a skill
Mantaining confidence through setbacks and inconsistent performances
Practical tools to combat the season
90-minute in-person workshop designed to help athletes understand and manage performance pressure, supporting more confident and effective competition performance.
Key Themes:
Understand what performance anxiety is and how it impacts thoughts, emotions, and behaviours
Identify triggers and responses to competitive pressure
Develop practical strategies to regulate anxiety and perform effectively under pressure
Key Outcomes:
An action plan to stay engaged and commited even when pressure increases
Understanding of how to refocus & recover quickly after mistakes
Learn strategies that athletes can apply immediately
Pre-performance routine
Cognitive Reframing
‘Notice - Name - Reframe’
90-minute interactive workshop designed to help athletes develop emotional regulation, understand their responses to mistakes, and build practical strategies to manage emotions, reset effectively, and stay focused during performance.
Key Themes:
Explore research on emotional regulation and how emotions influence performance.
Understand how to use mistakes and challenges as opportunities for learning, improvement, and long-term development.
Learn practical tools to recognise and regulate emotions during challenging moments in training and competition.
Key Outcomes:
Recognise emotional responses and how they impact performance.
Develop practical tools to support emotional regulation.
Build greater resilience, confidence, and composure in competition.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to explore the relationship between wellbeing and performance, helping athletes develop strategies to maintain balance, energy, and enjoyment.
Key Themes:
Understand the connection between wellbeing, performance & development
How to recognise early signs of burnout and fatigue before they impact performance
Develop strategies for balance, recovery and energy management
Key Outcomes:
Recognise personal signs of stress, fatigue, and overload
Develop practical strategies to manage energy, recovery, and balance
Take a hollistic approach to personal development on and off the court.
FOR COACHES
CULTURE
Unsure how to cultivate the correct culture. Players not speaking up when it matters.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to improve team goal-setting processes, helping coaches create shared direction, alignment, and consistent performance behaviours.
Key Themes:
Understanding how effective goal setting creates clarity, direction, and alignment within a team environment
Developing meaningful outcome, performance, and process goals that guide both team and individual performance
Translating team objectives into clear, actionable behaviours and strategies that can be applied consistently in training and competition (SMARTER)
Key Outcomes:
Develop a structured goal-setting framework for your team
Translate long-term objective into clear, observable behaviours for training and competition.
Implement direct, evidence-based goal-setting strategies that promote consistent performance.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to help coaches understand and create psychologically safe environments.
Key Themes:
Understanding how psychological safety influences athlete development, confidence, and performance within team environments
Exploring how coaching behaviours, communication style, and feedback shape athlete engagement and overall team culture
Developing practical strategies to create environments that encourage openness, learning, and a positive response to mistakes
Key Outcomes:
Understand how psychological safety impacts performance and development
Improve communication and coaching behaviours
Create an environment where athletes feel confident to learn and take risks
90-minute in-person workshop designed to help coaches understand athlete motivation and develop strategies that encourage commitment, consistency, and long-term engagement.
Key Themes:
Understand the factors that influence athlete motivation and commitment
Explore how coaching environments impact motivation and ownership
Develop strategies to support autonomy, confidence, and engagement
Learn approaches to maintain motivation through challenging periods
Key Outcomes:
Develop autonomy-supportive coaching strategies that foster confidence, persistence, and self-driven motivation.
Recognise and respond effectively to periods of reduced motivation.
Implement practical strategies that promote consistent effort, persistence, and long-term athlete development.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to support coaches in managing the demands of coaching while creating sustainable, healthy, and effective performance environments.
Key Themes:
Explore the relationship between coach wellbeing, emotional regulation, and athlete performance, including concepts such as emotional contagion and co-regulation.
Recognise signs of stress, overload, and burnout within self (coach)
Develop practical strategies to manage the emotional demands of coaching and support sustainable wellbeing.
Understand how coach wellbeing contributes to psychologically safe environments, stronger coach-athlete relationships, and long-term athlete development.
Key Themes:
Recognise the impact of personal wellbeing on athlete performance and development
Understand how coach wellbeing contributes to psychologically safe environments, stronger coach-athlete relationships, and long-term athlete development.
Create a sustainable coaching approach that supports both coach wellbeing and long-term athlete development.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to support coaches in developing athlete confidence through effective communication, feedback, and intentional coaching practices.
Key Themes:
Understand the psychological factors that influence athlete confidence
Learn how coaching behaviours can build or reduce confidence
Develop effective feedback strategies that support growth and belief
Create training environments that encourage confidence and independence
Key Outcomes:
Apply evidence-based communication strategies that strengthen athlete confidence
Recognise personal behaviours that can unintentionally undermine confidence.
Create training environments that encourage confidence, autonomy, and positive risk-taking.
90-minute in-person workshop designed to help coaches understand and support athletes experiencing performance pressure and anxiety in competitive environments.
Key Themes:
Understand the psychological and physiological responses to pressure
Identify common causes and signs of performance anxiety in athletes
Develop strategies to help athletes reframe pressure situations
Learn how to support preparation through effective pre-performance routines and pressure training
Key Outcomes:
Greater confidence supporting athletes through performance pressure
A deeper understanding of anxiety and its impact on performance
Practical strategies to help athletes prepare, respond, and perform under pressure
90-minute interactive workshop designed to equip coaches with the knowledge and practical strategies to help athletes respond effectively to mistakes, regulate emotions under pressure, and recover quickly to maintain performance.
Key Themes:
Explore the psychological and emotional impact of mistakes, including how athletes interpret setbacks and how these responses influence confidence, focus, and performance.
Understand how coaches can help athletes recognise, manage, and regulate emotions during challenging performance moments.
Explore how coaching language, feedback, and training environments can help athletes develop a growth mindset and respond positively to setbacks.
Key Outcomes:
Understand athletes response psychologically and emotionally to mistakes and setbacks
Identify coaching behaviours that support or hinder emotional control
Create environments that build resilience, confidence, and learning from mistakes
Apply coaching strategies that support emotional regulation and effective performance recovery.
RESET
A mistake becomes three mistakes because
no one knows how to let it go.
BURNOUT
A coach running on empty by round ten.
🏐 Former UK Netball Super League & VNL athlete
🎓 Master's, Sport & Exercise Psychology
⏱ 90-minute in-person sessions
GOALS
Pre-season targets nobody's mentioned
since round three.
CONSISTENCY
Brilliant in training, invisible on gameday.
HOW BOOKING WORKS
OPTION ONE:
Best if you’re not sure which workshop fits your team, or want to chat about it first.
Book a free 30-minute consultation to talk through your team's goals and which workshop suits best.
We agree on the details - workshop(s), date, time, and location.
You'll receive a booking confirmation, with a deposit to secure your spot.
Inner Edge delivers the workshop, and the balance is settled afterwards.
Good to know
Prices are listed in AUD and confirmed bookings are always honoured at the agreed price.
Need to cancel or reschedule? Just give us as much notice as you can — see our Terms & Conditions for full cancellation details.
Working with junior athletes? See our Child Safe and Safeguarding Policy for how we handle consent and participant safety.
OPTION TWO:
Best if you’re ready and already know which workshop you want.
Choose and purchase your workshop through the website
We’ll be in touch as soon as possible to lock in a date, time and location that works.
All we’ll need from you:
A suitable venue with room for your group
A screen or projector
An accurate headcount before the day