The Coaching Knife: How to deal with anxiety in sport, with Amanda Owens

Send us a text Welcome to the coaching knife when we cut to the root of the matter. In this episode, we speak to Amanda Owens, leading sports and performance psychologist and former professional tennis player, and the first women to work as a sports pyschologist in premiership football with Southampton. She is founder of the Edge consultants. Focusing on developing better performances, we are going to cut to the root on how we can help and support athletes with performance anxiety. Amanda has been heavily involved in working the Worcester Warriors and Leicester Tigers, and international rugby players, as well as supporting business leaders to improve their performance Her company approach is unique and client-centred, highlighting the importance of a person-centred approach, meeting the specific needs of the client. This enables the client to be more aware of their core needs, so behavioural and emotional change can occur and their vision achieved from a uniquely Gestalt and humanistic methodology and approach. You can contact her on email amanda@believeconsultanting.co.uk and www.believeconsultanting.co.uk To find out more about this podcast and many others, go to Rugby Coach Weekly To find out more about our Partner Club offer CLICK HERE Also, tap into the library of 4,000 pages of activities, advice, tactics and tips to help you become the best rugby coach you can be!