Conference Presentations & Keynotes

Matthew Scholes is available to speak at your conference. Topics include…

High Performance & Resilience

High Performance environments are typically very stressful and high pressured. This keynote explores how the science of positive psychology can be used to help create a high performance environment that is fun, engaging and enjoyable while at the same time building the resilience of the participants so they can perform at their best under the pressure of competition.

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Positive Psychology & Sports Coaching

Participants will learn about the science of positive psychology including negativity bias, amygdala hijack, neural plasticity and optimism, and how these impact on our ability to coach effectively. We will examine how a strength-based coaching approach, and use of the Positive Sports Coaching Wheel as a feedback mechanism, can improve both the wellbeing and performance of the athletes and/or team.

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Building Wellbeing and Performance

This keynote will explore the relationship between wellbeing and performance. In the presentation we will examine how a positive psychology and a strength-based approach, when implemented by a club, school or association, can help athletes fully develop the areas they are stronger in. By taking a strength-based approach, this in turn builds the athletes’ wellbeing and performance.

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Positive Sports Coaching – Helping Your Children Win, Lose and Thrive

Many parents worry about how their children will cope with losing sport and how they are coping with the stress of competition. This keynote examines the science of positive psychology and how winning and losing are essential for the growth and development of a young athlete. Participants will gain an understanding about how to ensure their child retains the love of sport and the joy of competition.

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Creating a Positive Coaching Culture

This keynote would look at the science of positive psychology and how we can embed key strategies in our coaching to build the resilience of, and support high performance in, our athletes and teams. Participants will leave this keynote with a greater awareness of how their words and actions can impact others in both a positive and negative way and how this can in turn impact on athlete wellbeing and performance especially in high pressure situations.

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Positive Psychology in Sport & Business

Using the lens of sport, participants learn about the science of positive psychology including negativity bias, amygdala hijack, neural plasticity and optimism, and how these impact on our ability to lead, manage and communicate. We will examine how a strength-based approach, and use of the Positive Sports Coaching Wheel as a feedback mechanism, can improve both the wellbeing and performance of staff and managers using the coach/athlete/team metaphor.

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The Science Behind PSC

Positive Sports Coaching is an evidence based approach to enhancing the wellbeing and performance of athletes, coaches and sporting teams. Our work has been presented at numerous academic and sporting conferences.

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Testimonials

Feedback from your presentation has been terrific, so thank you for making the effort. You hit the brief perfectly and the connection between your presentation and what we are trying to build here was spot on! I am sure everyone will make an effort to include some aspects of positive psychology in their behaviour moving forward; even if it is to cut down on the number of amygdala hijackings we all have!!

Dean Templeton, General Manager | Converse

Thank you so much for letting me interview you yesterday! I learned a lot about sports coaching that I didn’t know. And the way you use positive psychology in that field is really interesing.

It will be very useful in my PhD and at the Department of Sports at the uni back in Denmark.

Ebbe Lavendt, Authorized psychologist, MAPP Institute of Coaching | Harvard Medical School

The workshop was fantastic and has resulted in a definite change in attitude. The week following the conference 3 people from my team sent emails or text message to tell me how they had implemented what they had learned.

For some this was just remembering what went well following a face to face call with a doctor and for others this looking beyond the issues/concerns the doctor was raising and helping to guide the conversation onto positive experiences using the products.

It is rare to see this kind of immediate change so you definitely had a positive impact.

Deb Richards, Northern Regional Sales Manager | Gilead Sciences, Australia & New Zealand

The Positive Sports Coaching Model has given our coaches a simple framework to use with their teams that has assisted in building their confidence and helped them to more effectively employ all those great teachable moments that arise in sport. The wellbeing of both the coaches and the students has undoubtedly improved through the use of several simple yet powerful strategies

Andrew Lincoln, Head of Psychology and Positive Education | Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School

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