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Here are the latest updates from Positive Sports Coaching…

Congratulations to the Waverley Gymnasts, coached by Matthew on Mental Fitness, for their team success in Stuttgart, Germany at the EnBW DTB Pokal Cup.

As part of the partnership with Badminton Australia Matthew Scholes will undertake work as BA’s Mental Fitness Consultant to the High Performance Program. Additionally the Positive Sports Coaching training opportunities will be offered to BA Coaches and Clubs.

Matthew Scholes is a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Sport and Social Impact at La Trobe University. La Trobe Universty’s Centre for Sport and Social Impact is a leading research and teaching Centre that works across a broad range of professional sports teams and organisations particularly focused on athlete health and developing first class sports management practices.

Matthew is the Mental Fitness Coach for the Waverley Gymnastics Olympic Program working with both Athletes and Coaches to build their mental fitness. Congratulations to Emily Whitehead for making the Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo and to John Hart for being appointed to the Australian Team Coach for Tokyo 2021.

Our Introduction to Positive Sports Coaching online course has undergone an upgrade and is now available here.

Matthew is pleased to be working with the Waverley Gymnastics Olympic Program running 1:1 sessions with the athletes and coaches in the lead up to the Tokyo Olympic Trials

Matthew is an invited reviewer for the Journal of Positive Psychology (JOPP) and the International Journal of Sports Psychology (IJSP)

Matthew Scholes has been appointed the Performance and Wellbeing consultant for Gymnastics Victoria’s High Performance Mens program.

Read Matthew’s article on taking an appreciative approach to sports coaching published in the International Journal of Appreciative Inquiry.

Matthew ran a coaches workshop for Volleyball Victoria, the focus was on high performance and wellbeing and how this fits into the organisation’s strategic direction.

Matthew ran a full staff all day Professional Development day for teachers at Christ College new Zealand on “Positive Psychology in the Classroom” 26^th January 2018

Positive Sports Coaching has partnered with Gymnastics Victoria to professionally develop the Gymnastics Coaches and to help all areas of the organisation to provide an environment that enhances the wellbeing of the athletes.

Positive Sports Coaching featured in the “Minds Games “ article written by Chelsea Roffey in the Fernwood Magazine

Matthew is presenting “The Impact of Using a Strength Based Coaching Approach on Young Athletes” at the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology at the Palais de Congress in Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 13-17 , 2017

Matthew was the Keynote speaker at the IGGSA Directors of Sport Conference, Sydney NSW 30^th March 2017.

Matthew was the Keynote Speaker at the ISA (Independent Sporting Association) Annual Conference held at Coolangatta estate, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW Tuesday 25^th July 2017

Matthew presented at the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology, presenting a paper on “The Impact of using a strength based coaching approach on young athletes”, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 13-16 2017

Matthew is the Keynote speaker Keynote Speaker at the ISA (Independent Sporting Association) Annual Conference held at Coolangatta estate, Shoalhaven Heads, NSW Tuesday 25^th July 2017