Sporting Clubs/Associations

Whether it is preparing your team for an international competition or training your coaches before your local season starts the Positive Sports Coaching team offer a broad range of training and service options for Sporting Clubs/Associations

Whole Club Presentations

Presentations can be made for the whole club, coaches, athletes and staff. Learn about the science of positive psychology including negativity bias, amygdala hijack, neural plasticity and optimism and how these impact our ability to coach effectively. We will examine how strength-based coaching can improve both the wellbeing and performance of athletes, and use the Positive Sports Coaching Wheel as a feedback mechanism to build wellbeing and performance.

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Coaches Workshops

Positive Sports Coaching is an innovative evidenced based way of coaching teams and individuals built around the science of positive psychology. The program is built around the science of optimism, positive feedback and process praise and has the dual aims of: 1) Improving performance and 2) Promoting wellbeing. This workshop will give participants the framework in which to bring this approach into their sports programs to build the wellbeing of their athletes and/or teams.

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Athlete Workshops

Athlete presentations and workshops are a great way to introduce Positive Sports Coaching and build a collective understanding of the school/club’s approach to coaching. The session with provide athletes with an understanding of the science behind the PSC approach as well as provide practical tools to help support their wellbeing and performance. Presentations can also cover the importance of supporting team mates, dealing with winning and losing, and the importance of not being afraid to fail.

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Parent Presentations

Parent presentation can be used to explain the science behind the Positive Sports Coaching approach to build a collective understanding of the Club’s approach to coaching. Presentations can also cover dealing with winning and losing, the relationship between wellbeing and performance and the importance of not being afraid to fail as well and the importance of being supportive of the coaches and encouraging to their children.

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Team Preparation Prior to Major Championships

Coming into major competitions and championships can be a stressful time for coaches, athletes and parents. Teams can have a range of workshops that help educate them about how they can use the science of positive psychology to build their resilience, maintain their perspective, and implement evidence-based strategies to give them the best chance to perform at their best under pressure.

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One on One sessions with athletes or coaches

Where sports clubs or associations are already working with Positive Sports Coaching, individual sessions with coaches and/or athletes from the high performance programs can be conducted to support key individuals. This is especially appropriate in the build up to major competitions or championships as we can identify key strategies and tailor them to the individual for optimal results.

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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

Thank you for the workshop delivered to my team and staff. You have a dynamic style of delivery which keeps everyone engaged to hear the important message we all need to be aware of. All my staff have mentioned it was very timely for us heading in to the 2014 World Championships. We implemented the behaviours immediately over the weekend camp and the athletes have responded in a very positive way by producing exciting united team performances. From the weekend, Aussie Spirit has adopted a genuine optimistic belief of the journey ahead.

Kere Johanson, Australian Women’s Head Coach | Softball Australia

I was in your LEVEL 2 Coaching AFL Seminar last year, and found your presentation and information extremely beneficial and interesting. I have adopted your strength-based approach, and have found not only my playing group have responded, but I have changed the way I am coaching with a more positive mindset.

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Justin Abrams | The Roosters Development Team Coach (VFL)

Professional baseball is a highly competitive environment, filled with negativity and failure. The only way to handle this is through constant optimism and self-belief. Matt Scholes – Positive Sports Coaching, provides many examples of the importance of a positive outlook, while teaching the framework and science behind positive coaching, mentoring and leadership. It was a privilege to listen to this presentation, and a must for any budding coach, captain, CEO or General Manager.

Justin Huber, (Former Major League Baseball player), Participation Manager | Baseball Victoria

I wanted to touch base and thank you for delivering such an engaging and practical presentation last week. This really gave me a insight into just how powerful the positive sports coaching approach can be, especially looking at the model from an athlete’s perspective. Throughout the presentation I continually had flashbacks of both good and bad reflections of coaches I’ve played under over the years.

Jon Shepherd, Regional Coordinator – Eastern Metropolitan 3 – Active After-school Communities | Australian Sports Commission

Thanks for your presentation, the feedback from the conference participants has been extremely positive, just what we needed to start off our week. It really set a “positive” tone for the week, so thanks again.

John Byrnes, Regional Coordinator, Active After-school Communities Program | Australian Sports Commission. 

After seeing Matt Scholes’ Positive Sports Coaching presentation at the 2011 AFL State Coaching Conference, I thought the topic would be a terrific addition to Cricket Victoria’s Level 2 Coaching Course Program.

Cricket Victoria has since incorporated Matt’s presentation into its Level 2 Coaching Course content with great success. At our February 2012 Course, the course candidates thoroughly enjoyed the session with Matt, with most seeing the major benefits in implementing a positive cricket coaching frame work.

We look forward to Matt imparting his philosophies on our coaches at future courses.

Jarrad Loughman, Education and Training Manager | Cricket Victoria

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