Training and Services

Workshops for Coaches, Athletes, Parents, Schools and Workplaces

Learn how to improve wellbeing and performance of your athletes, coaches, teams and colleagues during these workshops.
Built around the science of positive psychology principles such as optimism, positive feedback and process praise, participants will explore how taking a strengths focus helps build resilience and optimism in their team. Workshops can be run in person and via Zoom and are suited to coaches, athletes, parents, schools and other organisations.

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Conference Presentations & Keynotes

Matthew Scholes is available to speak at your conference on a variety of topics such as High Performance & Resilience, Positive Sports Coaching – Helping Your Children Win, Lose and Thrive plus more.

1 on 1 Mindset and Performance Coaching for Athletes & Coaches

Individual Mindset and Performance Coaching helps athletes and coaches take charge of the way they think and act in order to achieve their long term goals. These sessions have been used with Olympic & Commonwealth Games Athletes and Coaches as well as Professional Athletes across a range of sports, to help them strive for success whilst being able to grow from the inevitable challenges and hard times along the journey.
Please note there is limited availability for these sessions.

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Additional Services for Schools and Clubs

1. Team preparation prior to major championships
2. Review of school/club coaching program
3. Whole school training

Online Introductory Course to Positive Sports Coaching

The Positive Sports Coaching online course is open to coaches at all levels, from parents through to national coaches, and is adaptable to all sports.

The Positive Sports Coaching online course has been made possible by the generous support of the Oceania Foundations, the Olympic Sports Federations of Oceania and the Oceania National Olympic Committee.

The Olympic Sports Federation of Oceania, along with the Oceania National Olympic Committee and the Oceania Foundation, have recognised the importance of athlete wellbeing and provided funding to develop this online Positive Sports Coaching course.

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The first 4 modules of the course are free, however those wishing to complete the last 2 modules of the course and obtain certification (which lasts for 3 years) can choose to upgrade to the paid version for $29.95 USD which provides a certificate of completion alongside additional resources.

The Pilot evaluation period of the Introduction to Positive Sports Coaching has been completed with the course having been shown to be extremely effective across all sports and levels of coaching from the initial sample of 2,000 participants. The results of this study were presented at the 6^th World Congress on Positive Psychology in July 2019.

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