I apply many years of experience in the fields of Medicine, Mental Health, Medical Education and Tennis to your specific needs, as determined by you, the individual or group. Evidence-based methods of high quality feedback are promoted throughout. This sets me apart from the competition.
I have a strong and in depth knowledge of human development and resilience. This helps me to understand what is required for elite tennis player and coach feedback and enhanced performance at the individual and team levels. My career as a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist enables me to understand key contexts, e.g. emotional intelligence, Safeguarding.
See for example the following reference
https://bjgp.org/content/66/650/461.1
The principles and skills used in medical education are transferable to the development of top tennis players, coaches and teams within the international tennis arena.
Together we can co-create how you wish the future to be. For example, using the following methods and processes based on your needs (this list is not exhaustive).
Coaching the Coaches to Coach – C3™
- How to develop a tennis coach education programme
- Communities of Practice (Landscape)
- Developing competence and capability (pit crews not cowboys)
- Preparation and delivery of a coaching session
- The education prescription and learning framework
- Feedback for learning and the development of CPD
- Maximise psychological safety
- Reduce burnout
Tennis Player and Coach Development
- Grounding in the tell/ ask model of awareness
- Learning, competence and reflection
- For the individual one-to-one support and enlightenment
- Gain an insight into the delivery of excellent feedback
- Importance of learning and teaching styles
- The learning cycle
I can help Governing Bodies and Tennis Clubs to understand and appreciate what is needed to advance the mental health and performance agenda within the tennis arena.
I am able to draw on knowledge and skills of many and varied strategic, educational and therapeutic approaches in my work, rarely found in one individual
- Feedback theory and practice
- Systemic
- Strategic
- Solution focused ‘Brief’ thinking
- Psychodynamic
- Problem solving
- Negotiating
- Supervision
- Coaching
- Mentoring
The above list is not exhaustive