“Mental ability is key to any quality performance.
Training your mind is just as important as training your body."
MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHING
As with any skill, mental strength doesn’t just happen. It is trained, it is a skill that can be learnt.
Mental ability allows athletes to reproduce their best performance when it counts.
Whether you are working towards your first, or final Ski Instructors qualification, becoming a regatta champion, scratch golfer, tennis pro, or you are a musician or performer struggling to get on stage; this programme will support you in unlocking your full potential and achieving your goals with confidence and clarity.
This programme is about managing yourself, your head, your inner voices, your emotions and providing you with tangible tools to manage these influences on performance.
This programme will equip you to better handle the pressures of performance, competition, and assessment; stay calm and focused in high-stakes situations, and consistently perform at your peak.
It will introduce you to the fundamentals of mental performance training. It will help you understand yourself, manage your arousal and anxiety, build deep confidence, and develop the routines that allow you to deliver your best — consistently, under pressure.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The same tools.
Shaped for your World.
The principles of mental performance are universal. The language, examples, and scenarios are specific to your sport.
Ski Instructors
To support Professional Ski Instructors through their Training and Assessments and enable them to perform under the unique pressures of being watched and assessed — from Level 1 through to Level 4 and beyond.
Alpine Ski Racers
To support Alpine Ski Racers and enable them to produce their best performances under the direct pressure of competition.
Competitive Sailors
To support Competitive Sail Racers managing the pre-start sequence, sustained focus over a full race, and the mental demands of sailing under pressure for a whole regatta.
Generic Sports
Giving you access to the same tools and support in a programme that has not been built around your specific sport yet.
COMING SOON
Golf
Built around the unique mental demands of golf, managing a full round, letting go of bad shots, and using your pre-shot routine to keep you in the moment when the pressure is on.
Tennis
Built around the moments between points — controlling your mental reset, managing momentum shifts, and holding your nerve when the match is on the line.
THE PROGRAMME
Most athletes spend thousands of hours developing their physical and technical ability. Very few invest the same focus into the mental side, and yet it's the mental side that determines performance when it matters most.
This programme introduces you to the fundamentals of mental performance training. It will help you understand yourself, manage your arousal and anxiety, build deep confidence, and develop the routines that allow you to deliver your best — consistently, under pressure.
Ten Modules. Practical Tools. Real Change.
Each module builds on the last, with video introductions, guided audio sessions, and structured tasks to complete in your personal training journal.
1 - SETTING THE SCENE
Understand what you want to achieve and use that clarity to drive your preparation.
2 - EMBRACE THE PROCESS
Commit to the process and let the outcome take care of itself.
3 - CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLES
Learn where to direct your energies and where not to waste it.
4 - UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Start to recognise your own signals and personal optimum arousal level.
5 - MANAGING AROUSAL
Learn how to increase, or, decrease your own arousal level to the optimum.
6 - CONFIDENCE BUILDING & MANAGING ANXIETY
Lay the foundations to build deep founded confidence.
7 - FOCUS & RESILIENCE
Develop mental clarity & how to recover from setbacks.
8 - VISUALISATION & MENTAL REHEARSAL
Develop relaxations, visualisation and mental rehearsal skills.
9 - EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
How to maximise your practice opportunities.
10 - DEVELOPING ROUTINES
Create routines that enhance your practice and performance.
ON-GOING DEVELOPMENT
Continue to develop the skills you are building.
Meet your Coach
Jaz is recognised as one of the highest qualified and experienced ski coaches in the world and his background in mental game coaching goes back to the late 1980s. He studied Elite Sports Coaching at Moray House College in Edinburgh where the main content focused on sports psychology.
He has been working with it ever since.
Jaz understands high level performance, both as a skier (representing Great Britain as part of the GB BASI Interski Team in 2011 and 2015), as a highly competitive sailor (competed at National, European and World Championships) and a musical performer.
He has always recognised the importance of mental ability in delivering top performances in his own activities.
From a coaching perspective, he has been coaching for 40+ years and has worked with 1000’s of skiers and sailors on their mental game skills, and, more recently, musicians and other performers.
What People Say
“It is proving tremendously valuable, thank you very much!”
— Performance Skier, preparing for highest technical exam“Your coaching was fantastic, I now have the confidence to go out and race big fleet events and have the tools to manage my anxiety. Thank you”
— SB20 Crew, preparing for World Championships“You have given me an understanding, and the tools to help me manage myself so I can produce the performances I want to deliver.”
— Orchestral Flute Soloist, preparing for concert tour.