Testimonials
“I worked with David over a few sessions. Mainly it was to increase my belief in my ability and get very clear about what I want to achieve at the 2012 Olympics and my athletics career in general. David has also helped me to overcome some anxieties I had about talking to groups of people. The work we have done has really helped me to focus on my goals”.
Sarah Claxton, Team GB Olympic Hurdler
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“When I first started working with David it was to sort out some issues that I had around being injured. Through past experience of being injured I had come to consider myself as injury prone. This in itself was making me more likely to get injured. It also meant that I was very frustrated and negative when injured. David helped me to understand that my mental attitiude was not helping my recovery times or the quality of my experience when I was injured. After a few sessions I did pick up a minor injury. The old me would have been back down in the dumps again but this time I was able to put it down to experience and get on with what needed doing.
The ongoing work we have done has enabled me to communicate with myself in a way that is nuch more useful to me and not just in sport, in other aspects of life too. Another thing that stands out to me is that we identified that it was really important to me to have choices. It isn’t that I didn’t have them before but was not recognising when I did. I have started to pay attention to the choices that I have making things a lot freer and easier for me. The future has a lot more in it than it used too.”
Edd Rhodes, Rugby Player, Hull Ionians.
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“Dave was recommended to me following an arm break in March 2010. I had come through 6 months of quality off season training and I was predicted to have one of my strongest seasons in triathlon. Unfortunately as the race season began I suffered a training bike crash. Hopes and dreams gone in an instant. I spent the next few months watching the races come and go and wondering if I will ever be able to return to the standard I was at.
I wish I had met Dave earlier but as it worked out we were introduced at a time I was just getting back on to my bike and managing my first few lengths in the pool. Speaking to Dave was like a weight off my shoulders, he channelled my thinking into a positive state and I felt my confidence returning as it was before my crash and growing. Dave coached me up to my first race back with a one hour session per week. Incredibly I recorded a win at my first triathlon back! I followed this with a second place 2 weeks later, a 5th place at an international standard middle distance triathlon and one more win in the london league before flying out to Mexico to race an Ironman triathlon. In Mexico I wanted to prove to myself I was still capable of achieving one of the ultimate endurance tests and my first choice triathlon distance. A huge challenge after just 3 months back into training. I completed the race in 59th overall (9 hours 45mins) and declared myself fit to return to competition at the highest level of the sport.
Without any question Dave’s skills have helped me turn a bleak season into a successful one. I intend to continue to work with Dave and become a stronger triathlete in 2011.”
James Brown, Ironman Triathlete, Thames Turbo Triathlon Club.
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“I first met David at a group session he held at Moor Park Golf Club, where I am a member.
It was a taster of what could be achieved by focusing on your mind.
I have played amateur golf at quite a high level for many years, but had paid very little attention to my mind. I had thought long and hard on how to improve, but mental coaching did not even occur to me. After that short taster session with David, it was very clear that by improving my mental approach my golf would definitely improve.
I have been seeing David on and off for about four months. Although I find it quite hard, David has shown me that by analysing your thoughts, at any given time, you can train yourself to give yourself the best opportunity, to hit your best shot.
I have definitely seen an improvement and will continue to enlist the help of David.
I wish you great success for the future and look forward to working with you soon.”
Warwick Grant, Golfer, +1 Hcp, Moor Park Golf Club
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“I was introduced to David by my golf coach as he was adement that it could help me get to the best of my abilty.
During my sessions with David we worked on a few different parts of my game the most effective was with my driving off the tee. I can now stand over the ball on any tee and feel confident that I ‘WILL’ hit the best drive. This increase in confidence has boosted my mental state throughout the rest of my game. I would recommend a session with David to anyone who is eager to improve.”
Matt Cousens, Golfer, 3 Hcp, Moor Park Golf Club
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“I met David through a parent of one of the children I coach at Rickmansworth Tennis Club. I was interested to learn more about the psychology of tennis and the various techniques which could be used to enhance performance and reach your goals.
“I found my sessions with David very motivational and inspiring. The sessions have opened up my creative thinking capabilities and helped me understand how I feel in certain situations and why. The interesting point about David’s work is that you can start off with one subject in mind and by the pure nature of the discussion, end up branching out and discussing other areas which you didn’t think you would even touch. For example we started off focusing on my sporting ambitions (getting back into the UK top 100) and branched out into techniques for recovering from my long term injury: tennis elbow. I could see myself discussing other areas of my life using Davids methods too such as business, relationships etc etc.
I wish David every success in the future.”
Stephen Wright, Director, International Tennis Coaching Ltd
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“I have played golf for most of my life and have always struggled with the mental side of the game. Over the years I have read many articles and books on the subject, attended a number of seminars and taken advice from many a professional golfer, all with limited degrees of success. David spent just a few minutes with me working on a variant of a concept I’d used before, but this time the results were very different. From that moment on, and I mean from that moment, I have been striking the ball better and more consistently than I have done in the last 40 years. Fantastic.”
Andrew Plumb, Golfer, 12 Hcp
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“After 3 months of working with David I have experienced great improvements in my levels of motivation and general outlook on life. Most surprisingly to me, is that by working mainly on areas of my life outside of rugby, I have shown significant improvements on the pitch. The feeling of confidence that this work has left me with is giving me a stronger voice in my captaincy and more exciting view of the future.
David has a relaxed style of coaching and gives lots of space during sessions for his client to do their own internal work. That said, he also has the intuition to get his client straight to the point of something and then move on.
I would have no hesitation in recommending David to any sports person, professional or amateur who wants to get that extra edge. I also see that his style could be very effective in business, especially if the client has an interest in sport.”
Dan O’Leary – Captain, Ruislip Rugby Football Club.
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“I have always been very sceptical of using mental techniques to improve performance. As a high handicap golfer of a certain age I felt that there was not much opportunity to get any better. This wasn’t helped by health issues that restrict when I play. Typically I would shoot 105-110 for a round.
I have spent less than 1 hour working with David over 2 sessions and that resulted in my scores being consistently under 100 with a best of 86. More significant is that I now believe there is more to come. I no longer stand over the ball and then hit and hope, I expect to play the shot that I intend to!
Thanks David for helping me to get a more positive future from golf.”
David Barn, Golfer, 26 Hcp, Blacknest Golf Club
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“Since I have met you I have slowly started to understand exactly what you do, from initial briefing about Sports Performance Coaching I thought that it is something that I could quite comfortably achieve myself.
How wrong I was!
I can’t begin to thank you for the coaching that you have done with me, it has almost been magical and certainly life changing. I would highly recommend your services to everybody who wants to better themselves in their sport or just generally in their life.
I particularly liked the design of making me answer the questions that you asked and then reminding me that everything that I was answering came out of my head. This stayed in the front of my mind the whole time I was playing golf and kept me focused and also took my mind off of thinking about my game, therefore exceeding my expectations of what I wanted to achieve.
It has been a pleasure to work with someone who puts so much hard work and passion into what they do.
Thank you so much.”
Geoff Stone, Golfer, 12 Hcp
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I had one session with David addressing some issues I had around losing my father. It really did help change my grief thought processes and in turn my business performance and overall wellbeing has improved. I can’t recommend David highly enough. Keep up the good work.
Steph Sullivan, Health and Wellbeing Professional
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“David has helped me to transform my golf game and hugely increase the enjoyment that I get when I play. I first worked with him about 6 months ago and immediately felt better when out on the golf course. Over the last 6 months we have worked together on 3-4 occasions for about 10-15 minutes each time and the effect has just snowballed.
Apart from my reduced handicap, I realised that I was really improving when other people started to comment on how well I was playing. I have also found that people are treating me differently, it seems like they want a bit of what I have got.
In addition, the work that we have done has impacted on other aspects of my life that are not related to golf. I generally have a much calmer and more controlled approach to things.
I would have no hesitation in recommending David to anyone who wants to get lasting improvements in their golf and their life.”
Kathy Snowdon, Golfer, 28 Hcp, Oakland Park Golf Club
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“I run Stevenage Sports Injury Clinic and deal with athletes on a daily basis. I am also a Triathlete and with ambitions to become an Age Group Champion. I’d be honest and say I thought I knew how to prepare mentally, just wait for the gun and my mind would follow my body. When racing for a couple of hours sometimes my concentration would go but I thought that is what everyone would do. Since meeting you I realise how completely wrong I was.
You have helped me focus to a completely different level. Training as well as racing can be a solo effort which is mind over body. You have helped me deal with that and I now train and race to a higher level. I am able to stay completely relaxed so that nothing bothers me on race day whether it be that the start is late or my bike brakes fail during a race.
When competing you have to think tactically and with your help I have been able to let people pull away from me knowing that I will catch them back up and pass them later in the race. This is hard mentally as well as physically and you have helped me deal with this added stress on race day. I now have the confidence and I fear no one!
Since working with you my PBs and race times have gone down and I have knocked 3mins off my 10k race with your help, even when slightly ill I managed to stay focussed and nearly beat the PB again. This is all down to our work together and I look forward to our sessions in the future.
Thank you for your help and I know that working with you I will be an Age Group Champion!”
Kieran Feetham, Triathlete.
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“Being a snooker player that fell out of love with the game, David managed to rekindle the love I once I had for it. With his professional approach he guided me to be the best I can be at any moment throughout a game or practise session. I spent years working on my technical game but never once thought about how I could change my thought processes around snooker and ultimately my life as I’ve found they are very closely linked. I have nowhere near enough time to dedicate to snooker anymore but since working with David that doesn’t seem to matter because I’m able to approach every game in the right frame of mind. It’s been a very rewarding journey! Thanks David!”
Martin Maynard, Snooker Player
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“The coaching session with David really helped focus my mind on what I wanted to achieve. One session and I have noticed the improvement already.”
Ginetta George, Dressage Competitor
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“David has a very pragmatic approach and his deep inderstanding of what processes will work in different situations is extremely intuitive, the results have been astounding. I have hired David to work me through two types of situation, firstly for sport (Golf & Tennis) and also with my business ( I have recently had to make some very serious decisions).The results in both have been exactly what I have needed. I now feel confident that I have the tools available to me to make the best decisions and also to be confident that I will get the results that I want if I use these. I will be continuing to use David and will also be running some workshops where I want to get him to speak to clients. Highly recommended.”
Andy Petri, Tennis Player and Business Owner.
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“I have known David for a short time but I have been impressed by the way he goes about, what is more than a job to him, his passion. I have been able to see in myself, in a short space of time, changes that are a direct result of the ‘chats’ we have had. I have been able to address ‘issues’ that have held me back in the past, mainly as I probably didn’t recognise them as issues. David’s calm manner and keen ear for exactly what you are saying helps him ask those questions that seem to lead inevitably towards the heart of the matter concerning you. I have found that our journey, although in its infancy, is both rewarding, fun and VERY thought provoking. I am looking forward to continuing to work with David and the many ways I believe he can help me both professionally and on a personal level. I have no hesitation in recommending David to anyone who wants to improve their business performance and their personal life”.
Richard Lowe, Director HR Dept, West London.
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“I had couple of sessions with David, it really cleared few illusions I had from my past experience. He also cleared how I foresee my self while approaching new business contacts. I certainly recommend David if you have problem with personal or business relationships, to improve your performance in personal or business life.”
Sendil Bala, IT Business Owner.
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“David clearly has a very detailed knowledge and a creative approach to dealing with matters. A very flexible, rational and understanding personality to be appreciated. I would highly recommend David as a very credible person with an absolute passion to deliver tangible results to his clients”.
Ivan Soares, TaxAssist Accountants.
