The method
A mental coaching program starts from your concrete situation and is built step by step. Here is how it works, from the first conversation to the sessions.
Three steps
Introductory conversation
A first meeting, in person or online, to get to know each other: you tell me about your sport, the phase you are going through and what you would like to change. It also helps us understand whether and how to work together.
The first introductory conversation is free of charge.
Setting objectives
We pin down what to work on and in which situations: in competition, in training, in the moments that matter most to you.
Personalized sessions
Sessions follow your needs and your sporting calendar. There is no one-size-fits-all protocol: the program adapts as the work progresses.
What we work on
The most frequent topics. Next to each one, the dimension of Intelligenza Agonistica it relates to most closely.
- Competitive pressure Emotional and physiological regulation
- Concentration and attention Attention management
- Emotion regulation Emotional and physiological regulation
- Confidence Competitive identity and the relationship with results
- Mental preparation for competition Competitive clarity
- Recovering after mistakes Managing mistakes and regaining effectiveness
- Motivation and goals Competitive identity and the relationship with results
- Decisions and adaptation in competition Decision-making adaptability
- Team communication and dynamics
Before, during, after
“…it is not enough to talk about handling pressure away from pressure.”
From Intelligenza Agonistica, Fausto Donadelli (English translation)
Before competition, helping the athlete recognize their automatic patterns, recurring reactions and the conditions that support or hinder their performance.
During training, introducing situations that require adaptation, decision-making, recovery after mistakes and the management of elements of uncertainty.
After competition, analyzing not only the result but, above all, the quality of decisions, emotional responses, attention management and the ability to adapt.
In practice
Where
In person in Lugano and, by arrangement, in Switzerland, in Italy and abroad. Online for individual coaching, internationally. In Italian or in English.
Young athletes
Parents or legal guardians are involved when the coaching begins. The work respects the pace and needs of those who are still growing.
Confidentiality
Information about an athlete is shared with coaches, clubs or parents only with their consent, in line with legal and safeguarding obligations.
Beyond mental coaching
When a situation calls for a different kind of help, I refer to a psychologist, a physician or another qualified healthcare professional.
Let’s talk about your goal
Tell me in a few lines about your sport, where you train and what you would like to improve. Together we will decide whether to work in person or online.
Write to me through the contact formOr write to info@sportmentalcoaching.org
The first introductory conversation is free of charge.