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Guillem Balague: The question of confidence in Football by Tom Bushnell

2011-02-04T13:10:00.010Z

For those of you that enjoy Spanish Football correspondent Guillem Balague have a read of this article I wrote for his guest writer section about "The Question of Confidence in Football"

Thanks also to Lee Watson for this:

Click here for the article: http://www.guillembalague.com/guestwriter_desp.php?id=26

BBC WM Radio interview Tom Bushnell about the psychology of New Year Resolutions

2011-01-10T15:44:00.009Z

On 2nd Jan 2011 I gave an interview to BBC WM Radio with Professor Carl Chinn MBE, about the psychology of New Year Re-solutions and a specific way to increase your mental energy... here is the recording...

Oak Farm School Pupils with Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell

2010-09-30T17:51:00.008+01:00

Pupils of the IT class at Oak Farm School "Break Through" with (confidence coach) Tom Bushnell & Alan Donegan of Enjoy Presenting: Sept 2010

Testimonial: After one hour of working with Tom, it changed not only my life but my pupil's as well. After three weeks they are still confident and refer back to that day when we broke wood. I have kept mine to show everybody who enters my classroom. A sensational experience that changes hearts, minds, and aspirations. Mark Roberton, Head of ICT, Oak Farm School, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK: 30th September 2010

Say "Yes" To Success

2010-04-02T02:04:00.006+01:00

Confidence coach Says (Yes) To Success!

Rebuild Your Team's Confidence

2010-04-02T01:55:00.005+01:00

Article from 4-4-2's Weekend Wonders ask the expert section Rebuild Your team's Confidence!

Book Testimonial for "How to promote You & Your Business through TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines & National Websites within 7 days"

2009-07-20T13:28:00.021+01:00

This Book is a great read! A practical and easy to follow guide on how to get loads of publicity quickly for free!

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(Football) Writers Association Player of the Year Award Dinner with Steven Gerrard, Terry Venables, Martin O'Neill, & Henry Winter from the Telegraph

2009-06-29T15:38:00.016+01:00

Tim Lees freestyle footballer with (Confidence Coach) Tom Bushnell

2009-05-20T13:06:00.009+01:00

Freestyle footballer and central midfielder Tim Lees getting motivated with UK (Confidence Coach) Tom Bushnell. Lee will be playing for a League 2 or Blue Square Premiership team in the new football season.

Brazilian Jui Jitsui trainer & mixed martial arts fighter Eamonn Madden being coached by Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell

2009-05-19T16:57:00.006+01:00

Eamonn Madden Brazilian Jui Jitsui trainer & Mixed martial arts fighter breaking wood with Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell

Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell speaks at Stoke Park Golf Club's season launch night

2009-05-15T17:42:00.011+01:00

Stoke Park Club Pro Colin Ancsell with Golf Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell

Hi Tom,

Just to say thanks very much for your speech on Friday night - The evening was a success with some great feedback from our members.

Kind regards

Tim Harris

Stoke Park Club Assistant Professional & Corporate Golf Specialist

Roy Cox integral member of Wentworth golf Club

2009-05-01T20:09:00.002+01:00

ROY COX Wentworth Club Member:
As all Golfers know the game is played in the space between your ears. Since working with Tom he has shown me the way to perform and make decisions under pressure, both in my work as an officer in the British Fire & Rescue Service and on the Golf Course.
Tom’s techniques have been instrumental in reducing my handicap from 14 to 10.

Warren Harmston Golfing Prodigy

2009-05-01T20:05:00.002+01:00

WARREN HARMSTON: (Amateur Handicap +2)
I first worked with Tom when I was struggling with my mindset when leading tournaments. Subsequently Tom has given me a good foundation to build towards success. Presently my game and mental attitude has progressed to such an extent that this year I have won
The Wentworth Club Stroke Play Championship
The Wentworth Club Match Play Championship
The Surrey Order of Merit
The Surrey Amateur Championship

Brazilian Jui-Jitsui Trainer Eamonn Madden testifies of Tom's methods

2009-04-27T13:54:00.009+01:00

Thanks Tom..

Dude I am still buzzing from Thursday and looking forward to the next session,I feel completely different.

Cheers!!!

Eamonn Madden

New book launched coincides with Speech at Sussex Enterprise

2009-04-02T23:02:00.006+01:00

Jimmy Meades (Sussex Enterprise Events Executive)& Motivational Speaker Tom Bushnell

Tom Bushnell's newly published book "How to promote you and your business through TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines & National Websites" was given it's first public outing early this morning at The Sussex Enterprise "Web to the Max" breakfast meeting, held at the Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club in Eastbourne.

Tom spoke to the group of delegates about the section in his book on using National Websites to promote their business.

Other interesting talks about the web were given by Martin Henley & Jeremy Spiller

After Dinner Speaker at the ISA Conference

2009-03-31T18:25:00.008+01:00

Dear Tom

Thank you for your very interesting after dinner speech at the ISA Conference. We were most impressed at the way you demonstrated the power of the mind to break through a very solid piece of wood !

Pat Preedy,

Executive Principal of Sherfield School, Deputy COO of GEMS UK & on the Professional Development Committee of ISA

Tom Bushnell helped Me to understand myself

2009-03-26T15:16:00.010Z

I've been a psychiatric nurse, I've studied NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming), T.A.(Transactional Analysis), counselling, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) but none of these came close to helping me to understand myself... Tom Bushnell did.

David Hands

How to navigate your way around the tricky 7th at Stoke ParK Golf Course, by using mental rehearsal

2009-03-10T15:03:00.005Z

This is taken from the Club Membership Newsletter, which Tom Bushnell writes for each month, giving their Golfing members a Mental Edge on their game.

To put you in the picture Stoke Park Golf Club's signature hole is the 7th (12th at Augusta was modeled on it) It's a must hit green par 3.

On the left side there is a steep bank down to two bunkers which run the almost the full length of the green, which also slopes sharply from left to right. Right of the green is another steep bank down to several teardrop lakes. Short of the green is another lake. Back Tee 176 yards, Yellow Tee 150 and ladies tee 130.

Miss left and the next shot is in the water, miss right and your in the water. Hit the green and a three putts on the cards -

As you will see this is potentially a very tricky hole. Here are some mental tips that can be applied when tackling this hole.

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Tiger Woods is quoted as saying that "90% of Golf is in the mind". We think in pictures. When thinking about a potentially tricky hole such as the 7th here at Stoke, take a few minutes to
rehearse visually in your mind how we are going to play it.

Try this: Get into a relaxed state, close your eyes if you want to start to vividly imagine yourself playing the perfect hole on the 7th. Breath deeply, stand tall, shoulders back, chest out, head up, eyes slightly raised, shoulders relaxed, nice and loose. See in your minds eye you teeing off perfectly, seeing the ball land exactly where you want it. Then seeing yourself chipping onto the green and the ball landing 2 foot from the hole, imagine this perfectly in your mind. Then vividly see yourself putting into the hole to make par....feel how good it feels, and with a big smile on your face, breathe in and say to yourself "YES". then play this same new mental movie in your mind over once more, and this time breathe more deeply, stand a little taller, feel more confident, make the movie image brighter, crisper, more colourful and vibrant. Hear the sound as you play your perfect shots, make those sounds clear and resonant. Do this same process at least 5 times, preferably 10 times the night before your round and 5-10 times in the morning before your round.

In summary:

1. Only visualize and focus on what you want to happen. The ball going exactly were you want it to, in the hole.

2. The mind and body don't know the difference between something that really happened and something that is vividly imagined. So do this well and your mind and body will feel like you have hit 10-20 perfect holes on the 7th.

3.Be relaxed and have fun with it!

Tom provides one on one mental coaching for Golfers. He can be contacted on 07976 221052

http://www.TomBushnell.blogspot.com

http://www.stokeparkclub.com/

another school Pupil loves breaking through wood!

2009-03-10T14:38:00.006Z

Testimonial from School Pupil, who participated in the Board Break Seminar with Tom Bushnell

It was fun and exciting,I loved it, trying a brand new thing made me feel better and relaxed.
Keep it up Bushnell, by the way I still have the wood with your signature on !

Phyllis Lau

Moorland School Clitheroe

College Student says listening to Tom Bushnell's Motivational Speech helped him improve his skills and attitude

2009-02-09T09:01:00.011Z

The experience of breaking a thick wooden board with your bare hands, is just a massive adrenalin rush. My experience with Tom Bushnell, was an enjoyable and great positivity booster, I carried out his routine of jumping and shouting "YES" and then forcing my hand through a thick ply of pine wood, which looked impossible to do, but NO, Tom proved that nothing is impossible if you think positively. I broke through the board with out a problem, I carried on thinking positively and through-out the year, my Rugby improved and my skills and attitude changed with me attacking every challenge positively.

Thank you for the great morale boost and experience, would love to do it again!

Kyle Holmes
Student at Bedstone College, Shropshire and former pupil of Moorland School, Clitheroe.

School aged youth break through wood with bare hands

2009-01-27T20:20:00.005Z

School Teacher Charlie Jackson talks about Tom's Confidence building work at Moorland School in Clitheroe, Lancs

2009-01-27T14:18:00.016Z

I'd heard a BBC Radio interview of Tom Bushnell talking about how he builds confidence and motivation within people. I also watched a video clip of Tom working firsthand with a Scottish football team AFC Brightons. When I saw his board breaking methods with the footballers I thought "The kids at Moorlands school will love this"!!! I spoke with the Head (Mr Paul Smith at the time) and showed him the video. He too thought the same, we must get Tom in to go through his seminar with our pupils. So we hired Tom and his services for the day.

He came up to the school and taught the pupils and teachers his unique motivational techniques, one of which was to get them to write a goal on a piece of pine wood and then show them how to break through the wood with their bare hands! As a metaphor for whats possible. The kids absolutely loved it!

We also hired Tom to speak at our Prize giving that evening and speak before the parents. One of our female pupils volunteered to go up on stage with Tom and demonstrate what they had been learning. By now she knew how to motivate herself very quickly and she broke through her second piece of wood for that day, to show to all the parents her newly acquired confidence. It was a great evening.

In summary what Tom Bushnell taught to my kids that day was brilliant. It challenged the kids, it was ground breaking (well at least wood breaking). It was fun and enjoyable for them. He introduced a whole new area of teaching methods, that had never been taught, that could be used in any area of the students life whether academically or personally. It was a real confidence booster for them. They learnt some really great transferable skills that they can use in every area of their lives, which I believe will help them achieve even more. I would strongly recommend Tom to any school or club; and with a new set of pupils here at Moorlands we would definitely like to hire him again.

Mr Charlie Jackson: Head Football Teacher Moorlands School, Clitheroe, Lancs.

Charlie also runs the Matrix Soccer Academy and is the technical skills coach at Blackburn Rovers FC Academy.

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Charlie Jackson can also be contacted for more information and a verbal testimonial about Tom Bushnell's Confidence Building Seminar for Schools at:

Mr. Charlie Jackson
Moorland School
Ribblesdale Avenue
Clitheroe,
Lancashire
BB7 2JA

or call 01200 423833 and ask for Mr Charlie Jackson

or email him directly at charliejacksonfc@hotmail.co.uk

A school pupils testiomonial about how his confidence increased DRAMATICALLY after working with Tom

2009-01-26T14:54:00.010Z

Before Tom came to Aldershot Juniors, I was playing well but I wasn't ever at my best, at least not consistently and that was in matches and at training,and it was really starting to tick me off. to be honest. And it wasn't just with footy it was school and mates etc... Then I did ONE Confidence Building session with Tom and EVERYTHING CHANGED!! I started playing wicked, bossing the back three, scoring goals for my other team and just everything started going amazing and right, thank you so much Tom... it was wicked!!

Jake Jacobs

p.s. My school are second in basketball in the whole of England and you helped my confidence with that as well !!!

Jake attends:

Bohunt School in Liphook, Hampshire.

He also represents the Under 15's Red Team at Aldershot Town Football Club.

The Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter interviews (Sports Psychologist) Tom Bushnell & Marcus Gayle

2009-01-06T16:14:00.016Z

The Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter interviews (Football Psychologist) Tom Bushnell and AFC Wimbledon reserve team Manager Marcus Gayle about mental toughness in Football.

Click here to read the article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/henrywinter/4060338/Former-Wimbledon-striker-Marcus-Gayle-uses-mind-games-as-a-manager.html

BBC Radio 5 Live interview Tom Bushnell The (UK Confidence Coach)

2008-12-23T15:01:00.012Z

BBC 5 Live Radio interview Tom Bushnell, Marcus Gayle & Richard Worrell about Football Motivation, Psychology in Sport & Confidence Building. Interviewed by Aasmah Mir, with Rowan Bridge.

How to motivate Footballers

2008-12-12T12:42:00.015Z

BBC Radio 5Live filmed football confidence coach Tom Bushnell demonstrating a motivation technique to help Football Teams win soccer matches. The team is AFC Wimbledon reserves coached and led by Marcus Gayle a former Premier League player for Wimbledon FC. Watch how quickly the players go from neutral to absolute confidence and certainty in lightning quick time. After doing this they won 4-1.

Click here for the original BBC link

BBC Radio London interview The UK's Number One (Confidence Coach) Tom Bushnell & Marcus Gayle

2008-12-10T13:26:00.009Z

BBC Radio London interview The UK's Number One (Confidence Coach) Tom Bushnell & Marcus Gayle about some unique Confidence Building methods being used at AFC Wimbledon. It involves getting the players to smash through pieces of wood with their bare hands to get them motivated and full of confidence before they go out onto the Football pitch. For more info go to www.TomBushnell.com and or call +44 (0)7976 221052.

Since doing the board break Wimbledon AFC reserves results sequence is as follows WWDW.

Building Confidence

2008-12-09T12:55:00.005Z

Tom is now a featured Expert on Four Four Two's WeekendWonders Website http://weekendwonders.co.uk/gaffers/experts/tombushnell/positivethinking.aspx,

SKY SPORTS NEWS UK (CONFIDENCE COACH)

2008-11-25T16:09:00.014Z

Sky Sports News filmed Tom Bushnell The UK's (Confidence Coach) working with Marcus Gayle and his reserve squad of AFC Wimbledon footballers. Sky's camera's came and filmed Tom teaching the footballers how to build their self confidence by doing a wood chopping board breaking exercise with their bare hands. Marcus Gayle the Manager is a big believer in Sports Psychology, Football Confidence, Motivation and mental preparation for matches. Marcus himself having had a successful career as a player in the Premiership for many years as a Wimbledon FC player and representing Jamaica in the World Cup Finals in France 98, knows the importance of self belief.

UK (Confidence Coach) helps out UK Basketball Team

2008-11-19T23:45:00.011Z

UK Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell helps out UK Basketball Team Hull Wasps back to winning matches. Listen as Tom talks with one of the owners of the Basketball Team Hull Wasps. Hear how using the emotional triad helped restore confidence to the Team.

Marcus Gayle & Tom Bushnell: Confidence in Football

2008-11-13T14:19:00.011Z

Marcus Gayle in his Playing days With a number of Football Clubs

Former Wimbledon Premiership Footballer (Marcus Gayle) and Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell will be interviewed on BBC Radio London 94.9FM at 8.15pm 13th Nov about Confidence in Football.

Golf (Confidence Coach)

2008-11-04T10:35:00.011Z

Tom Bushnell The Golf Confidence Coach talks with Alex Bishop a future PGA tour Golfer about Confidence in Golf. Tom worked with Alex on his game when he was experiencing a lack of Confidence. Alex hired Tom to help turn his game around. Tom used a variety of methods to help improve Alex's performance which included breathing techniques, enhanced visualization methods and positive anchoring to name but a few. Listen to what Alex had to say about the Golf Motivation Coaching methods he used with Tom and the type of results that followed.

UK (Football Motivator) part 2

2008-10-31T14:40:00.014Z

Tom Bushnell the Football Motivator talks with Goal scorer John Grant of League 2 Aldershot Town Football Club; 9 days after he coached John using some motivation and visualization techniques. Listen below to hear how John has got back into the first team and is playing very well and setting up goals again. John says he is feeling really focused, and he played the full 90 mins of Aldershots mid week 1-0 victory over Port Vale.

BBC Radio 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire talks with Tom Bushnell about (Confidence Coaching)

2008-10-24T18:31:00.009+01:00

BBC Radio Five Live's Victoria Derbyshire talks with Tom Bushnell about Confidence Coaching.
She asks Tom about how and what he does as a Confidence Coach, the types of clients he works with and what sort of results they gain after working with him. Tom answers by talking about the type of mental training work he does with professional footballers, football teams,schools, businesses, youth groups and golfers. He discuss the psychological model he uses which is called "The Emotional Triad" to help inject supreme levels of Confidence into his clients. The Football teams Tom has worked with have been from the Coca Cola Championship and the Blue Square Premier. He just recently started working with a new League 2 player.

John Grant of Aldershot Town FC talks about the Motivation work he did with Tom Bushnell.

2008-10-22T23:24:00.016+01:00

Striker John Grant of League 2 Club Aldershot Town FC talks about how the Motivation work he did recently with Tom Bushnell helped him feel uplifted and get his desire back for Football, and it left him feeling full of Fire...Click the video to listen to John talking with Tom.

A (Confidence Coaching) session for Teenagers and School Pupils

2008-10-15T15:38:00.007+01:00

Confident Teenagers

2008-10-14T17:08:00.012+01:00

Tom

Thank you so much for visiting us and sharing your time with us. All the boys enjoyed the board break and will have fantastic memories that will fill them with the confidence needed to grow into the potential they have. You have an infectious ability to make all feel charged and ready to face anything.

Thanks again

Simon Martin

Romford LDS Stake Youth Camp Director Aug 2006

To contact Simon Martin directly click here

2008-08-07T15:50:00.005+01:00

Testimonial: From a LDS Youth Group Leader

"In one night only, Tom Bushnell led a mixed group of young men and women to a feverish-pitch where they felt ready and able to smash through ¾ inch pine boards, much to their amazement! This is an high-adrenalin, high octane session with lots of personal surprises along the way. A great session and lots of fun!"

Gary L. Mann

Head of a local youth group

Crawley, West Sussex.

If you play Golf this could be of interest to you...

2008-02-25T22:46:00.010Z

Some pictures of Alex Bishop hitting some Confident Golf shots.

The following is a testimonial from one of my Golfing clients Alex Bishop. Alex currently attends The University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, and is reading Applied Golf Management Studies BA.

His course is run in co-ordance with the PGA european centre of excellence at the natinal training academy at the Belfry and Alex will obtain professional status either during or at the end of his degree.

http://www.undergraduate.bham.ac.uk/coursefinder/education/app-golf-management.shtml

Working with Tom was all about increasing my confidence and self belief within my golf game. I was already a confident golfer and had no doubt in my own ability but there were areas of my game which were lacking. I went through a stage of fatting chip shots around the greens and catching the ground before the ball which meant I was struggling to get the ball up and down when I missed the greens. This had a detrimental effect on my confidence in that area of my game and I began to feel very nervous and tense whenever I missed the green. Tom helped me to rebuild my confidence I once had in my short game before it went downhill using various techniques including breathing rhythms, visualisation, self talk and anchoring my positive shots which I could draw on in any situation. I began to feel as if I was able to hit any chip shot close or in the hole and I could transfer that work into my long game. I now have the belief that I can hit every green, every fairway or hole every putt. My handicap began to fall and is continuing to do so as I progress to turning professional in the future.

Jimmy Quinn Manager of Cambridge United Football Club Post Match Testimonial

2008-02-14T13:29:00.008Z

"He's a Sports Psychologist....It was brilliant wasn't it.... it was Great"! - Jimmy Quinn Manager Cambridge United Football Club, BBC Radio Cambridge 27th Jan 2007

Practise makes Perfect.....Or does it???

2008-02-06T19:31:00.001Z

The other night I was coaching an under 16's Football (Soccer) Team. After the session my colleague Chris and I started discussing the dynamics of coaching. The topic of practise came up, and the quote "Practise makes Perfect" was discussed. I'd also heard of the phrase "Perfect practise makes perfect". Chris added another development to this theme and said "practise doesn't necessarily make perfect" but "practise does make permanent".

This got me thinking...If we want to get good at anything then we need to practise. Repetition is the mother of all skill. I agree with what my friend Chris said to me on Monday night that practise does in fact make permanent...and I also agree with what I had heard a friend of mine (Spencer Plummer) many a years ago tell me that "Perfect practise makes perfect".

I think it is a combination of the both. In our own lives if we practise things they will be become permanent. And if we practise those things as perfectly as possible those disciplines and attributes that we are cultivating and developing will be made permanent more perfectly.

I would sum it up in this way:

"Practise makes Permanent" + "Perfect Practise makes Perfect" = "Permanent Perfection"

Get Practising!

"Confidence in Sport"

2008-01-31T21:18:00.000Z

Mystery Wood Chopper Exposed

2008-01-31T19:53:00.001Z

By VIKKI ORVICE of The Sun Newspaper
Published: 19 Feb 2004

TOM BUSHNELL is the wood chopping psychologist determined to help turn around Leicester City Football Club’s season.

He arrived at the Foxes’ training ground last week and refused to leave until he had demonstrated his techniques to boss Micky Adams and the team. Adams admitted he allowed a stranger to talk to his players in a desperate bid to find a Premiership win.

He revealed: I didn’t know anything about him ? Apart from the fact he said he was Tom from London. But SunSport has tracked down life coach Bushnell, who broke a piece of wood in two with his bare hands during his 15 minutes with the Leicester stars.

"Shrink" Bushnell, 29, from West London, said: I had noticed their run of 10 Premiership games without a win and I believe I can make a difference. So I drove up to the training ground last Monday to speak to Micky Adams.

"3 Simple Words"

2008-01-27T23:37:00.001Z

"Know Your Outcome"

3 simple words.....3 simple words that can....if you let them.....quite literally change your life!

I just received an unexpected and welcomed phone call from a good old friend. We started talking about our respective business' and he (Vince my good old friend) reminded me of those 3 simple but very powerful words..."Know your outcome". (A concept that Vince & Myself were taught by Tony Robbins)

He related to me how just the other night (See Vince is the owner of a Dance Club promotion Company in London) he had planned on meeting a New overseas client at one of his venues, a client he had not personally met yet, and a client who had paid upfront for Vince's VIP service.....to cut a long story short the booking had gone disastrously wrong.....his overseas client was not on the guest list which he had paid top money to be on....Their was a mix up on the door etc, etc... You get the picture!

Vince was temporarily feeling embarrassed about the whole debacle. He could of saved face and left the sorry mess alone, and buried his head in the sand and blamed it on someone else, the host, the club, the lady on the booking line and lost his new customer. Or he had the chance to take responsibility, act from a place of Confidence and take ownership of the situation.

To Vince's credit, he "Knew his outcome". His outcome which was to ensure his new client had an exceptional experience that evening. So he stepped up with certainty and conviction, and made the situation his own and totally transformed the circumstances to his advantage. The end result was Vince smoothed over the mistake with the door staff, his client was treated like Royalty and continued to proceed with his VIP status into the club, resulting in a wonderful evening for his new client.

An additional benefit came to Vince that evening because of stepping up in what could of been a total business disaster. As a result of following through, meeting with his new client and spending some quality time with him that evening; Vince met with another new and very influential contact. This new contact and Vince got on so well they are now going to work together on some new and exciting future projects. Those projects will result in more revenue for his business and ultimately a happier life for Vince and his family. All because Vince "Knew his outcome".

I guess the question to ask ourselves is are we going to let circumstances dictate to us ?....Or are we going to be the dictator of circumstances?

The choice is each one of ours to make

"Know Your Outcome"

To your success

Tom Bushnell The Confidence Coach

The Dream Movie

2008-01-27T00:46:00.000Z

I found this great resource yesterday and wanted to share it.

It's a free video that is a great reminder of what is possible in life.

Go to http://www.thedreammovie.com/

To your success

Tom The Confidence Coach

Breathwalking a vital tool to feeling happier and more confident about life

2008-01-24T18:02:00.002Z

Breathwalking is a tool I have been teaching my clients for some time now.

Their are many benefits to breath walking. http://www.breathwalk.com

The benefit that I enjoy the most is the mental clarity it gives me. I find once I have gone for a breath walk, sometimes just for 5-6 minutes my body starts to feel very oxygenated and the fogginess in my head starts to disappear. I start to feel truly alive again.

I find breathwalking to be a great tool for golf confidence. I used to coach a young golfer at Wentworth in England and there was always an increase in his performance when we started his condfidence coaching lesson with breathwalking, compared to when we didn't.

Breathwalking really is a wonderful tool that anyone can use. I will be forever grateful to Tony Robbins who introduced this concept to me through his "Get The Edge" programme.

Happy Breathing!

Tom Bushnell The Confidence Coach

Board Breaking Brightons! Get off to a winning start!

2008-01-15T00:49:00.001Z

11th August 2007
Foster's Central Scottish AFL Premier Division

Brightons 2 Kilsyth 0

Brightons got their Premier League campaign off to a flier on Saturday, winning 2-0 against Kilsyth on the opening day of the season. A pre match pep talk from Sports Psychologist/Confidence Coach Tom Bushnell had the players right up for this game (see video of Bobo on the homepage - www.brightonsafc.co.uk ) and the result means The Tons continued their impressive 100% league record carried forward from last season and will do their confidence no harm at all for this campaign.

Brightons made one change to the team that had drawn with Kilsyth's Junior side last week, with Kieran Sweeney replacing Billy Brotton at left midfield. The game kicked off with Brightons looking well organised and full of running and despite Kilsyth having much of the ball in the opening stages, they did little to threaten Davie Hardie in the home goal. Hardie in fact never put a foot wrong and his handling, distribution and kicking was first class all day. The deadlock was broken in only ten minutes by Mark Newton, who rifled the ball into the top corner from the penalty spot after Jamie Mclean had been up-ended in the box by the Kilsyth keeper. McLean was looking lively and saw his shot from 22 yards flash over after he was released by Sweeney and only a few minutes later Sweeney again found space on the left to fire in a low cross that Lee Clark should have done better with. Kilsyth tried to press forward, but Brightons were looking solid at the back and restricted the away side to efforts from distance that did little to trouble Hardie.

Into the second half and Brightons looked to kill the game early and Clark should have made the points safe on 55 minutes when he pounced on a fumbled cross by the Kilsyth keeper, the resulting half volley going well over. Sweeney and Tam McQue were causing the visitors full backs all sorts of problems and McQue got in behind and sent a terrific lob over the keeper only to see it bounce over the bar. McQue was not to be denied though and on 70 minutes Brightons doubled their lead. Kilsyth were caught up field as Brightons patient play found the ball dropping to Newton in space, deep in his own half. His pass down the line saw McQue out-strip the right back for pace before cutting inside to drill the ball under the advancing away keeper.

Both teams made changes soon after with Speirs, Irvine and Lines replacing Clark, Sweeney and McLean and Kilsyth pushed 3 up front in an attempt to salvage something from the game. The did get in behind the Brightons rearguard on one occasion but Jamie McKenzie got back to make a great sliding tackle as the striker was about to pull the trigger. As the visitors pushed more men forward it was Brightons that looked more likely to add a third with Sweeney volleying over at the back post from McQue's cross.

The game ended 2-0 in what was a well deserved victory for the home side. This was a tight game against a very good footballing side, so this should give the lads confidence in the coming weeks. Next game is against Leith Athletic, this Wednesday at Overton park, kick-off 7pm.

All Brightons Players and Officials would like to say a special thanks to Tom for the work he did over the weekend.

Team
Hardie, Campbell, Stevenson, Forbes, Porteous, Newton, McQue, Clark (Speirs), McLean (Lines), McKenzie & Sweeney (N Irvine)

Subs not used - Brogan, Thornton

Brightons Inn MoM - Tam McQue

Anton Rogan Award: Speirsy, for being the only wan to lose a fight with his board.