Mental training for athletes
Individual psychological work on what shapes competition: competitive anxiety, confidence, injuries and adapting to a new team or country. In Ripollet and Barcelona, or online.
Training the mind the way you train the body
I've spent more than ten years working with athletes, from young people in initial stages to professional athletes in the elite. Although I've worked in many sports (athletics, basketball, boxing, figure skating, hockey, tennis, triathlon, among others), football is the sport where I've spent most of my time. I've been part of professional clubs in different countries, so I'm used to dealing with the usual challenges.
Within the world of football, I specialise in goalkeeper psychology. I've accompanied many goalkeepers at different moments in their sporting and personal careers, both as a goalkeeper coach and as a sports psychologist. I know their most common concerns, their fears, and also the strategies that usually work best for them.
Another of my specialties is working with coaches. During my PhD I specialised in researching mental health in coaches. More specifically, in those coaches who migrate to work in other countries. It's a topic I'm passionate about and there are several coaches of this profile I've been working with remotely for years.
Outside football, I have a special interest in endurance sports and individual sports. Each has its own characteristics and the usual challenges change slightly.
If you feel you're not performing or enjoying as you should, or even if you're wondering whether your mental health might be affected by your sport, write to me and we'll see what we can do to improve this situation.
Do you play in goal? The goalkeeper position has its own page: I've been a goalkeeper coach at clubs like FC Barcelona, Alavés and Riga FC, and I work the position from the inside. See sport psychology for football goalkeepers.
Challenges we work on
Balancing athletic and academic career
Changing club or country
Competitive anxiety
Concentration
Confidence
Injuries
Managing poor results
Performance block
Psychological exhaustion
Results pressure
Frequently asked questions
Assesses which psychological factors are affecting their performance and trains specific skills: managing competitive anxiety, attention, confidence and competition routines. It also supports processes that go beyond sport, such as long-term injuries, changing club or country, and career transitions.
You don't need to wait until there's a problem. The most common signs: performing in competition below what you show in training, nerves you can't control before competing, a long injury, or a change of team, category or country that's proving harder than expected.
Both. I work in person in Ripollet and Barcelona, and online with athletes from any country. The online format keeps the same structure: assessment, work plan and follow-up.
An individual session (50-60 minutes) costs €60. There are bundles of 5, 10 and 15 sessions for ongoing processes, and group sessions for up to 8 athletes that lower the cost per person.
Shall we start?
Tell me about your situation in a first, no-commitment session and we'll look together at whether it makes sense to work on it.