The Psychology Behind Performance: Sports Psychologist Rachel Jones

What does it take to become an elite athlete? What are some struggles with mindset and how do we overcome them on the field or in a sporting competition? This week, we speak to sports psychologist, Rachel Jones about the art of mental toughness, how to best perform under pressure and optimise your mentality in sporting scenarios. Rachel has a background in sport and exercise science, and has held roles in strength and conditioning, athlete welfare, tactical training and sports rehabilitation assessment and management.She also has experience working with elite athletes from Australian teams and organisations including Super Rugby, NRL, Wallabies, Queensland Jockeys’ Association, Racing Queensland, Sporting Wheelies, Professional Golfers’ Association of Australia, Australian Institute of Sport and Queensland Academy of Sport to name a few.We speak to Rachel about mental resilience, coping with pressures of sport and how to create a winner's mindset. Follow her on Instagram @RachelJonesLiftHPCFollow us @rebuildhealthandfitness on InstagramCheck the YouTube channel too. And don't forget, you can get 10% off LSKD with the code REBUILD at checkout.