Sports Counselling

“Sometimes we are tested not to show our weaknesses but to discover our strengths.” – Success.com

For any individual to be able to sustain in the face of adversity, while delivering optimal performance in any field, they need to have a sound mind and an even stronger intellect. At SCS, we promote understanding and analysing of the fundamentals that encourage the mental wellbeing of athletes through extensive interactions with our professionals while working towards resolving any stress inducing factors.

Our core belief is that every practice and competition begins with the way one thinks, which in turn affects the ability of athletes to be productive in their respective sport.

The World Health Organization defines mental health as a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the everyday stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

Identifying the odds

Here, at SCS our continuous efforts are invested in identifying and studying the challenges faced by professional athletes not only on the field, but also the various social and personnel aspects as possible causes for stress, anxiety and depression.

Studies have estimated that at least one in five adult individuals suffer from mental health issues every year.

In a bid to pursue perfection in terms of performance and physical fitness, an athlete is often under pressure to push limits of perseverance. While this notion tends to affirm enthusiasm among players, other times it overwhelms an athlete to level up to such standards.

The notions of being tough often translates into dismissing the so called signs of weakness, never admitting to being vulnerable by putting on a façade of being okay at all times. When combining it all with severe performance pressure, it can result in catastrophic consequences.

Several other external factors involving the need to achieve social and financial prospects, lifestyle and other biological aspects can also influence an individual’s feelings and choices affecting one’s overall performance.

Studies have shown that optimum mental health is crucial to enable an individual’s ability to remain at the peak of their physical health and performance. To achieve this, it is essential to strike a balance between one’s personal and professional responsibilities, social life and daily activities.

We motivate the belief that to seek help is the first sign of strength and resilience.  Even the most seasoned and seemingly tough athletes had to suffer through trial and error processes to become the champions they are today.

Our Mission

The need for mental health awareness
Our team’s core objective is to address any concerns related to the wellbeing of mental health and analyse the possible factors leading to it, while keeping a pragmatic approach to mitigate the severity of the issues.

Increasing evidence has indicated a growing rate of mental health issues among players and athletes on both professional and personnel fronts. We propose a comprehensive framework to deal with a range of mental health concerns like,

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Low confidence,
  • Inadequate self-belief
  • Fear and Self doubt
  • Lack of focus
  • Over thinking
  • Coping with stress
  • Performance anxiety
  • Handling pressure and stress related to performance
  • Mental blocks
  • Handling failures
  • Comparing

We offer guidelines through specifically crafted programmes that focus on managing social, psychological and mental aspects that influence our clients’ emotional health in the course of action.

Our mission to promote mental and emotional wellbeing as an essential part of an individual to reach their full potency, by invested efforts to de-stigmatize the subject of mental illness which often causes one to suffer in silence and isolation.

We practice empathy towards our clients and encourage them to be unapologetically vocal about their struggles and trauma while attempting to resolve them.

The importance of Sports counselling

Just as our body needs time for healing after wear and tear, our mind also needs moments of respite to heal from severe pressures from various fronts. The role of a therapist is to work with professional athletes by understanding, prioritizing and analysing their concerns on different levels of personal and professional fronts which impacts their performance.

Student-athletes, are in high demand by esteemed colleges and prestigious institutions, who are not only physically capable of being an excellent athlete, but also emotionally mature to compete competitively and maintain a high academic status.

Intervention by a therapist offers techniques that help to effectively increase motivation among athletes in managing their emotions while under pressure, to overcome problems by responding to them accordingly, build strong sense of ownership in terms of decision making, enabling effective leadership qualities.

At SCS programmes are designed by experts to help athletes keep track of their goals; stay focused, and get prepared for their next athletic stage.

How does SCS Sports counselling benefit the athletes

  • Focusing on the methods which are specifically tailored to enhance the psychological, emotional and mental wellbeing of athletes to prepare them for challenges both on and off the field.
  • Identifying and assessing of psychological and social triggers that influences a players’ behavior and performance on and off the field.
  • Offering non-judgmental and confidential setting to explore any issue
  • Honest one-to-one communication sessions with mental health experts addressing concerns while encouraging positive self-talk
  • Equipping athletes to cope with setbacks, injuries and mental stress
  • Cognitive restructuring to identify and alter negative thinking
  • Organizing group workshops and collecting feedback on areas such as self-analysis of performance and techniques to develop mental skills.
  • Providing advisory and guidelines to coaches to encourage group cohesion and communication as motivators for better teamwork
  • Offering techniques to players and athletes to cope with psychological demands of sport and to overcome difficulties to improve performances
  • Offering guidance to build strong sense of ownership of choices and actions, leadership skills and decision making
  • Holding integrated sessions with nutritionists and physiologists to realize a player’s full potential in terms of physical fitness.

In other words, at SCS, we offer a holistic approach for our clients in the process to overcome their struggles while guiding to their journey to recover and eventually growing into their best versions.

We strongly believe that the most important step in training the mind is to accept that it can, like the body, be vastly improved. It has become increasingly important to spread the narrative for promoting, preserving, and restoring mental health as a matter of vital concern on an individual and communal level.

While we watch our athletes unswervingly perform, one must realize that strength does not lie in being physically fit alone but also in a mind that is strong enough to overcome weaknesses and face the challenges ahead. That is when we truly see a champion in the making.