I have spent most of my life in the competitive arena, both as an athlete and as a coach. I identified areas that needed urgent attention in this industry as an athlete and decided to study Sport Psychology. I completed the degree in 2002, and following a lengthy travel experience I returned home focused on being able to help young ambitious athletes, so I enrolled for a Postgraduate in Education degree again at RAU.

I started coaching competitive swimming in 2006, and to date I find this an incredibly rewarding and satisfying role. I have worked with age groups ranging from 6 – 24, at all levels, and truly enjoy the emotional variations. In 2018 I completed a certification in Transformational Life Coaching, Neuro linguistic programming and Negative Emotional Therapy™. In 2020 I joined the Flow  Research Collective to study the state of Flow, neuropsychology, and high performance  mindset. Athlete success is dependent on the collaboration of efforts between the athlete, parents, coach, teachers, conditioning expert, and