Sports Team Performance Excellence:      "Total Preparation"

We believe that Total preparation is a phrase that encapsulates the modern approach to any sport.

As the distance between winning and losing in sports continues to shrink by the day,  therefore nothing should be left to chance in pursuit of excellence.

We ensure that you are aware of best practice in all the aspects of preparation for sports performance. We assist you and your team   to create a "Total preparation Plan"  that will maximise your potential. We review how professional you currently are and propose a more proficient model. We help you identify and recruit support staff or consultants who will compliment your existing staff. 

Vision-goal setting and planning workshops:
"Always start with the end in mind"

We facilitate a  vision  building workshop for every member of your team. Thus ensuring that each team member has continually a sense of direction and that they are clear as to the method of achieving their goals. The reason we involve all members of your team in this process is to ensure everybody’s long term commitment. Team members become committed when they are involved in designing their own future. By involving everyone in painting a vision for the future, in setting goals and most importantly putting a plan into action; your team will move much closer to its potential!

Coaching Coaches to World Class Standard:
"If you constantly coach your team and expect them to improve ... then you clearly need to consider who coaches you?"

Motiv8 have an extremely strong and successful portfolio of  experience in coaching coaches at all levels in sport. We have a track record in five sports. Over the past 3 years we have worked with professional coaches in soccer and rugby. In addition we have mentored some of the top amateur coaches in Ireland in Gaelic Games and rugby and soccer.. We feel strongly that if a coach wishes for his team to develop, then he or she must strive to develop themselves.We create a coaching development plan for you. We  act as a confidant to the coach and as a person they can use as a sounding board. Typically coaches discuss the following areas with us: leadership, coaching styles,  motivational techniques, how to challenge the rest of the coaching staff, how to keep the team fresh mentally and physically,how to deal with a player or a team in a slump, how to deal with complacency, how to reinvigorate a tired team, how to cope with defeat or victory.

Mental Training :
"Training your team mentally in same way as you do physically"

We will  coach  and mentor your team  on the following: develop a winning mindset how to deal with nerves, goal setting, visualisation, relaxation, achieving the zone in sport, controlling your self talk,  devising rituals that consistently lead to you achieving your potential. concentration, dealing with injury, building your self confidence, performing on the big day, how to deal with pressure, sport life balance, dealing success and failure, improving your mental toughness. Motiv8 will deliver on pitch, on track or on court mental training sessions. We have experience of delivering these with basketball teams,rugby teams, athlethes, gaelic football teams, hurling teams and with soccer players.Please see info below:

Mental Training on Pitch, on Court on the Fairway or Track

We coach you in the environment you perform. We will devlelope rituals which will ensure that you are in control mentally and physically. We will create scenarios which will challenge you perform as if you were in the toughest competition. The end result of out mental training in your arena is that you will be comfortable performing no matter who the opposition is or where our game or event is.

Team Building:
"Team building that gels your group towards being a team"

Motiv8 specialise in team building, we have ten years practical experience building teams in sport. We  specialise in building character, spirit and a sense of unity in your team. We will develop your team members into leaders, so that there are a group of leaders, who strive for improvement in each training session and match.We tailor a team building program to fit your needs so that all the essential elements of a high performance team are coached through games and activities. We use sport specific games and challenge your team by taking them outside their comfort zone. Motiv8’s team building will focus on improving the Espirit De Corps within your team. We will ensure that the  confidence, control and commitment in your team is developed to a much higher level.

Positive Coaching Philosophy:
"Creating a positive environment for everyone to flourish"

Integrating a positive coaching initiative, throughout your whole sporting organisation.  This initiative will develop your coaches and players as leaders, as people who consistently strive to achieve their potential. We create a a policy which is unique to your team that creates a culture of  excellence, a culture of consistent improvement, a culture of synergy. We ensure that all of your coaches sign up to a positive coaching agreement which has been designed by you club coaches and players.

Mental training Seminars:

"Educate your coaches on the basics of mental training."

Motiv8 have delivered mental training Workshops to a wide range of sports. groups We deliver these workshops in an innovative, practical and fun way, We encourage as much participation and interaction as is possible from coaches we are presenting to. Our semiars leave the audience energised with ideas and knowledge.Typical sessions last for three hours and cover the fundamentals of mental training. In the past year Motiv8 has delivered these seminars to a wide range of audiences. For example we delivered to :a group of 300 GAA coaches,  a group of coaches form many different sports at a Coachworks seminar in Ulster, a group of basketball coaches in Limerick, to a group of coaches from many sports in Conjunction with the mayo Sports partnership.