Scott Gunning

More About Scott Gunning

My name is Scott Gunning and I am a Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologist.

As a competitive athlete for the past 15 years, I know first hand how important having the right mindset is if you want to perform at your best. Therefore, I set up Gunning Mental Performance to provide Sport and Exercise Psychology support to individuals and teams, suitable for all  ages and ability. 

My aim is to work alongside you and help you develop a better understanding of how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours impact your performance as well as discovering how you can utilise your strengths as an athlete to reach your true potential.

For me , Sport and Exercise Psychology isn't necessarily about fixing 'problems'. Instead it's all about helping athletes to better understand how their thoughts, feelings and behaviours impact on performance. 

One key area of my work focuses on helping athletes increase their self-awareness of how they currently respond to challenges they may face, and how they would like to improve this in the future. I also like to spend time working with athletes to develop their strengths and how these can be utilised to achieve optimal performance. 

Just some of the areas that I can help improve include;

• Goal setting

• Building confidence

• Increasing motivation

• Skill learning

• Aiding with injury recovery

• Improving teamwork