Athletes/Sports Teams
Sleep is vital for athletes wanting improved performance, reduced injury and a prolonged career.
You don’t have to have insomnia to benefit from working on your sleep. Through learning more about your unique sleep needs, you can learn how to structure your routines for improved training and performance.
“Sleep is extremely important to me - I need to rest and recover in order for the training I do to be absorbed into my body.”
Usain Bolt
Men’s 100m World Champion
“You need to have that quality sleep to excel in what you’re doing.”
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Women’s Olympic Gold Heptathlete
"Sleep is food for the brain, sleep is fuel for exercise…if you sleep longer and better, you can be a better athlete overnight."
James B. Maas PhD
CEO Sleep for Success
As well as putting time into my work, I am a keen trail runner and live with a very good one! I have run a couple of ultras and crewed many more. I understand what it takes to train hard and compete and know how much sleep is a central part of athletic performance. is considered one of the main pillars of health and performance, yet is often the pillar that is neglected.
Studies have shown that sleep deprivation is a common problem for elite athletes and can lead to increased injury, reduced speed, accuracy, reaction times, decision making, concentration and potentially early retirement.
Being an athlete goes beyond the physical performance. Athletes tend to start young and regularly experience the emotional highs and lows of the sporting environment throughout their careers. Pressures to perform, train hard around everything else in their lives and live under the scrutiny of others can take it’s toll. Their emotional wellbeing is key, yet without sufficient amounts of sleep this area of wellbeing is compromised.
Poor sleep is also one indicator of overreaching or overtraining in athletes and should never be ignored.
You, as an athlete, don’t need to be experiencing insomnia to get help around sleep. Learning more about your unique sleep profile and how you can use this knowledge to organise your routines for enhanced training benefits, performance and improve overall wellbeing is a simple yet highly effective process we can do together.
If you are an athlete or a sports team who is interested in learning more about how sleep can improve performance and wellbeing, please get in touch. I offer bespoke packages according to your needs and goals including:
sleep wellbeing workshops for teams/groups.
1:1 sessions with athletes around:
identifying your sleep profiles to determine beneficial routines for training, rest and sleep to enhance performance and wellbeing.
creating Wellness Action Plans.
individual screening, assessment and treatment for insomnia/sleep problems for athletes and other team members including coaches and managers.
I’m proud to support women in sport so I offer discounted prices on athlete sleep assessments for any member of the Women’s Sports Alliance (WSA) - please contact me for more information.