Support From Your Teammates Or Colleagues Is So Important When Tackling Mental Health Issues  Helen for the Huffington Post When the GB women’s hockey team flew to Rio in July last year, our team culture was about to be tested in the extreme pressure of the Olympic cauldron. What followed was a perfect example of...Read More

In the weeks and months following last summer’s gold medal success in Rio, much has been said about the planning, preparation and practising that goes in to such an achievement. Self-awareness psych sessions, ‘Thinking Thursdays’, negating expectations whilst highlighting ‘what-ifs’, peeing into a pot every morning and weighing your porridge, these factors, along with many...Read More

Girls should see sport as something for them Recently I read a BBC article stating that according to research, by the age of six, girls thought themselves as less innately talented than boys. Six! Just think about that for a moment. That’s crazy isn’t it? It’s so young. To think that the gradient on the...Read More

“Are you going to Argentina tomorrow…with Bloemendaal?!” On the eve of flying to beautiful Buenos Aires with my club team, that’s the WhatsApp I received from one of my mates. The majority of my hockey friends and colleagues, along with the wider hockey family in the UK, I believe, shared her sentiment, because lets be...Read More