Individual support
Athletes
Work on managing pressure, functional confidence, concentration, responses to mistakes, returning after injury, mental routines and performance under fatigue.
For athletesSport psychology and mental preparation practitioner
Sport psychology and mental preparation to perform more effectively under pressure.
Antonin Suilen supports athletes, coaches, clubs and teams in understanding, training and stabilising the mental reference points they need in sporting situations.
BSc in Psychology · MSc in Sport Psychology · Confidential setting
About
Antonin Suilen
Antonin Suilen is a sport psychology and mental preparation practitioner. His background combines a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Sport Psychology and field experience with athletes, coaches and sporting organisations.
His work draws on accessible scientific reference points, a practical understanding of sporting demands and tools designed for training, competition and periods of high load.
- Being unable to perform at your usual level when it is time to close out a match, race or decisive phase.
- An error that stays on your mind and disrupts the actions that follow.
- Persistent doubt despite thorough preparation.
- Stress or an activation level that is difficult to regulate before competition.
- Reduced clarity as fatigue or pressure increases.
- Returning from injury with apprehension or reduced confidence.
- Unstable concentration during important phases.
- A need for simpler, more reliable routines before or during effort.
Support adapted to your role
An athlete, a coach, a parent and a sporting organisation do not have the same needs. The work takes each person’s role into account.
Support for staff
Coaches
Integrate the mental dimension into day-to-day coaching: communication, responses to mistakes, decision-making under pressure, cohesion and regulation of activation states.
For coachesWork within organisations
Clubs / academies / teams
Structure collective mental skills work through workshops, team support, cohesion, performance routines, mental recovery and collaboration with staff.
Clubs and teamsSupport from those around them
Parents of young athletes
Support a young athlete without adding unnecessary pressure, with a clear framework around motivation, autonomy, well-being and balance in performance.
ParentsA four-stage method
A straightforward progression: understand the situation, choose priorities, train the tools, then adjust them in practice.
Understand
Identify what happens in sensitive moments: attention, emotions, activation level, fatigue and behaviour.
Clarify
Turn a broad difficulty into precise, realistic and observable priorities for the work.
Train
Develop practical tools: routines, breathing, mental imagery, self-talk or attention strategies.
Transfer
Test the tools in training, competition and under fatigue, then adjust them through experience.
Areas of work
The work can address one specific difficulty or form part of a broader process over the course of a season.
Pressure
Regulate stress, activation levels and responses to expectations, mistakes and decisive moments.
Confidence
Build functional confidence grounded in reference points, preparation, available actions and the real performance context.
Concentration
Develop attention that is more stable, flexible and adapted to the demands of the sport.
Emotions
Identify, understand and regulate emotional intensity before, during or after performance, without trying to control everything.
Responding to mistakes
Limit mental spirals after a mistake, a difficult decision or a poor performance, then return to useful action.
Returning after injury
Work with doubt and fear, rebuild confidence, support sleep and mental recovery, and progressively return to performance reference points.
Other areas can be addressed according to the request: mental imagery, goal setting, self-talk, sleep, team cohesion, decision-making under pressure or balance in performance.
View support for athletesA confidential, ethical and adapted framework
The work takes place within a confidential and ethical framework. Objectives are set carefully, with no promise of results. When a request falls outside the scope offered, referral to an appropriate professional may be considered.
- Confidentiality
- Ethics
- Adaptation
Frequently asked questions
Key information about sessions, online consultations, clubs and confidentiality.
No. The work can be relevant at different levels of practice, from young athletes to committed competitors. Sessions are adapted to age, sport, level, daily rhythm and the real constraints of practice.
Mental preparation works with practical tools such as routines, attention, mental imagery, self-talk and goal setting. Sport psychology also considers the emotional, relational, organisational and ethical dimensions of performance.
The initial conversation clarifies the request, the sport concerned, the main constraints and the situations in which the mental dimension becomes an issue. It also helps determine whether the proposed format is appropriate.
Yes. Sessions can take place online depending on the need, the type of work and scheduling constraints. Remote support can help maintain a connection with day-to-day training and competition.
Initial conversation · 20 min
An initial conversation to take stock.
This time helps clarify the request, check the most appropriate format and decide calmly what should follow.