Hi, My name is Nathan, I am 16 and basketball is my life!! I have been working with the exercises on these CDs for the past 3 years, In that time I have been successful in many areas of my life. I have been selected for the south England basketball team, I have received various player awards including player of the year, defensive player of the year, coaches player etc. The way in which Paul has helped me goes far beyond my sporting career and has in fact helped me in many areas of my life. He has helped me to develop as a player and I feel that he has also had a major impact in my development as a person is many different ways. In education I have left school with good grades after being predicted to do poorly, I am now at college working at distinction level and will leave college with very good grades.

Before Paul offered me the chance to work with him I was a very aggressive basketball player and was beginning to have trouble with controlling my anger.  To me basketball was becoming my whole life, Paul showed me that my anger problems were going to hold me back from reaching any ambitions of being successful. In addition to this, without the help of Paul I feel that this would have become a problem outside of basketball and would have held me back from any hopes and dreams in other areas of my life, e.g. friends, family and education.

Paul has taught me different techniques to channel this frustration into a positive energy and use it to boost my own performance. When these situations now arise I deal with them much better and am able to continue playing and not let it affect my own performance.

At the time, out side of basketball, I was a very quiet kid that didn’t like to try new things and had no real ambitions in life, But Paul taught me that life is all about making the right choices, and that anything I wanted to achieve in life is a possibility if I worked hard and stayed focused.  Therefore, along with my development in basketball it began to give me much more confidence and I could feel myself becoming a lot more out going and developing a ‘never say never’ attitude. He taught me that anything can be accomplished if I worked hard and stayed on track. This has proved to be a very successful attitude to have.

With this extra confidence I began to be more successful in making new friends and trying new things and not being afraid of not succeeding the first time. He has also shown me that not succeeding the first time is ok and I must continue to put the effort in and not let anything stop me from accomplishing what I want to. To me now, I know that having a positive approach to anything that I do is vital to be successful. At anything I do, be it basketball, school work or exams, if I think to myself that I am going to fail, the chances are that I will. Where as If I have a positive attitude and believe that I will be successful, the chances are that I will be. That goes for anything in life… to be successful in life; you must have a positive attitude and believe in yourself.

Paul also taught me the importance of setting clear, accomplishable goals for myself. He helped to start using them in my basketball and helped me decide long term goals in my sport, He done this by thinking of my long term goal and breaking it down into short term goals. By doing this it enabled me to keep me focused and motivated. This not only gives me a clear outcome that I am working to, it also gives me the sense of satisfaction and accomplishment as I reach each one. And as I began to reach new and higher goals, it once again helped me to stay motivated as I could physically see my own development.

I then applied the same techniques to my school work when it came to revising for my GCSE’s. I made sure I knew what I wanted to have done by certain dates. This filled me with confidence as it allowed me to see that If I kept to this plan of action, then I knew I would be fully prepared for my exams and know that I would have the very best chance. And this turned out to be very successful as I succeeded in all subjects and in fact went well beyond my predicted grades. I came out with 2 A*’s, 4 A’s, 4 B’s and 1C. I know that the only reason for my success was my determination and hard work, but I feel that without the help that Paul has given me and the support from my parents, I don’t think I would have done anywhere near as will as I did.

Over all Pauls help has had an unbelievably large positive impact on my life, not just in sport, and I would recommend his work to anyone, not just sports performers but anyone that wants to increase their chance in success in life. He has many different tools and techniques that suit different personalities and situations and will be able to help anyone that is willing to have the right attitude. All the important exercises are on the CDs and I continue to use them because I know I can get better.