Dr. Chris Shambrook (Headstart Consulting Ltd) has developed his understanding of performance psychology mainly from his work with the highly successful Great Britain Rowing Team. Chris has worked closely with medal winning crews and coaches at the Athens and Sydney Olympic Games, and is continuing this work in the current Olympiad. Chris also currently provides Sport Psychology advice to the England U19 Cricket Team, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, Cambridge University Boat Club, and Team Faldo.Pioneer Spirit and K2 Performance Systems.

Chris has made his ideas for performers easily available through the publication of the book “The Mental Game Plan: Getting Psyched for Sport”, and has recently written "Soccer: The Mind Game - 7 steps to developing mental toughness”. Both these books are highly practical and are designed to help athletes and coaches develop simple and effective ways of improving their performance psychology.

Along with applied sport work Chris has also worked on consultancy projects in the business world, bringing the lessons learned from elite sport and applying them to the professional development of business people. Much of this work has been delivered for two excellent consultancy companies -