Top Two Inches' Founder’s experience of over three decades of coaching goes into the planning and design of our services. This experience includes:

1. Academic Establishments: from pre-school to university, public and private, rural to inner-city.

2. Sports Clubs: including grass roots, constituent bodies, national governing bodies and elite organisations.

3.Community Programmes: working with private sponsors, local councils and government, in areas such as equality and diversity, player recruitment and those with physical or mental disabilities.

4.Elite: player development for premiership clubs and National Governing Bodies, including working with world cup winning rugby players andcoaches from both the men’s and women’s game.

The micro skills of sports psychology are taught explicitly by our sports psychology practitioners in 30-45 minute whole-group workshops, throughout the school day or evenings, weekends and school holidays at a club.

The workshops are designed to be needs-led and learner-centred, focuses on tailoring content to the specific needs of the children or young people.

Through our breakdown of objectives into three small and achievable targets, the young players develop immediately and witness their progression through the levels, learning trigger words to maximise the connection to the micro-skill and secure its learning.

Top Two Inches provides resources the teacher/coach and the
parent/carer giving them the knowledge to understand the subjectsufficiently to allow the child or young person to adopt the micro-skills in everyday school and home life. These include:

1.Needs assessment
2.Subject Information
3.Flashcards
4.Posters

To maximise the impact on children’s mind and behaviour
through the sports psychology skills that have been learnt, it is vital that
opportunities are given to the children and young people to demonstrate what they have learnt and receive praise and recognition.

Micro-skills are small, specific, and foundational abilities or techniques that contribute to competence in a broader task or skill area. These are the building blocks of more complex skills and are often taught or practiced in isolation to enhance overall performance.

Key Characteristics of Micro-Skills:

Specific and Focused: Each micro-skill targets a particular aspect of a larger skill set.

Learnable and Measurable: They can be clearly defined, practiced, and assessed.

Transferable: Proficiency in micro-skills can often enhance performance across various contexts and settings.

Cumulative: Mastery of multiple micro-skills often leads to competence in a larger skill area.