About us
October 4th, 2011 by

Headstart specialises in driving peak sporting performance by working on mental fitness and team preparation. With competencies in the areas of sports psychology, sports leadership, team dynamics and high performance cultures, Head Start partners with sporting organisations who are ambitious about finding sustainable advantages over their competition that ensure long-term success.

Tom Dawson-Squibb

Tom has a Business Science and Honours and Masters in Organisational Psychology  as well as a Diploma in Corporate Coaching from UCT. He 12 years of coaching experience as well as 4 years working in the Leadership and Organisational Development field.  He has worked across 16 different sports at both professional and amateur level. He is operated at Mental Coach for The Stormers  and Ajax Cape Town as well as High Performance Coach for UCT Rugby as well as consulted to numerous other organisations. He has also done some public-speaking, strategic facilitation and media work. He believes in co-creating solutions and that no one client is exactly the same and thus a unique, solution-focused and empathetic approach is best for each particular client.

Rowan Belchers

Rowan has Bachelor of Science degree from Berkeley University in the USA as well as significant executive level psychology-related education, as well diplomas in Executive Sports Management and Elite Sport Coaching from Sport Knowledge Australia. He has 15 years of international experience in the fields of performance management, leadership development, and human capital development strategy.

Craig McKenzie

Craig has a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Organisational Psychology and a Post Graduate Bachelor of Commerce degree in Sports Management from the University of Cape Town. He has been involved in coaching for a number of years, both locally and abroad. He has experience in managing sports teams as well as consulting with individuals from school to professional level. Craig believes in co-creating unique and mutually beneficial partnerships, based on the specific characteristics of the individual or team, in order to drive performance.

 

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