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18/03/2020 No Comments

Where do goals fit in? With the on-going debate by others about the use or purpose of goals (or not), in this 5 minute video Bo Hanson talks about the way goals set standards for behavior and performance. He also talks about the way goals can guide an athlete’s focus, learning from the past, projecting into the future and doing the work required in the now. He brings awareness to the perspective that each time frame offers. Watch as he discusses the place for goals.

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5 Minutes with Bo Hanson: Learning from Mistakes Post Game

18/07/2019 No Comments

It’s critical that athletes and coaches have different post game and in game strategies for recovering from mistakes, because in game strategies are all about getting back into the game as fast as possible, while post game analysis and plans are all about massively learning from errors to ensure mistakes don’t reoccur in the future. Mistake minimisation is an essential part of elevating performance. If you’re looking to take your performance to the next level, this 5 Minutes with Bo Hanson will give you a simple 3 step strategy for dealing with mistakes post-game. You’ll have a plan which takes you into the future and a mindset that uses mistakes to leverage performance to new levels. Watch now!

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5 Minutes with Bo Hanson: Recovering from Mistakes in Game

18/07/2019 No Comments

One of the biggest challenges any athlete or coach faces is recovering from mistakes during a game or race. Every game and every competition is full of mistakes, but performances are defined by the ability to recover from these mistakes. In this 5 Minutes with Bo Hanson video, he gives you a simple 3 step strategy for dealing with mistakes in game. On the surface, the world’s top athletes deliver impeccable performances every time, but when you pull their game apart, what they actually have, is an incredible ability to get their game back on track, that ability is a prerequisites for high-performance. Watch now!

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Get WISE on a TOUGH Challenge

17/05/2019 No Comments

Coaches are unanimous in saying their athletes are lacking resilience, they’re not as ‘tough’ as their teams in previous times. And, not just physically tough, mentally tough. But, do todays Gen Y & Z athletes understand toughness? Do they know that the mental framework that lets you complete every training session, perform in a competition, and get you through a 20 second sprint are all unique mental skills? Have they got strategies to rely on when things don’t go to plan in the middle of competition? Are they resilient enough to bounce back from injury? Our goal is to get wise on this tough challenge.

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5 Minutes with Bo Hanson: Talking Toughness

06/03/2019 No Comments

Does your program breed toughness in your team? In this concise video, Hanson simplifies the dialogue around toughness in sport by providing a short definition of what we mean when we talk toughness. He describes what tough athletes look like, and the ways in which this attribute can separate and elevate performance. Hanson also presents effective strategies for athletes to utilize when they need to rely on their toughness and how to perform at their best when it matters the most. The video also covers techniques for coaches to facilitate toughness development with the current generation in an era that doesn’t make it easy.

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5 Minutes with Bo Hanson: Competing in Sport

28/06/2018 No Comments

To excel in high performance sport, athletes and coaches are inexhaustible in their search for an edge. In this short video, Bo Hanson provides a checklist of how athletes can compete before they even reach the start line or make the opening move in a match. Successful athletes routinely work on certain aspects of their life to enhance their performance. Watch now to find out what 10 items your athletes could be working on in addition to the prescribed program to ensure they’re in front of the competition.

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Why Bullying Doesn’t Build Mental Toughness

01/02/2018 No Comments

Accountability is a prerequisite for high performance and is an essential theme or value, which takes specific systems and strategies to establish. Bo Hanson, Senior Consultant for Athlete Assessments talks about two of the key factors he encounters regularly which prevent the outcome of accountability occurring.

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Getting Comfortable with The Uncomfortable

18/01/2018 No Comments

Earlier this year I released a Handbook and Video Series called Athlete Tough. This project came about because I wanted athletes to understand that qualities such as mental toughness, resilience and grit were in fact teachable skills. Mental toughness is not a mythical quality some are born with and others without.

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Do Millennials Really Lack Mental Toughness?

18/01/2018 No Comments

Mental toughness is like a muscle that needs to be exercised regularly. In this article we’ll examine whether we as Coaches are providing Millennials (or any aged athlete) with enough opportunities to grow the mental skills that produce award-winning performances.

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The Ultimate Equalizer in Sport

15/01/2018 No Comments

Is the obsession with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities a misguided focus, even a missed opportunity?   By Mim Haigh, Sports Writer – Athlete Assessments Visit

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Bo Hanson

Senior Consultant & Director

Bo Hanson’s career within the sport and the business sector spans over 25 years, delivering leadership, management, and coach development. In addition to his own athletic career comprising of four Olympic appearances and including three Olympic medals, Bo has worked for many years with coaches and athletes from over 40 different sports across the globe. Bo was also the winner of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) 2023 Award for L&D Professional of the Year, for his dedication to L&D and transformational work across various industries.

After a successful career in sport including four Olympics and three Olympic Medals, Bo co-founded and developed Athlete Assessments in 2007. Bo now focuses on working with clients to achieve their own success on and off ‘the field’, and has attained an unmatched track-record in doing exactly this.

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