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Sport

Martin Fairn and Abbi Pulling Join the Top of the Grid Podcast

Abbi Pulling and Martin Fairn joined the Top of the Grid podcast hosted by Amber Jones to talk about what it takes to keep your cool when the pressure's on.
Sport

Red2Blue in the News – Why Arsenal is Facing a Zoom Out Moment

Red2Blue CEO Martin Fairn talks to The Guardian's football reporter, Rob Draper, about why 'outcome pressure' limits our ability to think clearly - and why now is the time for Arsenal to Zoom Out.
Clubs
Sport
Partnerships

Worcestershire County Cricket Club forms partnership with Gazing Red2Blue

Worcestershire County Cricket Club has announced a new partnership with Gazing Red2Blue that will see the mindset development programme rolled out across the entire Club, spanning both its sporting and business operations.
Education

How to prepare your kids for exam pressure

With exam season upon us, Bede Brosnahan offers some useful tips for parents to help their kids prepare for the big days. We all want the best for our kids and, with exams on our doorstep, it’s natural for parents to want to take control and help children through what can be a stressful time. A few simple tips can help you to break some of the pressure traps.

Sport

Red2Blue in the News: How Rugby Refs Maintain Clarity Under Pressure

International rugby referees have to make high-stakes, real-time decisions under intense public scrutiny. In this article for Ruck, rugby refs Ben O'Keeffe and Luke Pearce talk about they use Red2Blue to maintain clarity under pressure at the highest level of sport.
Ambassadors
Clubs

Phil Davies: Red2Blue is the most practical framework

We caught up with rugby legend Phil Davies, the former Wales international. Phil has more than 25 years’ experience coaching elite teams including the Cardiff Blues, Scarlets and Worcester Warriors and Leeds Tykes. Phil steered Namibia to consecutive men’s Rugby World Cups in 2015 and 2019. Last year he joined World Rugby as Director of Rugby. He talks to us about his new role and how Red2Blue has helped him throughout his career.
Coaching

Embrace the discomfort with Red2Blue

For top performers, pressure can be a stimulant rather than an enemy to performance. Unless we’re exposed to increasing levels of pressure, it’s unlikely we’ll raise our game. This is the difference between the mediocre and the elite. Whether it’s in sport or in sales, in the classroom or learning to ride a bike, we will only improve if we’re prepared to raise the stakes.
Business

Red2Blue in the News: Expert Predictions for HR in 2026

Or CEO Martin Fairn, was one of twenty senior leaders invited by TechRound to share their predictions for businesses in the year ahead.
Education

Red2Blue prepares students to learn

We talk to Headteacher James Newman about how Red2Blue has been helping both staff and pupils improve their mindset and their ability to perform under pressure at Epsom and Ewell High School.
Coaching
Clubs

Coach’s Corner: Abbie Sadler

This month we chat to Abbie Sadler, the Coach Development Lead for the FA’s Women’s Pathway. Abbie works with a team of 10 coach developers who provide support to coaches working in the female game across the FA’s Talent and Senior Pathway.
Ambassadors

Abbi Pulling: Using Red2Blue on the Road to F1

In an exclusive interview with SunSport, 2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling opens up about the pressures of competing at the highest level. Red2Blue sits at the heart of her story. Here's how she uses it to stay calm under pressure.
Education

Red2Blue in action at The Meadows Primary School

The Meadows Primary School has embedded Red2Blue throughout school. It has appointed two pupils as the school's wellbeing champions. These young students have taken ownership of the Red2Blue framework, understanding not just the strategies themselves, but their role in supporting their peers.
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: Andy Key

This month we talk to performance mindset coach, Andy Key. As the founder of Fit4Performance, Andy delivers a performance framework, underpinned by Red2Blue, to parents, youngsters, athletes, coaches, schools and colleges. Andy is passionate about teaching mindset skills as an integral part of the overall sports performance equation.
Education

Red2Blue in the News: Prevention Better Than Cure in Schools

Our CEO Martin Fairn was interviewed by School Supply Store about why mindset skills should be taught in every school.
Clubs
Coaching

Back to School with Red2Blue

Coach Andy Maciel talks about why Red2Blue is needed in schools and how it gave one of his players the resilience to become a Premier League footballer.
Business

Red2Blue in the News: From Elite Sportspeople to Business - How Red2Blue Helps

Women in Trade wrote about how Red2Blue is making an impact across two very different worlds – elite motorsport and the workplace – united by the same principle: that the right mindset tools can transform how people perform under pressure.
Coaching
Business

Coach’s Corner: Emma Smillie

In this month’s Coach’s Corner, we chat to Emma Smillie, Global Marketing and Communications Manager for Oil Spill Response. As the name suggests, the company responds to spills, and also provides training, consultancy, equipment hire and crisis management services.
Coaching
Education

Coach’s Corner: Dr Rona Mackenzie

This month we speak to Dr Rona Mackenzie, Director of Youth Leadership at The Inspirational Development Group. Rona spent 20 years working in schools, starting as a PE teacher and ultimately becoming the Founding Principal of a 14-19 college. She also worked in luxury jewellery and cyber security before joining IDG in November 2021. Rona is passionate about working with people who are interested in developing their wider leadership style and approach, starting with leading themselves. She uses Red2Blue to help her clients get to know themselves, and how they perform under pressure, before considering how they lead others.
Education

A common language for schools

Julie Yarwood is the Chief Learning and Quality Officer for the Shaw Education Trust, a growing Multi-Academy Trust providing education to children of all ages and all abilities. The Shaw Education Trust’s mission is to deliver positive life chances to its students, helping them to overcome barriers and equipping them with the skills that they need to thrive. Prior to joining the Trust, Julie was one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors and prior to that, a secondary headteacher in an Outstanding school. Here, Julie talks to us about how and why they have been implementing Red2Blue across the Trust schools.
Business

Red2Blue in the News: Rise in Workplace Mental Health-Related Sickness Can Be Reversed

Our CEO, Martin Fairn talked to 9AM about why early intervention is key to reversing the rise in workplace mental health-related sickness.
Ambassadors

Louis completes the fifth marathon in his Seven Continents challenge

Last time we spoke to professional explorer, adventurer and Red2Blue ambassador Louis Alexander, he had just completed a swim from Europe to Asia, crossing the Hellespont and Dardanelles strait in Turkey – one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Now, he’s taking on his most gruelling challenge yet – running a marathon in each of the seven Continents, all to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, a cause close to Louis’s heart.
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: David Warner

This month we talk to David Warner, a Red2Blue coach who was part of the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team’s success in the 2020 Paralympics. David used Red2Blue as a key part of his psychological skills strategy for the GBWR team, as they elevated themselves from their fifth place ranking in Rio in 2016 to take home the Gold in Tokyo.
Education

Red2Blue in the News: The Mindset Skills Students Need to Thrive

Our CEO Martin Fairn was interviewed by School Supply Store about why mindset skills should be taught in every school.
Ambassadors

Red2Blue keeps Adriana focused in the death zone

Adriana Brownlee is a 22-year-old British mountaineer currently on track to become the youngest female in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks. Adriana relies on Red2Blue techniques to keep her calm during the extreme pressures of being at 8000m in the death zone. Here, she talks about how Red2Blue has helped her through some of the most difficult moments of her career and how she’s passing on the knowledge to help a generation of girls in Nepal.
Business

Red2Blue in the News: Surge in Workplace Mental Health Issues Costs UK £85bn Annually

As a major government review revealed the scale of the UK's workplace mental health crisis, our CEO, Martin Fairn, talked tp Psychreg about how Red2Blue can be part of the solution.
Coaching
Business

Coach’s Corner: Anthony Taylor

This month, we chat with Red2Blue coach Anthony Taylor, Joint-Managing Director of AQR Consulting. Anthony works with organisations to provide evidence-based transformational solutions that help people, teams and leaders get the most out of their talent. He has written books on how to cultivate mental toughness and how to develop highly effective managers. Here, Anthony tells us how Red2Blue has become an important part of his coaching toolkit, and the instant results he’s seen from clients when they start to use it.
Clubs

Leatherhead Youth FC on Becoming a Red2Blue Club

We talk to Leatherhead Youth FC General Manager, Paul Jones, about what it means to become a Red2Blue Club. Paul oversees all aspects running Leatherhead FC. The club is structured as a charity, and is very involved in the local community, ensuring there are no barriers to participation. Here, Paul talks to us about how important Red2Blue has been in helping young players to deal with stress and building the right culture within the club.
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: Martin Iversen

This month, we talk to Martin Iversen, about how he incorporates Red2Blue into his coaching. Martin spent almost 10 years in the UK police service before going on to enjoy a 25-year career in the energy industry, working internationally in operations support, safety and Crisis and Emergency Management. He talks about how he now uses Red2Blue in his own business, Coaching4Performance, working with international clients across a variety of industries and service sectors.
Ambassadors
Clubs

Ashley Giles on mindset skills: from locker room to boardroom

Cricket legend Ashley Giles talks about how mindset skills have helped him throughout his career as he’s transitioned from player to coach to the boardroom. Ashley played at Warwickshire County Cricket Club throughout his career, and when he retired in 2007, became the club’s director of cricket. He went on to became England’s limited overs Head Coach in 2012 taking charge of the Twenty20 and One Day International teams. Following many successful coaching and management roles, Ashley was appointed as Chief Executive of Worcestershire County Cricket Club earlier this year.
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: Gustavo Granitto

This month we talk to Gustavo Granitto, a tennis and sports coach with over four decades’ experience in developing players from beginners to ATP & WTA level. Gus’s work also involves educating and coaching coaches, parents and administrators. He is also Red2Blue Certified Advanced Coach. Here, he talks to us about how he integrates Red2Blue into his programmes.
Partnerships
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: Jo Mountford

This month, we chat with Red2Blue coach Jo Mountford, the founder and director of ‘Beet it with Jo’. In addition to being a coach, Jo is a qualified therapist and yoga teacher. She provides tools to help her clients achieve optimal performance in whatever they do. Here, she tells us why Red2Blue plays an important part in that toolkit.
Coaching

Coach’s Corner: Gerry Fitzpatrick

This month, we find out how Gerry Fitzpatrick uses Red2Blue in his coaching. Gerry co-founded Impact The Game, along with Jenny Coady, to help people to unlock their potential and take their performance to a new level through mental skills. Their clients include Kilkenny Senior hurling team and West Ham United.
Ambassadors

Emily Scarratt: How Red2Blue helps through tough times

Emily Scarratt is perhaps best known as the player who secured England’s 2014 Women’s World Cup triumph with six minutes left in the game. Emily joined Loughborough Lightning in 2019 and was awarded a full-time England contract. She was named World Rugby’s Women’s Player of the Year in November 2019 and became the highest ever Red Roses points scorer in the 2020 Six Nations. Here, Emily talks to us about how Red2Blue has helped her through some challenging moments, including the major injury that kept her off the pitch for months.
Clubs

Emma Wells: A strong mindset is essential to success

Emma Wells is Head of Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) for the UK. She also runs two tennis coaching clubs in Wimbledon and is a Primary & Secondary Schools Tutor for the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Here, she talks to us about her career and how she incorporates Red2Blue into her coaching.
Ambassadors

Louis swims across the infamous Hellespont following in Lord Byron’s wake

Red2Blue ambassador Louis Alexander has successfully completed his latest extreme challenge! The multi-discipline adventurer swam from Europe to Asia, crossing the Hellespont and Dardanelles strait in Turkey – one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
Coaching

Cohesive coaching requires a mental component

When it comes to developing sustained success in sports, being physically fit is only half the story. It’s commonly assumed that any level of success in sport is simply ‘practice makes perfect’; that repetition is all that’s needed. Footballers spend hours playing keepy-uppy, golfers are always on the practice green, and so on. What’s become popular recently, however, is the ‘cohesive coaching’ approach, providing a broader, more encompassing style.
Ambassadors
Education
Partnerships
Business
Coaching

Red2Blue Moments that mattered in 2024

2024 was full of Red2Blue Moments that Mattered to us. Here are some of the highlights of what has been an incredible year!
Ambassadors
Coaching

Immy leverages Red2Blue on the green

16-year-old golfer Immy Williamson is a rising star on the international golf scene. She became the Cheshire U18 County Champion at just 12 years old and, since then, her success has continued to soar. Immy has been part of the England Golf Development pathway as a member of the England U18 NW Regional Squad. She has been selected to play for the England U16 Girls on four occasions and the U18’s for the Home Internationals in 2022. Here, Immy talks to us about how she’s using Red2Blue to help her perform under pressure, both on and off the course.
Clubs

The next generation of footballers on the benefits of Red2Blue

It’s been an exciting season for our young Red2Blue footballer Erica Parkinson who, at just 15 years old, has been playing both club and international level football. Currently playing for the Portuguese team Leixoes, Erica’s had a brilliant year. It was topped off by being selected to play with The Young Lionesses for the UEFA Women’s U17 EURO Finals in Estonia earlier this month.
Ambassadors

Erica Parkinson on performing under pressure

This month, we catch up with Red2Blue ambassador, footballer Erica Parkinson, who currently plays for the Portuguese team Leixões, and has also played matches for Benfica, another Portuguese team. Erica was recently invited to attend the trial for the England Under 16 Girls team. Here, she talks with Martin about how Red2Blue has helped her development and enabled her to deal with problems both on and off the pitch.
Ambassadors

Using Red2Blue at the wheel

Alice Powell and Abbi Pulling are amongst the world’s top women’s racing drivers. Alice, a coach mentor, is currently managing 19-year-old Abbi, an Alpine F1 Academy affiliate. Here, they talk to us about how they use Red2Blue mindset training to get back on track when a race takes an unexpected turn.
Clubs
Coaching

Red2Blue serves Tommy well on the court

Tommy Herbert has been playing tennis since he was six years old. Now at just 14, Tommy is playing tournaments all over the country. Here, we talk to him and his mum Nicola about the challenges of balancing tennis and schoolwork, and the Red2Blue techniques he uses to keep him calm on the court.
Coaching

Podcast: Performing under pressure for athletes and coaches

Martin talks Red2Blue on the Beet it with Jo podcast
Ambassadors

A day in the life of Vicki Anstey

Each month, we catch up with one of our Red2Blue Ambassadors to find out how they’re applying their Red2Blue training in the daily lives. This month we speak to world record holder, Vicki Anstey, about how Red2Blue helped her and her two teammates to row 4000km across the Pacific Ocean.
Ambassadors
Clubs

How the All Blacks harness mindset in the moments that matter

We’ve been glued to the Rugby World Cup not only because we’re massive rugby fans, but also because it’s been brilliant to see the teams talking about the importance of mental skills when preparing for the big games. The All Blacks are particularly vocal about mindset and how it helps them to keep their focus in the moments that really matter. It has been a core part of their training since 2010 when they engaged in Red2Blue with Gilbert Enoka, supported by our co-founder Ceri Evans. The Red2Blue mindset work was part of a wider focus on creating a sustainable high-performance environment and culture within the team.

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