the sports psychologists
Performance Boost is staffed by friendly, passionate and knowledgeable psychologists who specialise in sport, exercise, and performance psychology. We are all registered as psychologists with the governing body in Australia – the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA). We also all either have specialist recognition in sport and exercise psychology with the PBA, or are working towards this. Only psychologists with specialist training and experience can legally call themselves a “sport and exercise psychologist” within Australia.
Our friendly sports psychologists not only specialize in performance psychology, but have also studied physiology, nutrition, and counselling. Whether you’re closer to Melbourne or Perth, you can use the form to the right to connect with the sports psychologists to make the most of your sport related efforts.
Shayne Hanks is the founder and director of the Performance Boost sport psychologists. He has provided an extensive range of sport, exercise, and performance psychology services over the last 12 years. Shayne has worked with athletes from the AFL, the Victorian and Australian cricket teams, the NRL, Western Australian Institute of Sport, Victorian Institute of Sport, Victorian Golf Association (VGA), and the NBL.
As just one of the sports psychologists at Performance Boost, Shayne has worked with elite athletes from triathlon, swimming, rowing, tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, basketball, and netball. He has also assisted dancers, performing artists, and musicians.
Shayne’s qualifications include:
- Registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PBA) – Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority
- Psychology Board of Australia – Specialist Endorsement: Sport and Exercise Psychologist
- Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS)
- Member of the APS College of Sport and Exercise Psychology (CoESP)
Another member of the sports psychologists team at Performance Boost, Emma Hall is an experienced sport and exercise psychologist who loves all sports, and has competed at state level in swimming, athletics, and volleyball. Emma has worked with the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, WestVic Academy of Sport and several other sporting bodies. Emma also consults at two sports medicine clinics, to corporate clients in sport, fitness, and career transition areas (including corporate health and high performance), and lectures at Victoria University.
Chad Timmermans rounds out the psychologists (he is working toward his specialist endorsement in sport and exercise psychology). He has worked with a wide range of sports, specializing in developing athletes, junior development programs, and semi-professional athletes. Chad has spent the last 6 years helping athletes mentally prepare for the transition from junior sport, to state representation, national teams, professional sport, and onto international competition, including the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. He has provided workshops to these athletes and their teams, as well as one-on-one counseling. He has worked with team sports such as: Frankston VFL football, Frankston SEABL basketball, and Mornington Peninsula Division One netball. Chad has also helped individual athletes across sports such as: diving, swimming, snowboarding, skiing, surfing, mixed martial arts, and UFC fighting.
Find out more about the Performance Boost sports psychologists here.