Helping athletes take their game to the next level

About Dr. Simon Taylor

Dr. Simon Taylor is the founder of Taylored Mindset, which specialises in helping individual athletes and teams take their game to the next level.

He is an award winning mental performance consultant with the Canadian Sport Psychology Association, and a proud official service provider for the Canadian Sports Institute Atlantic.

Simon strives to help athletes attain their goals, by maintaining a relationship that is built upon trust, and mutual respect.

Simon has worked with athletes at different levels of their athletic careers such as grass roots level, national level, and international level. Events that these athletes have competed in range from local events, national championships, Canada Games, world championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympics.

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If you’re like most athletes, you want to perform at your best.

But you struggle to rely on your game when you need it the most.
And you often find yourself daydreaming about playing at the next level.

You’ve likely taken many steps in hopes of accomplishing your dream goal. You’ve tried following the advice of all those mental coach gurus, who offer simple advice “just breath” “don’t be nervous” and “be more positive”, but it never seems to work for you.

You feel that if only you could feel more confident going into your games, you could perform at that next level.

That’s where I come in…

There have been many turning points in my life so far, however, one really stands out.

I was leading the national qualifier during my time in college in the United States, only to “choke” and end up losing out by one shot. 5 years later, this memory still causes me pain, although I have made peace with the outcome.

I keep thinking “If only I could have done this or that”, what would my life look like now?

Well, to be completely honest, I am very grateful for missing that short putt on 18.

It was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever encountered as an elite golfer, but it helped guide me down this path I am now on–working as a mental performance consultant with youth athletes to help them through these experiences.

The journey from college golfer to mental performance consultant

After that experience, It didn’t take me long to see that my mental game could use a lot of help. I decided to wave goodbye to my ambitions of turning pro and instead decided to dedicate my career and time to helping youth athletes in similar situations.

I decided to get a Ph.D. in sport psychology. Now that I have an understanding of the mental side, I can’t help but wonder “man, I wish I knew then what I know now”.

I am confident that my game would have turned out differently had I spent more time during my playing career focusing more on the mental side instead of just hitting golf balls on the driving range.

Fast forward several years, and I am now helping athletes proactively prepare to avoid what I encountered or help them come back stronger after having experienced a setback, like myself.

So here we are: After 25 years (and counting) of playing golf, 10 years of studying to obtain a Ph.D., and becoming a professional member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association I am now helping players take their game to the next level.