Free yourself from improving athletes at the expense of yourself!
Find your personal freedom within sport or create your own exit strategy to stop living to work and start living your life.
The Men Behind Sport Mission
Men Behind Sport specifically helps senior performance support staff who are driven to make an impact in high-performance sport yet feel lost with direction, stuck and pigeonholed by their identity in sport, and/or burnt out from improving their athletes at the expense of themselves.
The Practitioner Needs Analysis allows you to identify what qualities are most important for you to show up in your role, career and life in your fullest expression.
It provides an inner analysis that highlights the components of your life, giving you clarity on what is blocking you, how it's blocking you and what you need to do to release those blocks.
This guides you to tailor your goals and actions away from potential burnout, divorce or illness, and instead towards one where you thrive as a practitioner and in your home life.
You Are Not Your Job
Specific focus on your personal growth & development as a man away from your role in sport, that parallels the focus you put into your athlete's development
Work:Life Harmony
The skills to create the ideal work:life harmony for you and the people that matter to you
Deep Clarity
Discover clarity and peace away from the constant need to keep doing and achieving to live your life for yourself
Men Behind Sport has supported performance staff from organisations including...
My Why
Hi, I'm Richard, the experience of giving end-of-life care to my mother allowed me to truly see what was important to me, and has now inspired me to provide the support I didn't have as a performance coach.
This is my why for founding men behind sport.
More About Me
My Research within performance support staff
The men I have interviewed (>150) inhabit roles including physiotherapists, nutritionists, data analysts, physiologists, performance coaches, sports scientists, performance directors, sports coaches, head of performance, head coaches, and head of academic programs.
I've learned how highly successful men that have achieved a great deal within high-performance sport and academia are quietly suffering to maintain the perception of being successful and happy.
I am in no doubt - Coaches need coaches!
Athletes have a vast array of options within their support network, but there is very little currently aimed at offering this unique support for senior performance staff.
men behind sport fills that gap
Many performance support staff have been following a path that has been defined by the perception of what other people think or by their own lack of self-worth and compassion.
There are three common reasons I see why men are quietly suffering:
What performance support staff have to say about working with me:
"I can't believe I doubted signing up to start with because it has had a massive positive effect on my professional and personal life. More people need to know about this. I wish someone had told me earlier."
Dan Cluett
(Head of Medical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC)
"One of the stand out aspects to this was the organic nature of it. Richard seemed to tailor things to what I needed for the day. He never felt rushed to end a session or stay on a thought... I felt he truly wanted to help me. I've been scattered for too long and now I have a better point to help myself. "
Vaughn Arthur
(MAG Gymnastics Coach, Team Canada)
"Working with Richard has helped me to have a clear idea of navigating through difficult situations, busy moments, busy periods of my life, and having the discipline to take care of myself.
Richard and the group made me realize that many people in our industry face the same difficulties and there are ways to get out of that and do things in a healthier and more positive way.
An unexpected result has been my ability to connect to my inner self that I didn't go into this program thinking about. It’s been very positive because it makes me understand that the more I'm connected with what I feel, the more I can present and show myself to the world in a more positive authentic way.
To anyone that is considering this program, reach out, reach out, reach out! Richard has been amazing and the group is a safe space to talk about everything."
Federico Pizzuto
(Director of Performance, Columbus Crew)
"I have to say I've taken a huge amount from this program. It came at a really important time for me in my personal development. The program helped me really assess how I want to take the next steps in my life. The incredible framework gave me clarity on my own personal journey, I really enjoyed this program."
Rhys Ingram
(Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach, British Cycling/EIS)
"Rich is a subject matter expert, who added a different slant to my personal problems. He helped me to find solutions to the issues that I was struggling with. The skills and tools that I’ve learned on this course have really, really been beneficial to me, almost instantaneously. It's been one of the most impactful investments I’ve ever made."
Josh Fletcher
(Senior Consultant Performance Coach)
"It struck me how lost I was in terms of working in performance sport. The more I’ve been involved with Rich, the clearer I've become with what I want, why I’m not feeling happy with what I’m doing, where I want to be heading and how to start putting change in place."
Rob Francis
(Senior Performance Coach & Founder Movement Mojo)
What is The Practitioner Needs Analysis?
The Practitioner Needs Analysis is a coaching program like no other available for support staff.
This process guides you to identify what qualities are most important for you to show up in your role, career and life in your fullest expression.
It provides an inner analysis that highlights the components of your life, giving you clarity on what is blocking you, how it's blocking you and what you need to do to release those blocks.
This guides you to tailor your goals and actions away from potential burnout, divorce or illness, and instead towards one where you thrive as a practitioner and in your home life.
It includes deep and rich live online interactive presentations, actionable steps, supporting workbooks, weekly live coaching Q&A calls with Richard Husseiny, and an exclusive mastermind of supportive peers working side-by-side to help you reconnect with your authentic voice and soften the grip your coaching identity has on your life so that you can become more present, stop living to work and to enjoy life outside of sport.
This program is not soley aimed at ‘teaching’ you something. Rather, it’s about opening your eyes to something you may not have been aware of, with the tools to apply this knowledge in a way that serves you.
What does it include?
Weekly LIVE sessions for the first 8 weeks:
Module 1 - Awareness of Self
You'll be guided into clarity on the 4 character traits that define how you show up, how they limit you, in what situations they limit you, and to develop the skills to move out of problems, into creating the outcomes you want in life.
Module 2 - Regulation of Self
You'll be guided into clarity on how your body contributes to your decisions, giving you the ability to oberve your mind & witness your emotions so you can move out of reaction into response.
Module 3 - Thinking and Self
You'll have clarity to see where your assumptions contribute to false beliefs, to see your blind spots allowing you to turn challenging conversations into positive outcomes.
Module 4 - Defining Your Beliefs
You'll be supported to get clarity on the values that matter most to you, and what identities you uphold & defend that create a discrepancy between your values and your lived experience.
Module 5 - Clearing Your Blocks
You'll learn how to let go of guilt that holds you back, and be taken through a powerful reflective practice to get clarity on what is blocking you, how it's blocking you and what you need to do to release those blocks - leaving you free to make the choices you want.
Module 6 - Defining Your Boundaries
You'll learn where you're out of balance to then define what commitments you need to let go of. You'll learn the powerful and effective formula for saying no positively, without burning bridges.
Module 7 - Finding Your Freedom
You'll be guided to get clarity on the 3 cornerstones underpinning your purpose, clarity on the 6 pillars of your vision, and clarity on the 4 areas contributing to your fulfillment & happiness.
Module 8 - Finding Your Work:Life Harmony
You'll be guided to get clarity on your fears and hopes, giving you the ability to see warning signs before it impacts your life with clear action steps to satisfy the areas you are balancing in your life.
Integration
After the initial 8 weeks, we move to monthly integration calls for as long as you need them.
These sessions are where we meet to refine how best to integrate the lessons, unstick the sticking points and hone your very personal application of these principles.
- Turn up with a specific problem you need support with
- Turn up and just listen to your peers
If you want to cover something specifically for you, you'll be invited to submit a question before the session, and define which phase and lesson of the program you're in, and in which module your question arises.
This provides a powerful sounding board to talk through stages of your growth.
Join the Upcoming Group Coaching Programme?
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Find Your Personal Freedom
A deep journey of self-awareness
Discover your internal drivers
Get clarity on your purpose & vision
Define a clear vision of how you want your career in sport to be moving forwards
Get clear with & define your exit strategy from sport
Uncover your key skills & attributes that transfer into other areas of work
Get clarity on the values that matter most to you, and what identities you uphold & defend that creates a discrepancy between your values & your lived experience
Clarity on what is blocking you, how it's blocking you and what you need to do to release those blocks - leaving you free to make the choices you want
What's Included
A journey through my tried & tested unique 3-phase process
Bespoke to your individual needs
Each session runs 90-120 minutes with flexibility based on the value being offered rather than the time
Access to the online platform with resources
Access to coaching network
Follow-ups/action planning
Accountability support (always available by email/WhatsApp)
2 calls per month
3, 6 & 12-month options
Frequently Asked Questions
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