It all started when my ACL said stop

Sporting Identity delivers sport and performance mindset coaching available to everyone from all backgrounds and sporting experience. We offer tailored sessions to meet the needs of individuals seeking support for a variety of reasons. We are dedicated to creating a safe and confidential environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings freely. Our sessions are designed to help you to understand your experiences and develop effective strategies to use your experiences to help you to reach and sustain your full potential.
But where did Sporting Identity come from?…
Hi I’m Becs and on the 3rd of January 2019 I gained a greater appreciation for what sport can give. Having played football for around 20 years I have had my fair share of little injuries but fortunately nothing that has kept me out of the game for a prolonged period of time. That was until that day. Doing a movement I have completed countless times before at training, I felt a pain like nothing I have ever experienced which after tests revealed I had a complete rupture of my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). 
Suddenly football, which was all I knew, stopped. Whilst working full time in a school, coaching football part-time and completing my University degree, factoring in recovering from surgery and completing rehab to get back to playing football is not something I had planned for. I was unaware how much of an impact a sports injury could have on all other aspects of day to day life. 
Through the challenges, experiences and knowledge I gained during my recovery it inspired me to complete a Sport Psychology Masters. Having successfully returned to football, the day before I was presenting my Masters Thesis on social identity and returning to sport after an ACL injury, in a pre season game, I felt a pain that was all too familiar. Although I instantly knew, 2 weeks later it would be confirmed that I had completely ruptured my ACL for a second time. 
As backwards as it may sound, I am grateful that I got to go through the experience again after all the knowledge I had gained the first time and through studying my Sport Psychology Masters. I was able to look at the injury and recovery from a completely difference place and since I have been back playing football successfully for 4 seasons. 
Experiencing a long term injury gave me the drive to help others in a similar situation. This particular injury is all too common now but it is not the only thing that stops people taking part in sport. Drawing on my experience as a PT, coaching sports and football, working in schools and football clubs as well as my qualifications and experiencing first hand the challenges of long term injury, I created Sporting Identity. A platform where we endeavour to work together to create your individual pathway to reach your full potential in sport and exercise.