Annette Huygens-Tholen (annetteffect) 
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| Athlete Transition Coach | |
| Annetteffect | |
| Kihei, USA | |
www.annetteffect.com.au |
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| Joined: Mar 27th,2008 | Profile hits: 1498 | Network: 12 | |
Profile Summary
Coaching, education and support for retired athletes in order to succeed beyond sport.
As a former professional athlete, Annette Huygens-Tholen has been through the transition after sport and knows the challenges athletes face on retirement. She understands that a successful transition is more than stopping sport or choosing a new career.
As a trainer for one of the world's biggest coaching and training organisations, Christopher Howard Companies, Annette teaches and keeps up with the latest in the science and technology of human transformation.
Annette has identified several factors that can challenge an athlete on retirement and has created the 8 Step athlete transition program “Success beyond Sport” to overcome these and promote the athlete’s mindset to succeed. These steps are taught in the book, with the same title, teleseminar courses, workshops and coaching.
Help athletes transition to success beyond sport through coaching and education.
My book, Success beyond Sport, is now available at http://book.successbeyondsport.com. Bulk packages and fundraising opportunities are available to sporting organisations and communities.
I also offer:
1. One-on-one breakthrough interventions and ongoing coaching
2. Speaking - motivational and educational
3. Workshops/Seminars
4. Teleseminars and Tele-classes
5. E-books and articles
I provide a supportive environment and coaching for athletes, current and former, through a membership site at www.successbeyondsport.com
Represented Australia in Volleyball (Indoor and Beach) for over 15 years
Author - Success beyond Sport - How to retire from sport and keep winning
As an elite athlete I know what I did right to achieve my dreams, and I know now what I could have done to achieve even more. I strived to play at the Olympics, and that's what I did. What stopped me from striving for more? My limiting self-belief in what I could and could not do.
I have since studied the powers of the mind and have set new and greater goals, and achieving more than I ever thought possible - both financially and career wise. I want to share this with all athletes - to not only inspire them, but to teach them how to succeed at any level.
I have spoken to numerous corporate and sports groups for both motivation and instruction. My talks are both entertaining and educational, incorporating personal experience with the knowledge I have gained through continual study and research.
As a personal coach I have worked with clients to keep on track with goals in both career and sport. I have helped a young athlete go from an angry player sabotaging her own game, to playing with greater freedom and joy for better success. See testimonials for other successes.
I enjoy writing and have published articles in Spike Magazine (Australia)
My book is due to be released in November 2009
“Success Beyond Sport is a must-read for any successful athlete who has put blood, sweat and tears into his or her sport in order to be the very best but must, at some point, retire and become a “normal person”. Acknowledging, understanding and taking action on this important transition starts well before retirement from sport and is vital to a happy and successful life where the lessons learned from World class competition can be effectively leveraged in a professional career.”
SIMON ARKELL
Two-time Olympian (Australia - Pole Vault)
Commonwealth Champion and record holder
Corporate CEO and Olympian Advisor, Five Ring Insight
Working with Annette was great in that when you are a high achiever in both sport and business it is really hard to find someone who is on the same page. Because Annette had shown her own mental and physical tenacity through Beach Volleyball meant that she was someone I admired and could trust. Annette opened a whole new world of concepts to me with our one on one workshop and it has lead me along a path of rapid acceleration towards success both in my career and in my new sport of Body building.
I didn't realise how much my self doubt was affecting me and just making those few adjustments has put me on a whole new path. I have gone from being a Personal Trainer working as a sole trader to owning a booming business with 4 staff and being a Trainer of Trainers! I have won the International Natural Body Building Association (INBA) Miss Figure Intermediate Brisbane Title a competition that I had pulled out on twice, both times two weeks before the competition due to poor preparation. Each day I look forward to what I will achieve and know that there's no going back !
Bianca Aiono, WNBF Qld Open Figure Champion Personal Fitness Coach
Thank you for the teleseminar and e-book....i found them both inspiring and motivating, so really thank you and to your guest, Natalie Cook!
As a fellow athlete (dancer), I really appreciate listening to others' stories and insights particularly when it comes to the mental struggles we face, which is reassured by the fact that the best constantly deal with these struggles and move through them tenaciously - "passion and persistence" sticks in my mind!
Also with the e-book, i wish i had read that a few years back as i'm sure it would have helped! I am grateful for reading it now however - it's invaluable knowledge!
Renee Watt,
Represented Australia in Volleyball (Indoor and Beach) for over 15 years
Master Results Coach - 2007
Advanced NLP Practitioner - 2007
Advanced Neurological Repatterning - 2007
Advanced Hypnosis - 2007 (includes Eriksonian Hypnosis)
I am also a qualified Physiotherapist (B.Phty 1986 University of Queensland)
Diploma Freelance Journalism
I keep fit through yoga, swimming, walking. I love golf but haven't played in such a long time.
