Jamie Edwards is a British ex-basketballer and entrepreneur, an expert in sports coaching, peak performance and brain training; Jamie has been called upon to help motivate and redesign the coaching, leadership and teamwork styles of some of the biggest international sportsman in the world.
He has worked with Ashes winner Andrew Flintoff, golfers Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood, rugby player Lewis Moody MBE, Rally Championship driver Guy Wilks, snooker player Jimmy White and footballers such as Newcastle United’s striker Shola Ameobi. His speeches are inspirational because using his incredible mental focus to push himself; he became something that seems impossible. As a professional basketball player, the majority of players are quite tall and at nearly a foot smaller than the average height of these other players; Jamie used brain training and peak performance to give him the edge over these players.
Putting everything on the line on the court when the seconds are counting down, an incredible of pressure hits you, and at 5'6" Jamie had to focus, pushing himself to achieve what others deemed impossible. Through sheer determination and force of will, he developed a personal training regime that helped him become successful against players who had the upper hand. This all or nothing approach to mental clarity is entirely fascinating.
With his career as a professional basketball player over Jamie has launched his personal development company, Trained Brain, who have helped some famous and prosperous British sports people as well as working as a motivational speaker at some high profile events. Jamie’s training techniques have become so successful that he has even been employed by the UK PGA to develop a trainee’s diploma course and is the only keynote speaker to be invited back for two consecutive years to present at the PGA coaching conference in Sweden.
