Melissa Uppal (MSc.)

Performance Psychologist and Mindset Coaching

BASES supervised Sport and Exercise Scientist

Where it all began…

Failure can be a powerful teacher. When a LTA junior tennis player Melissa Uppal failed to win matches and tournaments despite being great in the club and in training, a life lesson was learnt. Melissa’s failures in her youth were due to having no psychological guidance and support, as most of the things that affected her performance were away from the tennis court. She loved being around sport orientated and high performance environment which was why Loughborough University was great to continue playing tennis and studying her degrees. The understanding and knowledge of psychology applied on herself as well as her athlete identity whilst studying, made her realise for anyone to thrive in their careers, they need to win their own mental battle first.

After seven years of studying and applying sports science and sports psychology in youth football at Bristol Rovers FC, Walsall FC, West Brom FC, St Georges Park and in youth tennis at Tipton Sports Academy. Melissa wanted to provide mental support and help other performers to excel in their careers. Therefore, she founded Unlock Performance, a high performance psychology consultancy providing support in accelerating people’s performance success and mental wellbeing.