The Growth Mindset
Turns moments into learning.
Mistakes become information. Challenge becomes a route into getting better.
The Originality Mindset
Finds your own way.
The athlete explores ideas without losing purpose, structure or the team.
The Leadership Mindset
Makes values visible.
Standards, support and responsibility show up through action.
The Determination Mindset
Keeps going with purpose.
Effort stays connected to adaptation, recovery and what matters.
Before you begin
What this questionnaire does
The GOLD Situational Awareness Questionnaire explores a young athlete's self-reported perception of how available Growth, Originality, Leadership and Determination responses feel across common youth sport situations.
That means it is not measuring personality, not measuring mental health, not measuring talent, and not predicting future performance.
When the questionnaire is completed, a copy of the report will be securely sent to Sam Lomax for review and support.
Questionnaire
Respond to each situation
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GOLD report
Your report appears after the questionnaire is complete.
Answer all 32 items so the report can show how available Growth, Originality, Leadership and Determination feel across the eight situations.
Thread of GOLD report
Your GOLD awareness card.
Your profile shows how available each mindset feels in different situations. It is not a judgement of who you are.
Report will be sent after completion.
01 Maximise
02 Adapt
03 Perform
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overall GOLD score
Read this first
What your report is showing
The GOLD response you tend to reach first.
The mindset that may help you most next.
The situation where GOLD may feel less available.
This is awareness for practice, not a judgement of who you are.
G
Your lead thread
The Growth Mindset
Complete the questionnaire to reveal your lead thread.
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Snapshot
Your four GOLD scores
Mindset cards
Your GOLD reference cards
Use these to understand what each mindset gives you, what to watch, and how to counter-balance it.
Scenario map
Where each situation lands
Each scenario sits in the quadrant that shows the GOLD mindset leading your response in that moment.
Scenario cards
What to notice in each situation
Use these cards as your practical takeaway: what leads, what to practise, and what to watch when pressure rises.
Strength curves
How your GOLD shifts across situations
These curves show current availability across the eight sport moments. Peaks are where a mindset is easier to access; dips are useful clues, not labels.
Strongest thread
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Complete the questionnaire to reveal the strongest current GOLD area.
Development focus
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Complete the questionnaire to reveal the GOLD mindset to practise next.
Insight moments
The moments worth noticing
Individual awareness card
How I respond to each typical scenario
This is the athlete's practical takeaway: what tends to happen in each scenario, what GOLD looks available, what may wobble, and what support helps.
Wobbles
Where GOLD may wobble
Take care
How strengths can overplay
Under pressure
In the toughest scenario, consider:
Reflection prompt
What do you need to do when this scenario puts pressure on your GOLD?
Support crew
Where to find support
Great profiles become useful when athletes know what to ask for. This section turns the data into conversations with coaches, teammates, family and self-support.
Thread cards
What to notice next
Next practice
Choose one useful action
The aim is not more GOLD everywhere. The aim is better-fit GOLD in the right situation.