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Lewis Hatchett
Lewis Hatchett helps teams build mental strength, resilience, and emotional intelligence to perform under pressure. A former Sussex cricketer born with Poland Syndrome, he coaches elite athletes and has worked with Lucozade, Volvo, and Kingfisher.
Lewis Hatchett is a former Sussex cricketer and mental strength coach who speaks to organisations about resilience, emotional intelligence, and performing under pressure. Born with Poland Syndrome, he played professional cricket before turning his focus to how people train the mind.
Lewis coaches elite athletes across Premier League football, Premiership rugby, professional cricket, and tennis, and hosts the MindStrong podcast, where he talks to world-class performers about sustaining success without sacrificing mental health. Corporate teams at Lucozade, Volvo, Kingfisher, Ordnance Survey, and Autocab have booked him for sessions on resilience and emotional intelligence.
Lewis was born missing his right pectoral muscle and two ribs, and was told he'd never play sport. He went on to bowl left-arm seam for Sussex from 2010 until medical advice ended his career in 2016. That experience, backed by an MSc in Performance Psychology and years of meditation practice, shapes a practical approach to mental strength that starts with self-awareness.
Audiences come away with Lewis's Game Plan System for focusing on what's important now, ways to reframe setbacks and rewrite the stories that hold them back, and a clearer sense of how emotional honesty supports both performance and wellbeing.
For events focused on resilience, wellbeing, or high performance, Lewis brings lived proof from elite sport and tools teams can put to use the next day.
Topics, sessions and talks
Lewis Hatchett was born with a rare condition that he was told would rule out any future in sport, but he became a professional cricketer. In this session, Lewis shares how he turned the impossible into a career, challenging inherited narratives and learning to train the mind as seriously as the body. With openness, humility and insight, he reveals how adversity can unlock self-belief and shows how a grounded mindset can help anyone perform with purpose under pressure.
Lewis Hatchett challenges the common belief that mental toughness is an innate trait. He shows that resilience comes from self-awareness, intentional habits, and the ability to confront discomfort, and he makes the case for being open about struggles in tough times. Lewis gives audiences practical strategies to build mental strength and handle challenges with confidence and clarity.
Lewis Hatchett helps athletes and organisations focus on what matters most in high-pressure moments, a principle he calls Focusing on the W.I.N (What's Important Now). Built around his Game Plan System, shaped by years of elite sporting experience, the talk shows audiences how to cut through distraction, prioritise effectively, and commit to the actions that drive performance. Attendees leave with practical tools to identify their own W.I.N and build the mental discipline to act on it under pressure.
Lewis Hatchett shows how pretending to be bulletproof undermines performance. He makes the case for emotional intelligence as a performance asset, and explains how exploring your inner world improves wellbeing and gives a competitive edge. Designed for people who want to avoid burnout, work with authenticity, and perform with clarity and purpose, the session leaves audiences with practical ways to put emotional intelligence to work.
Lewis Hatchett addresses the identity crisis in modern masculinity and argues that strength lies in character, courage, vulnerability, and self-respect. Drawing on his own journey and his work with high performers, Lewis sets out a framework for masculinity built on emotional honesty and responsibility. Audiences leave with a fuller definition of strength and practical ways to build genuine connection.
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Lewis Hatchett builds his talks around his Game Plan System and its principle of Focusing on the W.I.N (What's Important Now), using his own professional cricket career with Poland Syndrome as the evidence and asking audiences to reflect on the stories and limiting beliefs that shape their own performance.
Lewis Hatchett speaks on overcoming adversity, mental strength as a trainable skill, focus under pressure, emotional resilience in high performance, and redefining masculinity. A former Sussex cricketer who played professionally despite being born with Poland Syndrome, he holds an MSc in Performance Psychology, coaches elite athletes, and hosts the MindStrong podcast.
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