{"id":1089,"date":"2019-07-08T15:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalgymbyvicky.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2020-01-11T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T14:06:25","slug":"psychologist-on-the-field-which-is-mental-training-for-football-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalgymbyvicky.com\/en\/psychologist-on-the-field-which-is-mental-training-for-football-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychologist on the field, which is mental training for football players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If the role of the psychologist wasn\u2019t important, the most famous football clubs wouldn\u2019t spend money for cooperation with psychologists. The mental part of the training is a pretty new and exciting thing in research interest which is still developing. \u201eIn the United States – the psychological training has been added on the leading position of the US Olympic Committee. Group of sport psychologists have been working since years at the USOC (Sport Psychology Registry) which prepares Americans teams to important performances. The Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs and San Diego currently employ four full-time sport psychologists\u201d we can read in psychologia.net. Fortunately, last years showed that people in Poland also appreciated cooperation with sport psychologists. Psychologists don\u2019t associated only with working with diseases and statements like \u201ewe don\u2019t have madmen in our team\u201d is no longer use. More and more coaches notice that cooperation with a sport psychologist brings benefits, both for athletes but also for coaches. Now this skeptical approach is changing, coaches look at what psychologists do and their trust is deeper during the cooperation.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Mental Training on the field<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ok, but what actually the psychologist does on the field? Maybe not exactly on the field, but in the locker room. Cooperation with a psychologist is a long process. It takes a time, requires involvement of both sides and as much effort as a physical training. It\u2019s useless to call a psychologist two weeks before the big event because it\u2019s not enough time for apply changes. Here, I must disappoint you because watching motivational movies and saying \u201eI\u2019m a winner!\u201d is not enough. So how does exactly a sport psychologist work with athletes? Human brain has a huge possibilities. Think about it as about a muscle that you need to train. Some of the athletes have an inborn predispositions, so it makes it easier for him to achieve a big success in the sport career. The good news is that concentration, mental toughness, coping with stress, relaxation techniques or visualization could be developed. It\u2019s only up to you how much effort you\u2019ll put into it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Very often it is questionable how psychologist could be effective, if he or she has never practiced the specific field of sport. Psychologist could help addicted people and doesn\u2019t need to suffer from it, also he\/she doesn\u2019t have to suffer from depression to help people with depression disease and similarly doctor doesn\u2019t have to be sick to cure ill people. While the psychologist\u2019s job in different sport disciplines based on the same mechanisms and similar techniques, so today I wanna share with you some advice which will be useful for football players. In the middle of Europe the football season is almost over. Few weeks ago we could see the finial of Champions League which was surprised to many of us. That\u2019s why I thought this topic might be interesting for you. Now athletes will have more time for thinking, drawing conclusions and can focus on mental side of training. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>1. Mistakes are not always bad<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody could make a mistake, sometimes it is impossible to avoid it. What\u2019s more, mistakes can teach you a lot and you are able to draw conclusions for the future e.g. what you shouldn\u2019t do. In this way you become more self-conscious athlete. On the one hand you can learn a lot when you make mistakes during the training, on the other hand during the official match you shouldn\u2019t make them. What can you do when mistakes appear during the important performance? First, you should take a deep breath and forget about it as soon as possible. In the situation like that you can notice the higher level of aggression, frustration or maybe you can notice the negative self-talk which only makes the situation worse. Notice it and change the negative self-talk for the positive one. Maybe you will be able to remind yourself one of the positive phrases from your mental training preparation. The field is not a place for thinking about mistakes, you will have a time for that in the locker-room. Dear athlete, the most important thing during the match is full concentration and 100% performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>2. Lack of the confidence<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear athlete! It\u2019s not a coincidence that you appear on the field. You deserved it because you spent many hours on hard working. The coach believed in you, so you have to believe in yourself. Confidence in sport is one of the most important factors. You can\u2019t hesitate right now. This is your time and you can tell yourself \u201eI can do it!\u201d and stand up for the victory. The fact that you\u2019re where you\u2019re is a big success and now you are able to achieve more. Low self-esteem is related to a negative self-talk; the decrease of concentration on the task is the effect of that process. It\u2019s like a domino effect; you can stop it, if you\u2019ll be working on your self-confidence. <\/span><\/p>\n

Self-confidence is a mental trait, but you can work on it, reinforce it and develop it. Don\u2019t leave your mental training the last minute and add it as soon as possible into your training routine. Mental training is as important as the physical preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>3. Don\u2019t aim low<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Always reach for the best! Set yourself ambitious goals! The topic of setting goals was mentioned a few times on my blog because it\u2019s an important thing for all of us, not only athletes. By setting goals, setting requirements very high and creating dreams we develop ourselves. One of the S.M.A.R.T. rules tells us that the goal should be achievable. I hope you remember it. However, I believe it will be ok when you let your imagination to run wild and you will not create the limits of goals during the match. That approach let you develop yourself. It shouldn\u2019t create a pressure. The mature athlete should think about it like a challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

If this post was interesting for you and you think mentioned advice was helpful, please leave the \u201alike\u2019 or share your thoughts in the comments. Or if you\u2019re interested in cooperation, please contact with me HERE<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Football – through the \u201afootball\u2019 I mean European team sport, also called soccer.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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