Sports Psychologists?
pilch
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Anybody tried one? did it help? any recommendations?
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MTFU & JFDI
That'll be £20 please.0 -
danowat wrote:I am a dumbass, please ignore anything I have to say
Cheers, great advice...0 -
I ve never been to a sports one but I went through a dark place a few years back and counselling was really useful for me.
Essentially it is someone working through something like the Inner-Chimp Theory (which is just a basic version of CBT) with you though. I presume the aims of a Sports Psych are to stop yourself worrying about stuff you can't control and focus on things that you need to get right. Do you struggle to do that for yourself much? If so then it might...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I guess I lack focus from time to time in races...lose concentration, let my head drop sometimes, but i'm more intrigued than anything else, i'm interested to see what difference it could make. Perhaps it can give you that edge and help get the very best out of you...
You can spend a fortune on saving a few g here and there and obviously there's no substitute for good training, but how much better could you be with a bit of mental training?0 -
I think I would benefit greatly from using one... only to stop myself from beating myself up for ages after not winning a race I know I could have won (if only I'd attacked later, if only I'd followed that move, why didn't I attack harder, blah blah blah etc).CAPTAIN BUCKFAST'S CYCLING TIPS - GUARANTEED TO WORK! 1 OUT OF 10 RACING CYCLISTS AGREE!0
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pilch wrote:I guess I lack focus from time to time in races...lose concentration, let my head drop sometimes, but i'm more intrigued than anything else, i'm interested to see what difference it could make. Perhaps it can give you that edge and help get the very best out of you...
You can spend a fortune on saving a few g here and there and obviously there's no substitute for good training, but how much better could you be with a bit of mental training?
Read the first few chapters of this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chimp-Paradox-M ... 009193558X - If it makes sense then go for it, if you think it's a load of rubbish then you probably won't get much out of a therapist...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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This is worth a look at also before some good techniques in there I've found if you read a couple of the Psychological fact sheets they should help.
http://www.flammerouge.je/content/3_fac ... sheets.htm0 -
I've never used one and would have been quite sceptical at the height of my football career. I'm a big Rugby League fan and have taken interest in psychology lately as my daughter is studying it at college and wants to do it when she goes to Uni. My RL team isWarrington and if anyone knows Rugby then our coach, Tony Smith, has been really impressive since he took over four years ago. He always speaks very well and comes across has calm, knowledgeable and very adaptable.
I discovered that he uses sports physcholgists and I think you can tell. One of them who works for Warrington also goes on another forum that I go on. I've looked him up on google and he has links to some videos on Youtube.
I've watched the videos and I'm really impressed with him. I would have loved to get into it when I was 18.
His name is Damian Hughes. I'd definitely look him up if you are interested in this sort of thing. I know he has some books out as well.0 -
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pilch wrote:Anybody tried one? did it help? any recommendations?
I once had a coach who was brilliant at what one would call sports psychology today. A good coach should be coaching your mind anyway. That said, I worked with 5 other coaches who were good technically and good motivators but lacked real insight into an athletes mind and the ability to tailor things to the individuals mind and circumstances. No harm in trying a sports psychologist but I can't help thinking that unless you are at Olympic or Pro standard this might be going over the top and you would be better off spending the money on a good coach.0
