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'A Swiss Army knife for players': inside the National Women's Soccer League mental health setup
The Mind Room speaks exclusively to Dr. Brett Haskell, the NWSL's Director of Clinical Mental Health and Performance, about building a league-wide…
How half-time team talks are changing
A rundown of the key challenges facing sides between the first and second half - and what coach and Minute9 founder Eamon Devlin is doing to help clubs…
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John Nassoori
48:31
Inside the rise of unregulated mental health apps
I was approached by an unaccredited provider targeting young athletes. Here’s what I learnt (and why I turned them down)
News, views and vacancies
Your monthly round up of sport psychology stories, opinions and openings

October 2024

Does sport psychology have an access and inclusion problem?
Jonathan Harding speaks to Sofie Kent, Shakiba Moghadam and Shameema Yousuf about the challenges facing women & BAME sport psychologists - and how the…
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John Nassoori
48:37
'I had an opportunity to redefine what I do': the para rower and architect designing a route to the Paralympics and accessible sports…
Jake Woods battled bone cancer and an amputation to row for Great Britain. Now, he's setting his sights on Los Angeles 2028 - and redesigning the way…
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John Nassoori
31:17
'Coaching is more challenging than it's ever been'
Golden State Warriors performance psychologist Scott Goldman on the tidal wave of social and interpersonal challenges currently facing coaches
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John Nassoori
32:03

September 2024

Why are we failing to provide the right psychological support for young athletes?
Financial, educational and structural barriers are blocking early development of skills such as self reflection and emotional regulation
'A lot of athletes have a skewed perception of what it is to be a person versus what it is to be a commodity'
Mind Room columnist Jonathan Harding speaks to German national team psychologist Julia Eyre about the need to develop athletes' understanding of…
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John Nassoori
28:37
Q&A and where to go for sport psychology news and views
It's the monthly Mind Room Q&A (plus a rundown of the sport pysch sources I'm reading, watching and listening to)
'When you have 5 minutes and $50m on the line, 'it depends' doesn't work'
Alex Auerbach, the Toronto Raptors' ex-Director of Wellness and Development, on the sport psychology advice that helped shape the side's NBA Draft…
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John Nassoori
40:32
'Athletes don't have to be super competitive, super ruthless and win at all costs'
The full interview with Nottingham Trent researchers Laura Healy and Joseph Stanford, exploring the way in which narcissism, Machiavellianism and…
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John Nassoori
32:55
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