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May 2025

The Key Psychological Characteristics and Skills Driving Elite Football Performance
Listen now | Exclusive interview with David McHugh, Washington Spirit's Director of Mental Performance, on how teams can develop traits from…
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John Nassoori
40:17
How to land top sport psychology roles
Sport psychologists working with leading teams set out the steps to finding and securing jobs with elite sides
Latest sport psychology, mental health & wellbeing vacancies
Your regular round up of roles from across the UK, US and Australia
How clubs are coaching cognitive skills
Listen now | A breakdown of how teams (and athletes) are adapting the way they analyse and develop key cognitive skills
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John Nassoori
32:35
How to sell sport psychology
Five lessons from talking to psychologists and analysts who've worked with Bayern, Brighton and a host of other top teams

April 2025

Red flag
How social media monitoring can help clubs identify potential recruitment risks & dressing room friction
Latest sport psychology, mental health & wellbeing vacancies
Your regular round up of roles from across the UK, US and Australia
Sport psychology's 'scientist-practitioner' problem
Listen now | Jim Doorley, Senior Psychological Services Provider & Researcher at the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, explains why it's time for…
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John Nassoori
40:48
'Sport psychology is embraced here'
Listen now | Troels Thorsteinsson, FC Nordsjaelland's Mental Performance Coach, on the Danish side's devotion to sport psychology
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John Nassoori
31:21
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