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How can psychologists switch sports?
Leading practitioners from the NBA, football and cricket share their tips on how psychologists can successfully jump from one sport to another
Why 'PlayStation coaching' needs to stop
Listen now | Overly-prescriptive youth sport programmes are inhibiting individualism. Here's how coaches and backroom teams can counter the trend.
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John Nassoori
21:49
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
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
Red flag
How social media monitoring can help clubs identify potential recruitment risks & dressing room friction
'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
Andrea Furst: 'I work with coaches that care about people'
Listen now | The ex-England rugby union psychologist on what's important when working with coaches and other backroom staff, her time with Eddie Jones…
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John Nassoori
46:57
The Many Hats a Sport Psychologist Can Wear
Alex Auerbach, the Toronto Raptors' ex-Director of Wellness and Development, examines the range of roles sport psychologists can take on - and outlines…
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Alex Auerbach
Why coaches should be thinking about 'psycho-social' skills and characteristics
From goal-setting and self-evaluation, to communication and leadership, research shows that focusing on the interaction between an athlete's psychology…
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John Nassoori
30:13
The Integration Blueprint: How Elite Sport Psychologists Win Team Trust
Alex Auerbach, the Toronto Raptors' ex-Director of Wellness and Development, looks at lessons from his time in the NBA and how psychologists can forge…
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Alex Auerbach
The first psychological skill I taught every athlete I worked with in the NBA
Alex Auerbach, the Toronto Raptors' ex-Director of Wellness and Development, explains one principle that's proved especially powerful when working with…
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Alex Auerbach
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