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From coach to 'mental coach': inside Norweigan football's psychology programme
Why training coaches - rather than psychologists - is helping Norway's top-flight clubs
How do you prepare psychologically for a World Cup final?
Focussing on pre-game team talks ignores the importance of long-term planning
Leif Gunnar Smerud: Norway's history-making psychologist-turned-coach
Norweigan U-21 coach on burnout, resilience & psychological support within football
'You're only as good as the team behind you': how do you change a club's culture?
How can football clubs instigate culture change? It's a question this newsletter has posed previously, drawing on academic research and published…
'It's about being mentally ready for the pressure of the game and life': how should clubs support academy footballers?
Are football clubs doing enough to help academy players? It's a question which is being asked with increasing frequency, as research continues to…
Are clubs doing enough to psychologically analyse transfer targets?
Rigorous tactical, technical and physical examinations of incoming players doesn't seem to have extended to psychology.
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Why aren't there more psychologists working in English football?
Real Madrid and Tottenham are two of the richest clubs in world football. Madrid generated revenue in excess of £700m in 2021. Spurs spent £1bn on a…
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The Football Psychology Show: Richard Dobson on how clubs are 'playing at psychology'
Wycombe assistant manager Richard Dobson, who established what the FA’s former psychology lead described as the ‘biggest psychology programme in…
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'I was protecting the rest of my career and life': why do clubs pressurise players to return quickly from injury?
“If it wasn’t for Daniel’s quality no one would think about him being back on the pitch after such a short time. What you need in times like this is…
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What is the secret behind a successful coach-psychologist partnership?
Misia Gervis and Richard Dobson have worked together for over 10 years, establishing a psychology programme that - when it was formed in 2012 - was…
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Are football coaches receiving the psychology training they need?
Davide Ancelotti has worked as part of managerial teams at Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton, so when he speaks about his experience of…
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How can we psychologically support players suffering from social media abuse?
“It’s a deal with the devil.” Aoife Mannion’s words come just 72 hours after England have lifted the European Championship. The Manchester United…
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