Introduction to Sportpsyc-live
Why use a psychologist
Expertise
Contact and consultation
Examples for athletes
Reasons for consulting with a Clinical Sport Psychologist can be roughly divided into four categories:
  • Performance Development - Enhancing and developing to the optimum, the psychological (mental) aspects of a sport performance.

Main goal of consultation: to improve athletic (coaching, managerial) performance
Athlete/ player has no significant psychological difficulties (developmental, behavioural, interpersonal, intra-personal) which affect performance or require the practitioner’s attention;
Developing or refining mental skills is likely to enhance or benefit athlete or team performance;
Enhanced performance is the practitioner’s primary goal in intervention.

Examples for parents and partners Examples for managers and coaches