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Why psychologists are swapping academia for applied practice (and how you can make the jump) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com It’s an easy dream to fall for. You join a prestigious university. You split your days between teaching eager students and conducting cutting-edge research. There’s even time to put your sport psychology skills into practice, working with athletes and teams affiliated to your institution. But let’s wake up. Over the last decade, that dream has been slowl…
How to establish yourself as a Premier League psychologist (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com How the hell do you land a job with a Premier League club (and actually make a success of it when you’ve got your foot through the door)? With some experts suggesting that over 300 applicants will be fighting for a single role - and others highlighting the herculean challenge facing recruits tasked with supporting 200-plus person academies - it’s a ques…
The psychology hangover: how the World Cup will shape the season ahead (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com In the final episode of The World Cup Psychology Show, Professor Geir Jordet and Tim Harkness, Chelsea’s former head of Sport Science & Psychology, join the show to discuss how World Cup trends - from in-game breaks to squandered ‘stutter kicks’ - might influence domestic and international football over the next 12 months. We dissect the fallout from Eng…
Three ways to take sport psychology from textbook to the training pitch (with Professor Adam Nicholls) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com How do you actually take sport psychology from the confines of the classroom to the pressure cooker of being pitchside? For some, the subject is still something shrouded in mystery (or treated as a purely office-based practice, to the point where one recent job ad was promoted with a picture of an empty desk and chair). But we’ve seen how concepts from …
The World Cup Psychology Show: why Tuchel's comments show England's 'psychologically safe' environment and how to mentally prepare for meeting Messi (opens the original)
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In the latest episode of The World Cup Psychology Show, Tim Harkness, Chelsea’s former head of Sport Science & Psychology, who worked with Thomas Tuchel at Stamford Bridge, and David Wheeler, one of the only former pro footballers turned psychologists working in the game, join me to look back at England’s win against Norway - and preview the semi-final against Argentina. We explain why Thomas Tuchel’s post-match comments are perhaps a sign of the ‘psychologically safe’ environment England seem t
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