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Why sports psychology is a top specialty in the world

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Why sports psychology is a top specialty in the world

1. Performance Enhancement
Sports psychology helps athletes (both professional and amateur) develop essential mental skills such as focus, confidence, and motivation, directly influencing their athletic performance. Techniques like visualization, goal setting, mindfulness, and other specialized psychological strategies enable athletes to achieve their best, particularly under high-pressure conditions.

2. Building Mental Resilience
Throughout their careers, athletes and coaches face challenges, setbacks, and stress. Sports psychology teaches resilience and coping strategies, helping them recover from failures, manage stress, and stay composed in difficult situations.

3. Boosting Motivation
Maintaining motivation over a long season or during tough moments can be challenging. Sports psychologists assist athletes in maintaining a positive mindset, setting effective goals, and striving for continuous improvement.

4. Returning to Sports After Injury
Psychological support is crucial for athletes recovering from injuries. Sports psychology helps them stay mentally engaged during rehabilitation, regain confidence, and cope with the frustration of a forced break.

5. Enhancing Team Cohesion
In team sports, sports psychology is vital for improving communication, building trust, and fostering a positive team atmosphere. This leads to better interaction and collaboration, key factors for shared success.

6. Managing Anxiety and Stress
Competitions can trigger stress and anxiety. Sports psychologists teach techniques to handle pre-competition nerves and anxiety, enabling athletes to focus on task execution.

7. Improving Concentration
The ability to stay focused during prolonged games or intense competitions is a crucial skill for athletes. Sports psychology provides tools to maintain concentration and sustain the “flow state.”

8. Balancing Life and Sports
For many athletes, the constant cycle of training, competitions, and personal life can be exhausting. Sports psychology helps find a balance between life and sports, preventing burnout and maintaining mental well-being.

In conclusion, sports psychologists not only enhance the physical skills of individual athletes and sports teams but also improve their mental preparation, providing a competitive edge and promoting overall psychological health. Knowledge of sports psychology offers invaluable tools for coaches, psychologists, and athletes themselves who strive for success in sports.

Why is sports psychology one of the top specialties among coaches and psychologists in the UK?

This question was answered by the course leader in Sports Psychology at the School of Sport, Education, and Health Sciences at the University of Brighton, a member of the European Federation of Sport Psychology, Dr. Anastasia Khomutova, who is currently developing a similar educational course for the Ukraine Sigmund Freud University in Kyiv.

The event moderator is Halyna Marchenko, an athlete and a master’s student at USFU.

The webinar focuses on how British coaches and psychologists apply sports psychology knowledge and how it can benefit Ukrainian athletes.

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Lecturer

Anastasia Khomutova
Senior lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, member of the Expert Council on Self-Defense in English Boxing, consultant to European sports federations on self-defense issues, and a member of the Executive Board of FEPSAC

Who is this webinar for?

  • Coaches – Whether working with individual athletes or teams, they aim to develop the psychological skills of their trainees to improve performance, teamwork, and stress resilience.
  • Sports Psychologists – Professionals looking to deepen their knowledge of new methodologies, such as working with motivation, mental resilience, and returning to sports after injuries.
  • Athletes – Both professional and amateur, who want to learn methods of stress control, concentration, and mental preparation to enhance their sports performance.
  • Psychologists in Other Fields – Those interested in expanding their professional toolkit by incorporating sports psychology.
  • Individuals Working in Sports Federations and Organizations – To gain a better understanding of how psychology impacts the success of athletes and teams.
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Anastasia Krasovska
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Dear colleagues in psychology and those on the path to mastering this wonderful profession! For several consecutive years, I have participated in the Summer and Winter Schools of Psychotherapy in Vienna, organized jointly by Sigmund Freud Universität (Austria) and Sigmund Freud University Ukraine. I can confidently say that this education offers not only cutting-edge modern knowledge, clinical case studies, and the unique experience of the lecturers but also an unforgettable atmosphere of respect, support, and a passion for professional self-improvement. Every professional understands the importance of continuous development and staying updated with the most relevant information in their field. In our profession, personal experience is even more valuable: both the experience generously shared by SFU lecturers and the experience we, as colleagues, gain by analyzing proposed cases, sharing hypotheses, and asking all possible questions to the lecturers. «There are no stupid questions», says Maximilian Pritz at the beginning of each school, and I am always amazed by this openness to inquiry and exploration, which is absolutely vital in our profession. Moreover, the topics chosen for the schools are incredibly engaging and address the challenges of our time. The information on these topics is often unavailable in open sources, and the way it is structured and enriched with real-life cases from the lecturers’ practice is simply priceless! I sincerely recommend the Summer and Winter Schools of Psychotherapy not only to psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists but also to colleagues from other modalities. After all, we all share a common goal: to elevate the level of modern Ukrainian psychotherapeutic science and to preserve and improve people’s mental health in such challenging life circumstances.
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When I decided to join the group and attend the Summer School of Psychotherapy in Vienna for the first time, I was sure I would simply have a good time in the company of colleagues. After all, in a time of oversaturation with all kinds of trainings and seminars, very little could impress me. But… from the very first minutes of the school, I found myself in a unique, new world where psychotherapy is taught. The brilliance of the lecturers and the richness of the material, new facts, and ideas around psychodynamic approaches truly surprised and captivated me. Now I attend these schools with great pleasure. It is here that I can gather valuable and up-to-date insights from the world of psychotherapy without needing to attend multiple international congresses or read countless articles and books on new developments and innovations in the field. Max Pritz and Nick Jaini have already done this — and they present professional summaries in an accessible format :) Organizational aspects are also very important to me. Tetiana Pysarenko and her team arrange everything clearly and efficiently, the translation is excellent, and the group dynamic is effective and comfortable.
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