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Just to be clear, I know very little about this field – I have never met or even talked to a sports psychologist. My guess is that the job of a sports psychologist is to help athletes work through any mental issues that they may have. So for instance, if a player is afraid to shoot the ball and is instead always looking to pass, I imagine that a team psychologist will address that confidence issue in some way. Or if the player had a really bad game, a team psychologist would help the player get over that game and leave it in the past; if the player has a good game, however, maybe they’ll try to work on carrying that momentum forward. Essentially, a sport psychologist tries to get the player’s mind to help him or her instead of getting in the way.

If that is at all accurate, it sounds very similar to psychologists in other fields – they help you get your own mind to play for you and not against. A lot of self-help materials deal with the very same concept. When you hear players give interviews, they often mention ‘faith’ in themselves and their team and ‘belief’ that they will win. The interesting thing is that when two teams compete for the ultimate prize, players on both teams believe that they will win, but only one team wins. Taking Law of Attraction into the count, who wins? The team that believes more? Or the team that doubts less? What about the fans – in town and around the world? Or do all the beliefs and doubts balance out and a better skilled team wins?

I am just curious to hear what you think…

Until next time,

V

Tags: Energy, goals, intentions, Law Of Attraction, Neo-Spirituality, Success

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