What does a sports psychologist actually do? (w. Alex Stoyel)
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2024
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Jon Mackenzie is joined by Alex Stoyel to give the audience a better understanding of what it is that a sports psychologist does.
What is the difference between other psychologists and sports psychologists?
What role can psychologists play in regard to helping with the process of communication between coaches and players?
How does a psychologist balance helping maximise performance with the wellbeing of players they work with?
How do psychologists help players deal with the mental aspect of injuries?
This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:07.7 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. I am John McKenzie and I'm joined as I always am by my good friend and producer Mike Zimmerman. |
| 0:15.5 | Mike, how's it going? |
| 0:16.5 | It's going well, John, a lot going on. We've got Afcon kicking off Asian Cup. The NFL playoffs over |
| 0:22.0 | here are about to start. So just so much going on. So much to be excited about. And speaking of |
| 0:27.6 | excitement, we have yet another exciting guest here on the TIFO football podcast because this |
| 0:32.2 | week I was lucky enough to talk to Alex Stoil, who is a sports psychologist who works for a company |
| 0:37.0 | called Optimize Potential. We had a lot to talk about in terms ofle, who is a sports psychologist who works for a company called Optimize Potential. |
| 0:38.7 | We had a lot to talk about in terms of the more mental aspects of football. And Mike, you've just listened to that conversation. What did you take away from it? Well, I think the timing of this episode is great because, you know, one of the biggest storylines right now is Jaden Sancho's loan to Dortmund from Manchester United. And we saw that relationship break down between Sancho and Ten Hive overtime. |
| 0:38.0 | Alex talks about... and Sancho's loan to Dortmund from Manchester United. And we saw that relationship break down |
| 0:54.8 | between Sancho and Ten Hogg overtime. Alex talks about what the role of a sports psychologist |
| 1:00.2 | plays in regards to communication between managers and players and whether managers even consult |
| 1:05.7 | sports psychologists in order to nurture their relationship with players. Yeah, and as we say, it's just such an important aspect of modern football |
| 1:13.9 | that it's really good that we could have Alex on. |
| 1:16.2 | And as always, the best thing for us to do is to just switch over to that conversation. |
| 1:20.1 | So the next voice you will hear is me talking to Alex Stoil, the sports psychologist. |
| 1:32.7 | Yeah. psychologist. Alex, it's so good to have you on today. |
| 1:34.7 | Thank you for coming in. |
| 1:35.6 | Thank you very much for having me. |
| 1:37.0 | I think the best place for us to begin is to give a little bit of context so our |
| 1:40.6 | listeners know exactly what it is that you do. |
| 1:43.0 | So tell us a little bit about yourself, |
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