Pascal Omadi Njie a Gambian international coach and CEO of Logic sport explains the connection between the mind and football;saying that they really do complement each other in the football wheel.
He said football phys co is a specialization that seeks to understand psychological/mental factors that affect performance in sports, physical activity, and exercise.
Is the study of a person’s behavior in football or sports-related activity.
It deals with increasing performance by managing emotions and minimizing the psychological effects of injury and poor performance. Some of the most important skills taught are goal setting, relaxation, visualization, self-talk, concentration, confidence, using rituals, attribution training, awareness and control.
He said that skills mentioned above are the factors that when developed in a player will be able to utilize the mind,emotion and action in football.He encourage Gambian footballers especially those coaching children to benefit and make adequate research in this topic to develop professionals.
He further give example of some footballers who suffered from such weakness especially in African football in which the footballer has so many problems they carry along on the football field.
When ask how the mental coach can assist a player?
He said:
A Mental Game Coach can help you in these areas:
- Awareness
- Learning
- Development
- Change
- Performance
- Coaching
For the benefit and encouragement of younger players I will advice you to combine education with football believe me you need not only football skills but the theory as well.
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