If the coach is good, I don't think a psychologist is needed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In a team situation, I think the players are more inclined to give the answer they believe the psychologist is looking for rather than maybe being totally honest.
I had come across a few sports psychologists, and I had no time for nearly all of them. I just don't think they work in a team environment.
No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.
A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.
Psychology is a big part of sport that some people do not realise. But it is a skill you have to practice.
Psychology is the only necessary skill for running for president. Trump knows psychology.
Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached.
I do think coaches need to get away from the game more, though. It's good for them.
If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.
We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.