Sports psychologist

Sports psychologists help athletes and teams perform better through mental skills and wellbeing. The work involves working with athletes on focus, confidence, motivation, and managing pressure, addressing mental barriers and wellbeing, and applying psychology to enhance performance and support athletes through the demands of sport.

They work with teams, athletes, and organisations. The role suits empathetic, knowledgeable, perceptive people with psychology expertise who can build trust with athletes, address the mental side of performance, support wellbeing, and combine clinical and performance psychology with the understanding of sport that helping athletes perform and cope under pressure requires.