Recent news from the world of sport and how psychology may have been used.Chelsea's appointment of a Sport Psychologist paying offFriday 6th November 2009
Bruno Demichelis has been hired by Chelsea to help them reduce anxiety and stress whilst playing. At Demichellis' request, a 'mind room' has been constructed at Stamford Bridge, which can accomodate up to six players at a time. Although the exact nature of the mind room is a closely guarded secret, there are reports that the likes of Drogba and Terry are wired up to a device which monitors their physiological states which help identify their anxiety levels when they view videos of themselves making errors. The mind room is based on the room that was built at Demichelis' last club, AC Milan. In Milan, the aim was to train the players to reach a meditative state in which they can watch themselves make a mistake — a missed chance, a mistimed tackle, a botched penalty — without their heart rates increasing. The idea is that when the player then goes out onto the pitch and is presented with a chance to score, or to stop the opposition, he will be so focused and mentally-prepared that he will succeed. By identifying your weaknesses, you can bring about changes to help reduce the occurance of them and therefore increase your performance on the pitch.
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