Mental preparation in sport concerns any athlete or team wishing to optimise their potential in competition thanks to work carried out at the mental level, a central pillar in performance.

Mental preparation in sport can be applied to adults, adolescents and children.

Individualised mental preparation is aimed at sportsmen and women who practice an individual sport.

Psychosport offers various services to support them in their mental preparation:

• Selection and work on the mental techniques best suited to the individual sport in question
• Training of mental skills
• Putting the techniques into practice
• Practice during training and competition
• Personalized coaching with psychological support for the athlete on a daily basis
• Support for career management.

Within the clubs, Psychosport intervenes with a team according to the context and affinities of the club and the group.

Different services can be put in place:

• Collaboration with the (central) staff
• Mental preparation groups with (potential) leaders
• Individual mental preparation with players
• Coaching and mental imaging for injured players
• Psychological tests and assessments for players or in the context of recruitment
• Coaching of the coach
• Large groups

The coach may need to be coached himself.

At this level, Psychosport can help and accompany him in order to:

• either to intervene better with his athletes (e.g.: “How can I motivate my athletes?”, “How can I encourage more concentration or combativeness in my players?)
• or to be mentally trained in order to optimise one’s own potential and to cope with pressure: personal work on self-confidence, motivation, stress management, etc., or to be supported, advised, etc.