Check if you have the knowledge to be sport psychologist

I am often asked what it’s needed to know in order to define a psychologist expert in sport psychology. So I propose a list of knowledge and abilities and people look at me surprised as if it should be easier, instead I complicate their life by highlighting the complexity and the many facets of this work. Other times I say more simply to return when they are able to cite at least 10 names of experts in sport psychology and they will be able to talk about their work. Unfortunately many people think to be able to work in sport psychology, from motivators that are hardly aware of some aspects of psychology, to coaches who feel themselves psychologists, psychologists who do not want to invest in specific training. We live in a jungle in which any professional can do everything but we have to resist and build a professional who has strong scientific basis and it’s connected to what is being done in the world. In this regard, the American Psychological Association has proposed on the site of the Div 47 -Psychology of sport and exercise a short questionnaire to assess our knowledge and preparing for a future in this field: Read it and understand what it takes to do this work with competence.