In the last few years there has been a very wide dissemination of the work of the sports psychologist in youth activity. In the introductory sports years from ages 6 to 12, the work is essentially oriented toward improving the professionalism of instructors and working on specific problems that may arise with children and their families. In the ages of adolescence, from the age of 13 the psychologist’s work expands further, orienting directly on individual work with young people. This phenomenon concerns those sports clubs that are more aware than others of the mental aspects of training and competition and want to use our work to improve the participation of their athletes and female athletes.
It is work that with a presence during training I do in tennis, table tennis and shooting to which is added a weekly online appointment. Remote work is now the most common with young people who live in different parts of Italy and who want to use my advice, and it concerns different individual sports and especially opposition sports such as fencing and combat sports.
As far as I am concerned this work is centered on the mental education of young people in relation to training and competitions.
The goals concern:
- understand how motor, technical-tactical and mental skills are learned
- understand what is the best attitude for training and participating in competitions
- be aware that technique and physical fitness are fundamental but without mental leads, one does not improve
- train with the belief that one learns only by making mistakes
- accept mistakes
- be fair to teammates and opponents
- know that dialogue with oneself must be constructive, otherwise it is harmful
- be aware of what one learns or has improved in each practice and competition
- question when you are not understood
- know that becoming an accomplished athlete is a long-term project
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