17: Interview with Defiance College psychology student, former D3 soccer standout, and future sports psychologist Abbegail Rank

In today's seventeenth episode of the Sports & Psychology Podcast, we hop into an interview with Defiance College psychology student and former D3 soccer player Abbegail Rank. We talk about topics ranging from student-athlete mental health to NCAA policies, to tactics and techniques like mindfulness. We also get into some of the peculiarities of European vs. US systems. If you're someone who works with athletes, is a professional athlete or aspiring to be one, or in general, is interested in what athletes go through and or interested in sports psychology, and wants to gain some inspiration in terms of what high schools and universities can do to provide better support to their student-athletes, then you’re right where you want to be.

Abbegail Rank Bio:

Abbe graduates from Defiance College in Ohio in May with her bachelor's degree. She triple majored in social work, psychology, and criminal justice with a minor in autism studies. She's going to grad school at the University of North Texas to get a dual master's in Kinesiology and clinical mental health counseling. She played soccer at Defiance College where she received the co-award for team rookie of the year in 2019. She also received the all-conference academic award 5 times.

Questions asked and answered during this episode:

Question 1: Talk to me about your experience with sports, playing soccer at the University level

Question 2: You've already started studying social work and psychology, what attracted you to this area of study?

Question 3: What excites you the most about becoming a sports psychologist one day?

Question 4: What experience did you have in school, or coming up in sports with sports psychology?

4A: What really helped you?

4B: What were you needing or missing?

Question 5: What do non-professional athletes need the most in your eyes when it comes to sports Psychology?

Question 6: What did you see in your teammates that they needed and were missing? What helped?

Question 7: What technique, habit, or tool from your sports days do you consider the most important and still use today?

Question 8: What are you in the process of working on currently? Where is your personal development currently moving?

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