The Mind Room

John Nassoori
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The Mind Room

Sport psychology insight informing people passionate about performance & mental health. Find out more: https://themindroom.substack.com themindroom.substack.com

  1. Who's taking responsibility for footballers' mental health?

    2D AGO

    Who's taking responsibility for footballers' mental health?

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com “We don’t lack care, but we lack coherence…there’s a lack of clarity, shared language and understanding…and it creates some cracks that might be not beneficial for the players and staff who actually need support.” Leif Gunnar Smerud might be the only coach in Europe with a UEFA Pro Licence and clinical psychology qualification to his name. The ex-Crystal …

    2 min
  2. Sports teams' organisational design dilemma

    JUL 13

    Sports teams' organisational design dilemma

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com Editor's note: a quick reminder that you still have a day to claim 25% off Mind Room Membership! Just hit the button below to activate your discount (and enjoy the podcast & article!)  “ Clubs say to coaches, ‘You’ve go to manage all the players, the 50 staff that we have and manage up to the CEO and across’…but there’s really no education (for coaches) …

    2 min

  3. JUN 27

    How can clubs help players manage mental fatigue?

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com Over the course of the 2023/24 season, Spurs defender Christian Romero travelled 162,000km to and from matches for the London club and his country, Argentina (that’s over a third of the way to the moon, for those that like a slightly tangential, space-based barometer). Almost two years on from the FIFPRO report that highlighted Romero’s journeys - and a…

    1 min

  4. JUN 20

    How to help players establish an identity

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com It’s hardly news to say that sport has an identity crisis. Article after article berates teams for failing to support athletes seeking to understand who they are away from the field of play. But how can coaches and backroom teams provide the type of help which will turn the tide? It’s a question football needs to answer. A study of the Spanish youth syst…

    3 min

  5. JUN 5

    Why 'PlayStation coaching' needs to stop

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com “There’s a robotic element flooding in…where’s the freedom in that football match? The players are scared to death of making a mistake.” Gary Neville, speaking after the Manchester derby, April 2025 Pundits don’t always get it right, but Gary Neville’s comment seemed to strike a chord with viewers who had the misfortune of watching the last Manchester der…

    2 min

  6. MAY 30

    The Key Psychological Characteristics and Skills Driving Elite Football Performance

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com “Imagine if you're offered a job where you're going to work six days a week, you won’t decide when you take holidays, you're going to have to travel twice every second week at least - spending significant time away from home - and we'll give you a one-year or possibly two-year deal, but you’re going to have to perform every week, and even if you perform…

    5 min

  7. MAY 9

    How clubs are coaching cognitive skills

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com Visual awareness. Decision making. Problem solving. Just three of the terms bandied around on a regular basis when it comes to 'training the brain'. But what are athletes and clubs concentrating on when it comes to identifying and honing cognitive skills? To answer the question, I spoke to Slawomir Morawski, founder of

    4 min

  8. APR 13

    Sport psychology's 'scientist-practitioner' problem

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit themindroom.substack.com “I've talked recently to sports psychologists in high-level positions within professional sports teams who are facing increasing pressure…to try to better objectively test what they're doing with teams.” Jim Doorley is speaking about an issue that’s affected many of the sport psychologists I’ve talked to over the last half-a-decade. The US Olympic and Pa…

    5 min
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Sport psychology insight informing people passionate about performance & mental health. Find out more: https://themindroom.substack.com themindroom.substack.com

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  • Creator
    John Nassoori
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © John Nassoori
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    The Mind Room

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