Archive for category: Mental coaching

Do you need to have competed at an elite level to become an effective sport psychologist or mental performance coach? Manuel Dupuis shares his personal reflections on elite sport, mental training, professional expertise and the importance of trust.

I will soon start my sixth season as a sports psychologist and mental coach at the Zebra Academy of Sporting de Charleroi, an elite football club in Belgium. It was within the Youth School, under the direction of Alain Decuyper, that I had the opportunity to collaborate in the titanic work he accomplished within the structure to develop the young people of the club. to the top level in football. Next season, following his retirement, Damien Ovart will replace him, whose great qualities we know.