Sports Psychology

sports psychologist at all. Colleges and universities have even more athletes than professional teams, with hundreds or even thousands of students competing year-round. However, universities also have their own psychology departments, and may prefer to hire or promote their existing faculty rather than take an outsider. Finally, there are high schools with many different teams, but most high schools lack the funding needed to hire outside professionals. They may require that a psychologist provide other services specific to high school life, such as counseling, or be a high school teacher themselves. All of these setbacks make applied sports psychology a difficult career to break into. However, there is good news for those

Some sports psychologists are hired to work for sales or business teams.

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Sports Psychology