Sports Psychology

Researchers may focus on topics like bullying in youth sports.

bridge that gap by conducting studies that no established sports franchise would think to pay for: these researchers may focus on topics that are crucial to study for society’s benefit, like bullying in youth sports, even if these topics would not help a professional team win a championship. Academic sports psychologists are not tied to the specific goal of winning in the way that other sports psychologists are, because they do not work for any particular team. Imagine you were the owner of a sports franchise that placed last in the league: you’d think very carefully about how you spent money on everything from players to coaches to trainers to psychologists,

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Sports Psychology