Sport Psychologists

Hanna Cygan

Psychology of sport is the possibility of extracting the hidden potential inside us. Sport is a hard job, but also the possibility of feeling satisfied with every drop of sweat poured out. Mental training methods make it possible to achieve the optimum in sports, which can also be used in other areas of life, at school, in college, at work.

Hanna Cygan is a sports psychologist, accredited by the Polish Olympic Committee.

In the interests of working with a sports psychologist at the highest level, we have partnered with Hannah Cygan - Polish representative in fencing, world championship medalist. Hanna Cygan is the master of psychology School of Social Psychology in Warsaw - specialization of clinical psychology. During the study she played an active role in the Scientific Circle of Sports Psychology 4F, and has participated in many courses in psychology of sport. She graduated from the Postgraduate Studies in Psychology of Sport, Warsaw Academy of Physical Education.

Why we need presence of a sports psychologist at Polish Soccer Skills football camps:

- young boy at the beginning of his sporting career begins to shape certain beliefs about sports training, competition and participate in them. The presence of a sports psychologist during the sports camps gives a player opportunity to develop positive, beneficial habits (patterns) of thinking. Through psychological coaching young athlete learns, among other things how they can cope with stress, how to maintain a high level of motivation and how work in a group. Acquired knowledge in the field of sport psychology can be used immediately or in the future, in the course of the career development of the athlete.

- Sports Psychologist at Polish Soccer Skills camp is working with coaches and shows how to properly communicate, motivate and correct the mistakes of young athletes.

- Polish Soccer Skills camps players come from different Polish cities and other countries. Classes with a psychologist help children from different backgrounds to integrate faster and make the boys from competing clubs have a friendly attitude towards each other.

- If necessary, a psychologist intervenes in crisis situations, such as the longing for home, intra-group conflicts, the failure of sport, the problems of coping with stress training and rivalry.

- The mental training, conducted by a psychologist also involves stretching exercises and relaxation. These exercises are designed to increase body awareness; they are an indispensable element of mental training athlete.

- When Polish Soccer Skills camps are also conducted psycho education using audio-visual aids (films). A very effective method of learning is learning through observation and boys watching educational videos to learn from the best athletes.

- Psychologist watching young players and conduct tests on the basis of which provide feedback to parents.