Lane4's Dr. Wil James on England Hockey's psychological performance
12 September 2011
Is winning hockey's biggest games inside the mind? Lane4's Principal Consultant Dr. Wil James talks to the BBC about England Hockey's psychological performance.
An extract of the BBC article is below:
Psychologist Wil James has worked with the England and Wales Cricket Board as its lead psychologist since 2008, and with England Hockey since 2009, among others.
James, who travelled to the German town of Moenchengladbach with the England men's team for the EuroHockey tournament, explains how he works with England's players.
We help the players to develop a winning psychology, but winning is uncontrollable.
What is controllable is performance and knowing the recipe you require to give your best-possible performance, which in turn gives you the best chance of winning.
To read the article in full, please visit the BBC website.
2011-09-12