Sport : The Mind Is Essential
If the athletes are in their bodies, they are also in their heads? To find out, Doctissimo asked Makis Chamalidis, psychologist athletes in several disciplines. He also teaches at Reims and Montpellier in sport psychology.
Doctissimo: What place have you between the coach and the athlete?
Makis Chamalidis: I first try to know the motivation of the athlete. Is the origin of the process or does it just to please his parents or his coach? In this case, his participation will not be effective. As part of the French Tennis Federation, I can intervene in three interviews with players and coaches to help him to communicate well, or only with the coach, or head-to-head only with sports. It is then necessary that we reach an agreement on what I have learned to accept that I say or not to coach. This is why I prefer to say that I work with two, rather than between the two.
Doctissimo: Motivation is essential for an athlete, how can you help keep it?
Makis Chamalidis: To keep it, he must already it exists! If it is his parents who pushed to compete, so I allow him to regain the desire for it more effective. This kind of situation is not unique to the world of sport. The son that the father needs to follow notary law school to take his followers saw the same situation.
Doctissimo: How to manage stress before a competition? We know for example that this is a real problem for Amelie Mauresmo eliminated from the tournament at Roland Garros by lower level players in the world rankings.
Makis Chamalidis: One of two things: either the event pushes you up or pull you down. Players are subject to the gaze of others. Some may be afraid to disappoint their parents, coach or technical director who gave them a wild card. Subjected to stress, they get tense on the court. But it can also be seen as an opportunity to prove himself, to make his parents proud. One thing is sure, it goes beyond the context of sports performance. We can overcome this stress by first identifying the issues.
Doctissimo: How do you help athletes manage their victories and their defeats? Yannick Noah, who won Roland Garros in 1983, said several years after he had reached the top too quickly.
Makis Chamalidis: Sometimes some sports, such as having won a medal at the Olympics, make depressions. Everything seems dull compared to the events they have experienced very strong. My role as a psychologist is not "run" after their desires, but to show them that they are first and foremost human beings with their strengths and weaknesses. They must be given the right to lose, even if they must do everything to excel.
If the athletes are in their bodies, they are also in their heads? To find out, Doctissimo asked Makis Chamalidis, psychologist athletes in several disciplines. He also teaches at Reims and Montpellier in sport psychology.
Doctissimo: What place have you between the coach and the athlete?
Makis Chamalidis: I first try to know the motivation of the athlete. Is the origin of the process or does it just to please his parents or his coach? In this case, his participation will not be effective. As part of the French Tennis Federation, I can intervene in three interviews with players and coaches to help him to communicate well, or only with the coach, or head-to-head only with sports. It is then necessary that we reach an agreement on what I have learned to accept that I say or not to coach. This is why I prefer to say that I work with two, rather than between the two.Doctissimo: Motivation is essential for an athlete, how can you help keep it?
Makis Chamalidis: To keep it, he must already it exists! If it is his parents who pushed to compete, so I allow him to regain the desire for it more effective. This kind of situation is not unique to the world of sport. The son that the father needs to follow notary law school to take his followers saw the same situation.
Doctissimo: How to manage stress before a competition? We know for example that this is a real problem for Amelie Mauresmo eliminated from the tournament at Roland Garros by lower level players in the world rankings.
Makis Chamalidis: One of two things: either the event pushes you up or pull you down. Players are subject to the gaze of others. Some may be afraid to disappoint their parents, coach or technical director who gave them a wild card. Subjected to stress, they get tense on the court. But it can also be seen as an opportunity to prove himself, to make his parents proud. One thing is sure, it goes beyond the context of sports performance. We can overcome this stress by first identifying the issues.
Doctissimo: How do you help athletes manage their victories and their defeats? Yannick Noah, who won Roland Garros in 1983, said several years after he had reached the top too quickly.
Makis Chamalidis: Sometimes some sports, such as having won a medal at the Olympics, make depressions. Everything seems dull compared to the events they have experienced very strong. My role as a psychologist is not "run" after their desires, but to show them that they are first and foremost human beings with their strengths and weaknesses. They must be given the right to lose, even if they must do everything to excel.
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