Quote ="GT"Money spent getting an "expert" to train people to be able to concentrate for 80 minutes would be money wasted. Concentration from kick off to final hooter should be drilled in by existing coaching staff and, let's be fair, a standard expectation of any professional rugby league player.
Tell you what, I'll do it for free...'"
I totally disagree at this level of sport physically the players are prime athletes physical specimens. What goes on between their ears at this level can be the difference between winning and losing you over look this like salford have done over the years and you have a team that gets caught in a cycle of doubt and defeat and become scared of winning. So many examples of teams and individuals who have used phycology in their sport to gain a edge.
Take United we have a reputation of scoring late goals, don't tell me that it doesnt effect an opponent when the clocks ticking down and United are pushing for the winner / equaliser their isnt a panic on, panic is fear panic can cause you to do odd / unexpected things. Its basically visualising united scoring it happens quite a bit so the United players are confident when the chance comes they will score because it has happened the more it happens the more confident it will happen again.
It does help having the best players in the world but they all had to buy into the mind set that united always score .
Unfortunately salford dont have the success of late tries to draw on but as a individual each player during their career may have experience to draw on and after remembering how it felt and how they delt with it mentally it might affect how they deal with certain circumstances which are similar
I dont think its a full time role and you would need the players to buy into it and work with him / her but say twice a week one on a march day to reprogram the way the players deal with game situations will definitely benefit imo.
