Football coaches on need to involve psychologists in football

Increasingly, importance in sports is being given to the psychic factors, which has triggered numerous studies. In our research, we examined the views of football coaches on the need to involve psychologists in their work with athletes - football players. Interview and survey techniques were used in this research. Thirty football coaches of different ages, work experience and education were surveyed. While all respondents agree it is necessary to have psychologists involved in the work with football players, they do not understand all the ways a psychologist can contribute to the success of a team. Football coaches believe psychologists should be primarily engaged in the individual work with football players who face specific psychological issues, then in evaluating their psychological characteristics and assessing their performance, and the least for motivational skills and psychological preparations for the game.