(ANSA) – ROME, FEBRUARY 21 – During ‘Afternoon Sky Sport 24’, the second season of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” was presented, the first and only free psychological coaching program for an entire category of professional footballers, promoted and created by the Associazione Italia Calciatori and Lega Pro with the patronage of the Italian Association of Sport Psychologists.
Guests of the program were the President of AIC Umberto Calcagno, the President of the Lega Pro Francesco Ghirelli and Prof. Marcella Bounous, President of AIPS.
An innovative project born with the intention of following the “man-footballer” throughout his career, helping him to become aware of his potential and learn to face his own limits. Support the player in researching and maintaining a state of personal psychological balance, starting from the assumption that the sporting experience is, first of all, a life and performance experience. To make available to Serie C players knowledge and preparatory services to guide the career and life of the athlete in a conscious, solid and constructive way, with the aim of achieving and maintaining balance, on and off the pitch.
“Knowing one’s emotions” – said the President of AIC Calcagno – “means learning to manage the most relevant moments of the profession of athlete, but it also helps the boy in his experiences off the pitch. This project intends to provide all Serie C footballers a useful tool for personal growth. For two seasons we have been putting together training aspects and the possibility of comparing for free with a sports psychologist “.
The first season saw the presence of 200 Lega Pro players at the first “orientation” meeting, 450 views of the 5 recorded webinars and 50 companies that participated in the project on players in the youth sectors.
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Source: Ansa
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