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On 8/16/2018 at 5:43 PM, Supermercado said:

Heard a talk by the Richmond mindfulness guru/coach/adviser/whatever. The position sounds like the biggest wankfest ever but it was a really interesting conversation about unlocking mental barriers and helping people play without fear or worry. The main case study was Dustin Martin, who it was implied is dumb as a post but got right into this stuff just when his career started to go through the roof. Many other players jumped on board after.

I'm glad we have a psych in some capacity now, because we certainly didn't at least 2011-2013 when it might have come in handy. Will never forget the crisis meeting they had in 2012 when I asked Neeld if we had a sports psych or similar to help players deal with the trauma of being thrashed every week and he said it wasn't necessary because if any players felt stressed they could talk to a coach. What a putz.

Similarly I recall under Daniher we didn't have one because he didn't believe in that "new age" mumbo jumbo. We did have a club chaplain though...

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    1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Came across this article. Jeff Bond explains a little about the psychology with us. Does this sound about right to anyone with knowledge in this field?

     

    https://apple.news/AJNXbhJ1-SZew3ancWW8nSA

    Pretty much. Tension is the great killer and becoming outcome-bound -- specifically fearing the outcome -- introduces tension.

    (Visualising a positive outcome can help one relax. But that's a skill in itself that has to be practised.)

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    12 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Similarly I recall under Daniher we didn't have one because he didn't believe in that "new age" mumbo jumbo. We did have a club chaplain though...

    And we probably didn't have one under Bailey due to being broke. No wonder the place is so off its face.

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    12 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Similarly I recall under Daniher we didn't have one because he didn't believe in that "new age" mumbo jumbo. We did have a club chaplain though...

    We did have one briefly around 2004. Anthony Klarica who is quite well known in the Sport Psych scene. Not sure how long it lasted though..

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    39 minutes ago, layzie said:

    We did have one briefly around 2004. Anthony Klarica who is quite well known in the Sport Psych scene. Not sure how long it lasted though..

    I believe he went insane and now spends his days believing that's he's a teapot. If he hears the words "Melbourne" or "Demons" he screams uncontrollably for 12 hours straight. But no one can work out why.

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    20 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

    I believe he went insane and now spends his days believing that's he's a teapot. If he hears the words "Melbourne" or "Demons" he screams uncontrollably for 12 hours straight. But no one can work out why.

    Hahaha love it!

    Although I think he ended up at Hawthorn during the silverware period..

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