The Mind Room

By John Nassoori

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Sport psychology insight informing people passionate about performance & mental health. Find out more: https://themindroom.substack.com

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Episode Date
The psychology hangover: how the World Cup will shape the season ahead
Jul 23, 2026
Three ways to take sport psychology from textbook to the training pitch (with Professor Adam Nicholls)
Jul 22, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: why Tuchel's comments show England's 'psychologically safe' environment and how to mentally prepare for meeting Messi
Jul 12, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: England vs Mexico - Saka's focus, Pickford's emotional regulation and why being 'under the cosh' can create collective flow
Jul 07, 2026
How to handle the heat of World Cup knockout matches
Jul 03, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: England vs DR Congo - dealing with shock, managing danger and preparing to play at high-altitude
Jul 02, 2026
How to integrate psychology within performance analysis (and why it's so tricky)
Jun 25, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: England vs Ghana - 'never too high, never too low'
Jun 24, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: how did England engineer that second half display against Croatia?
Jun 18, 2026
How to build better performance lifestyle-sport psychology partnerships (and why it's increasingly critical)
Jun 14, 2026
The World Cup Psychology Show: are England mentally ready to win the World Cup?
Jun 10, 2026
How to psychologically prepare for a major tournament (with Jess Thom)
Jun 07, 2026
How a mental performance programme helped Bodo/Glimt make history (with Bjorn Mannsverk)
May 22, 2026
How to work with performance and sporting directors (with James Bell)
May 18, 2026
Why 'relational connections' are your team's missing link (and how to create them)
Apr 27, 2026
How to fix sport psychology's 'quick fix' problem
Apr 12, 2026
How to setup and run a sport psychology lab
Apr 03, 2026
Exclusive: Michael Caulfield on why conversation trumps convention, sport psychology 'salespeople' and the profession's future
Mar 30, 2026
What players want from psychologists
Feb 15, 2026
Inside Australia's national wellbeing system
Jan 11, 2026
Why mental health support for African players needs to change
Dec 19, 2025
From the Ryder Cup to Wigan: inside the psychologist-team leader relationship (with Tom Young) - Part 2
Nov 28, 2025
From the Ryder Cup to Wigan: inside the psychologist-team leader relationship (with Tom Young) - Part 1
Nov 21, 2025
Exclusive: Building Chelsea's sport science & psychology setup (with Tim Harkness) - Part 2
Oct 31, 2025
How to integrate sport psychology across an elite environment (with Sara Symington)
Oct 10, 2025
Exclusive: Building Chelsea's sport science & psychology setup (with Tim Harkness) - Part 1
Oct 03, 2025
How To Psychologically Prepare For The Ryder Cup
Sep 24, 2025
Sport Psychology Snapshot
Sep 07, 2025
How sport psychologists can influence coach recruitment
Aug 31, 2025
How to recover from severe sporting setbacks
Aug 21, 2025
What coaches want from psychologists
Aug 14, 2025
Why sport psychology's next generation need a new skillset
Aug 03, 2025
England vs India: psychologically preparing for the Oval Test
Jul 30, 2025
Who's taking responsibility for footballers' mental health?
Jul 18, 2025
Sports teams' organisational design dilemma
Jul 13, 2025
How can clubs help players manage mental fatigue?
Jun 27, 2025
How to help players establish an identity
Jun 20, 2025
Why 'PlayStation coaching' needs to stop
Jun 05, 2025
The Key Psychological Characteristics and Skills Driving Elite Football Performance
May 30, 2025
How clubs are coaching cognitive skills
May 09, 2025
Sport psychology's 'scientist-practitioner' problem
Apr 13, 2025
Andrea Furst: 'I work with coaches that care about people'
Mar 28, 2025
How a 'sport psychology canvas' can help psychologists and backroom teams
Feb 25, 2025
How will AI shape the future of sport?
Feb 07, 2025
Inside the NBA's mental health & performance program
Jan 22, 2025
Why coaches should be thinking about 'psycho-social' skills and characteristics
Jan 16, 2025
John Amaechi: 'Athletes are ripe for exploitation'
Dec 13, 2024
How to setup a mental health support system in a pro sport league
Nov 29, 2024
How half-time team talks are changing
Nov 14, 2024
Does sport psychology have an access and inclusion problem?
Oct 23, 2024
'I had an opportunity to redefine what I do': the para rower and architect designing a route to the Paralympics and accessible sports facilities
Oct 16, 2024
'Coaching is more challenging than it's ever been'
Oct 06, 2024
'A lot of athletes have a skewed perception of what it is to be a person versus what it is to be a commodity'
Sep 22, 2024
'When you have 5 minutes and $50m on the line, 'it depends' doesn't work'
Sep 05, 2024
'Athletes don't have to be super competitive, super ruthless and win at all costs'
Sep 01, 2024
Karl Marius Aksum on transferring psychology theory from the classroom to the pitch
Aug 02, 2024
How do you psychologically prepare for the Olympics?
Jul 26, 2024
'It's messy': Alex Auerbach on sport psychology regulation, gaining coach buy-in and mental health support in the NBA
Jun 27, 2024
'We're throwing players into a stress cage without protecting them': why football needs to mentally prepare players for penalties
Jun 21, 2024
‘We’ve changed the club’: is it really possible to transform a Premier League team's culture?
May 24, 2024
Introducing The Mind Room - the football psychology newsletter
Aug 19, 2022
Euro 2022 preview: how to psychologically prepare for a major tournament final
Jul 29, 2022
The coach-psychologist relationship - Richard Dobson and Dr Misia Gervis
Jul 13, 2022
The emotional impact of going on loan, adding psychologists to EPL coaching teams and the elements of successful leadership
May 26, 2022
The psychology of the play-offs, managers’ motivational stunts and the power of celebrating
May 09, 2022
Professor João Carvalhaes - football’s first World Cup-winning psychologist
Apr 19, 2022
Dealing with off-pitch problems, pressurising players to return from injury and the power of psychology
Mar 19, 2022
City vs United, the pressure of the run-in and penalty shootout psychology
Mar 04, 2022
City vs Spurs, manager negativity and Eriksen’s return
Feb 19, 2022
Bonus episode: an interview with David Busst
Jan 01, 2022
Playing without fear
Dec 17, 2021
Checking the emotional barometer
Nov 28, 2021
Getting comfy with the uncontrollable
Nov 14, 2021
Creating a club culture (with Gareth Ainsworth and Richard Dobson)
Aug 06, 2021
Player care (with Hugo Scheckter)
Feb 14, 2021
Chelsea‘s ‘psychological coding‘ programme (with Malcolm Harkness)
Jan 30, 2021
The psychology behind Chelsea‘s double-winning side (with Dr Bruno Demichelis)
Jan 23, 2021
AC Milan‘s ‘Mind Room‘: Italian football‘s first psychology lab (with Dr Bruno Demichelis)
Dec 31, 2020
Psychological characteristics of the ‘perfect footballer‘ (with Simon Clifford)
Nov 28, 2020
The impact of sleep on performance (with Nick Littlehales, ‘The Sport Sleep Coach‘)
Oct 16, 2020
The impact of stress on performance (with Professor Marc Jones)
Oct 03, 2020
The ‘biggest psychology programme in Europe‘ (with Richard Dobson)
Aug 14, 2020
Managers‘ mental health (with Mike Calvin)
Aug 03, 2020
Recovering from long term injuries (with Dr Misia Gervis)
May 13, 2020