HOW TO BENEFIT FROM A SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST? THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK IN BOWLING…
What is the work of a sport psychologist in bowling? The psychological challenges in bowling? What to expect from the sport psychologist? What to be aware of? The work with bowlers? The work with coaches? The work outside the lanes and on the lanes? The ‘on-set’ sport psychologist versus the ‘home’ sport psychologist?
What’s is in it for me as a coach?
LOUISE SONNE SCHJELLERUP
My own sports career as a figure skater was the pistol for my passion and interest for the sport psychology and the possibilities in the sport performance lying within this aspect.
I choose a university degree in sport from which I decided to focus on the psychology in a performance enhancing perspective. Halmstad Högskola served me the perfect opportunities and three years later I left Sweden with a European Master degree in sport and exercise psychology.
Since October 2008 I have worked as a fulltime sport psychological consultant at Team Danmark working with individual athletes, national teams and coaches from: ice hockey table tennis, bowling, water-skiing, cycling, figure skating, ice hockey, shooting, handball, tennis, swimming, military battle, dressage - and jump riding, kayak, ballroom dancing, handicap sport (dressage, swimming, track and field, table tennis) etc. In addition to this I have worked as the national sport psychologist at competitions, several Europeans, Worlds and the Paralympics 2012 and doing workshops and educational programs for athletes and coaches across sports.
In 2014 I moved to Sweden continuing my work, focusing particular on the Swedish national teams in bowling – from junior to senior, working with the players, the team and the coaches.
