Social Networking At Its Best!

Social Networking Success!

Before joining this site I was a little cynical that I would actually get any real benefit from it.  However I am pleased to report that this has not been the case and am writing to let everyone know how being a member of this site has directly enhanced my applied practice.

2 weeks ago I was asked to see an athlete who reported the yips.  In my 7 years experience of being involved with sport psychology this was something that I had never been faced with.  I bought some time for myself by telling the player that this was something that was rare but can be overcome.  I told him that I due to the fact that it is so rare I wanted time to consider how I could best assist him to overcome this issue.  One of the first things I did was place a note up on the Istadia sport psychology interest group club forum.  This lead me to the mobile telephone number of someone with a vast amount of experience of working with people with the yips.

I was slightly apprehensive calling a complete stranger.  However when I did the psychologist was very willing to speak to me.  He summarised the literature quickly and asked specific questions which quickly confirmed my thoughts that it was the yips and offered a way of dealing with the situation which was slightly different to what my initial thoughts were. 

I would wholeheartedly encourage others to utilise Istadia in this way.  I would never have got the psychologist in question mobile phone number had I not used this system and it clearly demonstrates that through knowing someone who knows someone I was able to assist my client in a much more effective way.

Thanks to the site and everyone that commented on the club forum!