Sport Psychology - Test 2

C2 Proficiency · Listening Sentence Completion · Cambridge English: Proficiency 1, Cambridge University Press

You will hear a sport psychologist called Brian Hawthorn giving a talk to psychology students about his profession. For questions 1–9, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

and professional and amateur competitors.

Brian says that sport psychologists assist both

and emotional setbacks.

Brian helps his clients deal with problems caused by

within their team.

Brian says sport psychologists sometimes need to suggest ways for a trainer to improve

as well as private consultancy work.

Brian says most sport psychologists do

in their clients.

According to Brian, all the techniques that sport psychologists use focus on encouraging

that people can make through visualisation before going to, for example, a job interview.

Brian refers to a

of his teammates.

Brian suggests that a footballer failed because he was thinking about the

thrown at him from the crowd.

Brian condemns the trend whereby a sportsman has

is what distinguishes the best sportspeople.

According to Brian, the ability to cope with

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