David McHugh

David McHugh

@mchughsp.bsky.social

Director of Mental Performance at Washington Spirit. CPsychol PSI & HCPC registered Sport Psychologist. UEFA A Elite Coach.

39 Followers 38 Following 12 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 year ago
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Brazil's Top 10 World Cup Goals Ever YouTube video by Football Cult


#Culture #Football #MentalPerformance #SportsPsychology

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The Most Beautiful Football on Earth: What We Are, Why We Destroy Ourselves “Our mulatto football (…) is an expression of our social formation, (…) democratic like nothing else and rebellious to excesses of internal…

I have always fascinated by the way Brazil play the game ⚽️. If anyone is looking for something to read on football and the influence of culture over Christmas, this article by Jozsef Bozsik gives a fascinating insight into what shapes the way they play the game.

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"Brazilian football can only be played by the Brazilian people. Our game, our characteristics, our choices are part of our culture. Football is an integral part of the material, emotional, and symbolic life of the people. Our game was forged by the characteristics of the Brazilian people."

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#psychologyinsport #sportpsychology

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Summary 📝

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The difference between using "and" and "but" when speaking to ourselves #selftalk

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The difference between having a thought and buying into a thought 💭 #mentalskills

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A real world example ⚽️ #football #championsleague #roykeane

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How can you perform despite difficult emotions? Thread below 👇

#MentalPerformance

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Functional Contextualism is a key idea which helps practitioners understand behaviour in context. Some slides we covered below 👇

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As part of our monthly supervision programme we covered the theory underpinning ACT. This is the first of a series of 4 group workshops as we focus in on ACT as a counselling approach. 👇

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#sportspsychology #mentorship #mentalperformance #cmpc

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The Irish coach at the coalface of a NWSL club's upturn Athlone native David McHugh is the performance coach for NWSL side Washington Spirit who have gone from an underwhelming 2023 to reaching this weekend's Championship final. McHugh speaks to RTÉ Sport'...

First post and looking to connect with people around Sports Psychology and Mental Performance... It was great to share the work we have done around Mental Performance at Washington Spirit this season with Raf Diallo.

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#mentalperformance #sportspsychology #nwsl #coaching

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