Roberto Forzoni speaks with BBC Radio Kent about mindset and comebacks. How can you deal with adversity and come back strong? What potential issues could you face and how do you overcome them? These are the questions asked and in this interview, we look at lessons from Andy Murray’s incredible come back from a career-threatening injury to winning at Queens.
BBC Radio Kent: The psychology of football fans, compared with rugby and cricket
Roberto Forzoni speaks with John Warnett on BBC Radio Kent. looking at the psychology behind sports fans and tribalism. In particular, and following the Birmingham City fan hitting the Aston Villa player, why is it that this behaviour tends not to happen within rugby and cricket.
Why black men don’t get manager’s jobs
There is much talk within the game, particularly from black ex-players, that there is discrimination and prejudice against them and that is why they are not offered similar management positions within the English Football League and, including the Premier League. English football has always had a problem with not appointing enough black managers. There are currently just three in the 92 first …
ACE Magazine
Roberto Forzoni replies: players should focus on their own game play and other controllable factors (such as effort, attitude and responses), rather than uncontrollable factors such as their opponent’s behaviour. I suspect that players who are easily distracted by the grunter may well find something else to be distracted by in the absence of noise. So beware. if you start …
Influence Key Note
This is a really fun and interactive talk and demonstration of the power of influence The talk is engaging, demonstrating how influence can affect everyone.
David Cotterill: Wales winger opens up about depression
CLICK TO VIEW VIDEO ON BBBC SPORT By Chris Wathan BBC Sport Wales Warning: this article contains content which you may find upsetting. Feeling he had nowhere else to turn, David Cotterill would try anything to distract his mind from his own thoughts. There were times he’d be sat in a hotel room on international duty, spending hours painstakingly piecing …
Listen to Marvin Sordell’s poem about his depression
Burton Albion footballer Marvin Sordell turned to writing and poetry to cope with depression. Sordell believes depression is widespread in football and more needs to be done to help players.
Influence: Building Strategies to Win
Roberto Forzoni is a unique presenter and speaker with the rare ability to genuinely inspire audiences, leaving individuals and organisations with practical strategies for change. A new interactive keynote workshop that explores the science of winning. This 60-minute session explores the components of success that are under our influence and control. Taking examples from the world of high-level sport, Roberto …
Building Mental Resilience – A 12-week programme
This practical, hands-on programme has been designed to help players understand and use key concepts in developing mental resilience and mental toughness – crucial elements in the pursuit of excellence and sporting success. The programme incorporates many relevant psychological principles and strategies, including a review of the US Marines Mental Toughness components that will help your players deliver under pressure. …