Psychological Momentum in Team Sport: An Intervention Program in Professional Soccer

Abstract

Abstract This article presents an intervention program with an under-17 soccer team, in which a coach and a sport psychology consultant integrated training of psychological momentum (PM) into daily practice sessions. Starting out with basic description of PM, we proceed to describe how the intervention program was applied in a professional soccer team. The paper provides a detailed description of an 18 months intervention program that progressed from initiation of the program, group discussions, action plans, to on-pitch training of PM. The article finishes with reviewing under-17 coach and player reflections on the application of the intervention program.