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Module 5

Sports psychology recommendations

An expert reads your data, you get straight talk.

Data is only as good as the conclusions drawn from it. Every two months a sports psychologist reviews your profiles, diagnostic values and trends and writes concrete recommendations from them: for individual players, for understanding the squad composition and for matchday. Not a theory paper, but sentences you can act on in Tuesday's session.

What's included

Every part of this module at a glance.

  • Analysis of your data by a sports psychologist, refreshed every two months
  • Individual leadership and communication tips for every player
  • Team-wide pointers for working together – no recommendations on who plays
  • Matchday recommendations for kickoff, half-time and the closing stages
  • Prioritisation: which measures come first over the next weeks
  • A compact report for the entire coaching staff

Recommendations for you as a coach

Concretely: what you see in the data and what you do about it.

1

Practise pressure together

What you see

Several players in one defensive line rate their emotional stability as low.

What you do

Practise calls and reset routines with the whole line, 10 minutes per session. Who plays where is your call from training, not from the questionnaire.

2

Use half-time differently

What you see

When behind, the mood in the dressing room regularly tips.

What you do

Agree a fixed dressing-room routine in advance: one minute of calm first, then the tactical correction. In that order the team stays in the game.

3

Catch dips in form

What you see

A regular starter declines across three consecutive measurements.

What you do

Have the conversation before performance drops on the pitch, and reduce responsibility short-term rather than increasing it.

4

Set realistic season goals

What you see

The team dimensions sit clearly below the league benchmark.

What you do

Set a team goal rather than a table position for the next quarter and measure it through the diagnostics.

Preview

Example data from a sample team. This is how the analysis looks in your coach dashboard.

Extract from the report

Period: last 2 months

An observation from the data and the recommendation derived from it.

  • Player #8 · Central midfield

    Observation: High conscientiousness with low extraversion, takes responsibility but does not demand it.

    Recommendation: Offer leadership through defined tasks rather than speeches. Clarify in a conversation which task fits.

  • Player #17 · Centre-back

    Observation: Emotional stability down across 3 consecutive measurements, with exercise participation at 42 %.

    Recommendation: Hold a one-on-one early. Stabilise him deliberately before tight games and rebuild the reset routine together.

  • Squad overall

    Observation: Only 4 of 18 players with high extraversion; team communication is the weakest dimension.

    Recommendation: Introduce binding standard calls in training so communication no longer depends on personality. Deliberately build up two players as vocal leaders.

Matchday recommendations

Concrete for the next games, tailored to your squad.

Before kickoff

Address quiet players individually rather than speaking to everyone. With this squad the one-on-one has a measurably stronger effect.

Half-time

When behind, one minute of calm first, then the tactical correction. Otherwise the mood tips.

Closing stages

Agree a short shared routine for the closing stages (breathing, one call) that everyone knows.

How it works

1

Data flows in

Personality profiles and diagnostic results form the basis of the analysis.

2

Expert analyzes

A sports psychologist evaluates squad, development and anomalies in the context of your league.

3

Report for the staff

Every two months you receive concrete, actionable recommendations, not a theory paper.

Is this right for your club?

Let's have a short conversation about which modules genuinely make sense for your squad size and league.

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