Due gesti virali diventati oggetto di ironia sono in realtà un buon punto di partenza per parlare di due strumenti reali della psicologia dello sport: l’imagery […]

On Saturday 19 September Millwall and West Ham meet for the first time in 14 years, and London mobilises 400 officers and special powers. From the fake grenade of 1965 to […]

How Italy's national volleyball team, with a perfect record at the 2026 European Championship, is applying (perhaps without knowing it) three of the most solid principles of performance psychology. There's […]

Within the space of a week, Italian football produced two textbook cases in the psychological management of the relationship between a coach and their club. Marco Giampaolo was […]

Sixty years after the last Italian win at the Italian Grand Prix, Andrea Kimi Antonelli rewrote Monza's history by climbing from nineteenth on the grid to the top […]

Dopo il periodo di riposo concordato con il ct Julio Velasco al termine della fase preliminare della Volleyball Nations League 2026, Myriam Sylla è rientrata in […]

The longest set in volleyball history — Italy-Germany, 64-66, FIPAV Cup Men Elite, 26 August 2026 — is the key to understanding […]

From 10 to 16 August 2026 in Birmingham, Italian athletics wins 8 golds, leads the European medal table and delivers stories that go far beyond the result […]

What happens in the mind of an athlete who has to win again 24 hours after having already achieved the greatest dreamAuthor Fabio Zarra www.sportpsychologycenter.com Wednesday 12 August, […]

On 28 July 2026, Malagò announces to the Federal Council the return of Roberto Mancini to the Azzurri bench. Three years after his departure for Saudi Arabia, after the […]

In sixteen days, the FIGC appointed a technical director, an advisor, chose a head coach, burned it all over a Russian sponsor, and received the resignations […]

From 20 to 26 July 2026, the Karol Wojtyla Sports Centre in Cardano al Campo (Varese) hosts the European Inline Speed Skating Championships. Italy […]

Spa-Francorchamps, 19 July 2026. Andrea Kimi Antonelli wins the Belgian Grand Prix, his sixth win of the season in Formula 1 at 19. He is the youngest […]

Wimbledon, July 8, 2026. Flavio Cobolli, world number 10, loses in the quarterfinals to Arthur Fery, number 114 and a British wild card. Three straight sets. Then, in a press conference, he says something rare: "My subconscious thinks I'm a player to beat, and then I find myself fighting my monsters on the court." Psychology has a specific name for those monsters. […]

By Fabio Zarra Last night, in Dallas, Spain eliminated Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in the round of 16 of the World Cup, qualifying for the […]

By Fabio Zarra Tonight, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, Brazil and Norway are playing for a place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. […]

A 100-minute press conference, the accusations against the players, the tears, the phrase "you abandoned me." Marcelo Bielsa's departure from Uruguay after their group stage elimination at the 2026 World Cup is one of the most powerful case studies ever available to coaching psychology. Science explains what breaks down when a coach and his players stop communicating. […]

2026 World Cup · Psychology of the Role Fabio Zarra · Sport Psychologist · Sport Psychology Center · July 1, 2026 «The Gill kid doesn't talk, he's […]

World Cup 2026 · Mentality and pressure Cape Verde, on its debut, is the smallest nation ever to reach the round of 16 of a World Cup. Now it challenges […]

Didier Deschamps leaves France's 2026 World Cup training camp after his mother's death. A case that raises a scientifically precise question: what happens? […]

From the Ronaldinho-Ravenna case to Pantani, from Sinner to Simone Biles: a psychological analysis of misinformation in the world of professional sports. […]

Three weeks of physical uncertainty, 'tough days' for non-sporting reasons, tears after the first goal. Then a record hat-trick. Messi's case at the 2026 World Cup is a natural laboratory to understand when extra-sport stress becomes a resource — and when it instead risks destroying us. […]

At the 2026 World Cup, Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu made headlines not for his lineups or his statements, but for a blackboard. […]

It's official: Sport Psychology Center is among the selected exhibitors of the WMF – We Make Future 2026, the International Fair and Festival on innovation dedicated to AI, […]

Monaco, June 7, 2026. Charles Leclerc crashes into the wall at Rascasse, blaming his brakes on live radio and at a press conference. Brembo responds with a statement. […]

After Italy's victory over Luxembourg, interim coach Silvio Baldini also gave credit to the stars. This expression offers a starting point for distinguishing—in light of scientific literature—between superstitious thinking and routine preparation for the performance. […]

Student-Athlete School. The Tara Dragaš Case and What We Too Often Forget About the True Function of School […]

The psychology of place in elite sport: trauma, contextual mental block, and redemption. What science tells us about athletes' ability—and inability—to revisit the "scene of defeat." […]

In the space of a few days, one of the most successful athletes in history went from tears of defeat to tears of joy. Behind a viral image is […]

The 2025/26 season ends amid record injuries, impossible schedules, and a question rippling through the dressing rooms of Europe's top clubs: what price to play for? […]

March 2026. At the Milano Cortina Paralympic Winter Games, something unusual draws media attention: inside the Olympic Villages, alongside weight rooms and […]