Sports
Absence of Phychologist causes of Team Nigeria’s failure At 2024 Paris Olympics-SPAN
Joel Ajayi
The dismal performance of Team Nigeria at the Paris 2024 Olympics has been attributed to the absence of Phychologists in the team.
Speaking at the Annual National Conference of the Sports Phychologists Association of Nigeria, SPAN held at the National Institute in Lagos on Wednesday, Professor Clement Fasan who presented the lead paper said Nigeria would have fared better if Team Nigeria had been attached with Sports Phychologist.
Speaking under the theme: Optimizing Athletes Performance and Wellbeing: Challenges for Sports Stakeholders in the 21st Century, Professor Fasan said ” We canot talk of optimizing athletes performance without their well-being or welfare. Athletes are fragile and have expiring dates.
They are susceptible to injury which can be vital and cut short their career. We must develop programs and incentive methodologies to cater for their well-being and welfare. Without the help of Phychologist, the athletes canot achieve much”
Speaking in the same vein, Professor Seun Omotayo said” Both sucess and failure needs to be managed.
Tobi Amusan failure was due to lack of Phychological management. SPorts is scientific without which talent and technique would not count for much.Coaching is an integral part of coaching philosophy.
In his own remarks, Director-General National Institute for sports Professor Olawale Moronkola said the event is coming at a most auspicious time when Nigerian Sports is under scrutiny due to the poor performance in Paris.
The theme is timely in the quest of all stakeholders in sports industry to propel better the fortunes of sports in all ramifications on Nigeria for better podium success in national and international competitions.
We must take advantage of this event to correct alot of things that has gone wrong in our sports.
Sports
Agada Shines with Brace as Orijent Beat Karlovac 2-0
Nigerian forward Charles Adah Agada scored twice as HNK Orijent secured a 2-0 away victory over Karlovac 1919 in the Croatian SuperSport Prva NL on Saturday.
Orijent produced an impressive performance at the Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Stadium in Karlovac to claim all three points in the league encounter.
Agada, a former Mavlon FC of Lagos attacker, was the standout performer, finding the net twice to help the visitors overcome their hosts and strengthen their position in the league campaign.
Orijent went into the half-time break with a 1-0 advantage before extending their lead in the second half.
The Nigerian striker completed his brace with the goal that made it 2-0 in the 57th minute.
Karlovac were unable to find a response as Orijent held on to their advantage to secure victory away from home.
The result represents an important boost for Orijent, who will look to build on the performance in their subsequent league fixtures.
For Agada, the brace underlines his value to the team as Orijent continue their campaign in Croatia’s second-tier football competition.
He has built an important role on loan at the club and has successfully established himself as a regular fixture in their lineup, appearing in all 8 league matches so far this season.
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