What sports psychologists do?

Self sports scientists usually leads a group of tasks related to the performance of sport and education. Some of the occupied Palestinian territories to teach at the university level, while others work directly with athletes to increase motivation and improve performance.

Other options include client counseling, scientific research and sports consultancy.

In addition to working with professional athletes and sports psychologists also take advantage of their expertise to increase mental well-being of non-athletes. It can work with a range of clients, including children and adolescents participating in athletics, professional athletes and teams interested in improving their performance and work on the injured athletes return to competition.

?Km Sports psychologists typically earn
Wages ranges vary greatly within the sports psychology on the basis of training and education, and the area of ​​specialization. According to the Occupational Outlook handbook published by the US Department of Labor that, average salaries for clinical and counseling psychology ranging between $ 41,850 and $ 71,880. And the average salary was for positions of faculty members of the university $ 55,000 in salary survey in 2001 by the American Psychological Association (APA) (Singleton et al., 2003). Some sports psychology senior scholars earn six figure salaries working as consultants for professional athletes, but most get an annual income of more modest.