Mental health in sport: a convo with professional football player Kevin George (The Sesh)
Mental health in sport at an elite level is rarely talked about. We talk about the importance of mental health in professional football, how it what is happening off the pitch is the biggest impact on what happens on the pitch. The three geezers talk about the human side of elite sportsmen, the side that fans and the public never see.
Ex-pro Kevin George opens up about his experiences as a Premiership footballer and the experiences of fellow professionals that he's close to. From the pressure of training with different characters, how managers treat you and how you can't show any signs of weakness. The group also talks about how it's changing today, and we're seeing more footballers such as Marcus Rashford and Hector Bellerin do more outside of the game.
After retiring as a professional footballer, Kevin used his experience and insight to develop SOCCOLOGY, a human performance programme that has been widely endorsed by key footballing and sports figures around the world.
A passionate advocate for how understanding human behaviour can have a significant impact on decision making both on and off the pitch, Kevin's work on conflict resolution is regularly used in prisons and the SOCCOLOGY programme has been delivered across all Premier League football clubs.
Kevin’s problem sets off an interesting conversation around the commercialisation of mental health, before he and our boys dissect our current community topic; mental health in football (26:25).
An insight into the minds of 3 brave geezers doing their best to be just a little bit more vulnerable.
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