{"id":442,"date":"2020-12-30T04:44:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/szantaipszichologus.hu\/?p=442"},"modified":"2022-09-13T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T14:56:03","slug":"kapusbol-lett-pszichologus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/szantaipszichologus.hu\/en\/kapusbol-lett-pszichologus\/","title":{"rendered":"A psychologist from a goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a child, Levente Sz\u00e1ntai dreamed of winning the Hungarian championship, becoming a member of the national team and a successful goalkeeper career. Although, all this was given to him, at the age of 30, after a conversation, he decided to become a sports psychologist. He told Pesti H\u00edrlap about the sudden change, his plans and his new job.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levente Sz\u00e1ntai started his career at \u00dajpest, and as a child, he knew exactly what and why he was doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eI was only 8 years old, when in an interview with IV. district TV I stated that I wanted to be the goalkeeper of the A-team of \u00dajpest. My childhood dream came true, when I was 18.\u201d \u2013 Sz\u00e1ntai told to our paper, defending his team\u2019s goal in 9 league games during 3 years. During his career, he played for MTK, Tatab\u00e1nya, Di\u00f3sgy\u0151r, Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesd and Szeged. He was also a member of the Hungarian U21 national team and in 2008 Erwin Koeman invited him to the national team to prepare for the matches against Greece and Croatia, but he didn\u2019t manage to play.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eI won the championship with MTK and after then I was able to celebrate a historic success with Mez\u0151k\u00f6vesd, the promotion to the first division. However, with the help of a well-trained sports psychologist, I could probably make more out of myself. I was not a goalkeeper of outstanding abilities, what I achieved was due to my diligence and persistence. Like every athletes, I also had ups and downs. Most of the times, I overcame these alone and with the support of my wife, with whom we have been together for 19 years. Overall, I am pleased, when looking back on my athletic career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story is almost fabolous, but in fact, Sz\u00e1ntai decided to become a sports psychologist in a training camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eDuring a training camp, I was talking with Istv\u00e1n Bogn\u00e1r \u2013 currently a football player at Paks \u2013 and he asked me why I wasn\u2019t studying to be a psyhologist as I understood people so well. At that time I was 30. The recognition was followed by lots of learning and at the age of 32 I took an advanced final exam in biology, then I was admitted to the University of Szeged and this summer, at the age of 37, I graduated with an MA degree in psychology. I am glad that, after finishing my professional football career, I was able to immediately start working at Szeged \u2013 Csan\u00e1d Grosics Akad\u00e9mia, where I am currently working in the youth academy as a psychologist. I would like to go forward step by step and to be adequately prepared within a further 5-year plan for the professional tasks ahead of me. Then I want to help the mental preparation of the players in the first division and in the youth Hungarian national teams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former goalkeeper said that, during his work he encounters classic problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThe basic problems are the same as the ones I experienced as an active football player. The player wants to get more chances to play, may not have a good relationship with his coach or could not perform in matches the way he did in trainings. By unlocking these blocks, the performance of the player will already improve. Once the problem is solved, there is an opportunity for targeted mental development so that the athlete can get the most out of himself in competitive situations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levente Sz\u00e1ntai during his university years, developed a 30 occasions, all-season long training program, whose aim is to develop the sense of responsibility of youth players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eI am currently doing this with two age groups in Szeged, holding group sessions on a weekly basis. Even as an active football player, I experienced that young players, who joined the A-team, have a low level of sense of responsibility for themselves, for their team and for their club, that\u2019s where the idea came from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The expert said that psychology is important in the field of sport, because physical, technical and tactical preparedness is helped by mental endurance. The athlete, who is mentally prepared, is able to withstand better the physical exertion, he is able to correct his movements with mental techniques and will be more effective in memorizing tactical instructions and applying them in competitive situations. Besides, he eats more consciously and pays more attention to his rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eThat is why a head coach, a fitness coach, a dietician, a doctor, a psychologist \u2013 and I could even add professionals \u2013 work in team at a more serious level, supporting athletes. Currently my most important goal is to gain enough professional experience in the youth academy. The key to the rise of the Hungarian football has to be searched here and by developing their mental fitness, young players will be able to stand up as an adult footballer on international level. That is why I would like to work primarily at the academic level and then with the youth Hungarian national teams. My long-term goal is to make the employment of sports psychologists in Hungarian football widely accepted. In my opinion, we are not sufficiently taking advantage of the benefits of mental preparation yet, there is a room for improvement in this area as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: https:\/\/pestihirlap.hu\/2020\/11\/22\/kapusbol-lett-sportpszichologus\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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