Absence of Phychologist causes of  Team Nigeria’s failure At 2024 Paris Olympics-SPAN

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.