The Sports Psychology Blog
This Sports Psychology blog comes as Bristol City take over leadership of the Championship.
Football: Bristol City - Make It So
''It's great to be in pole position with only 11 games left. We have believed in ourselves from day one, and nothing has changed." The words of Bristol City manager Gary Johnson. Bristol City are the fourth team to taste life at the top of The Championship. Watford, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke City and now Bristol City. The question now is, do The Robin's have the mental strength to make the title their's?
If they have the deep levels of belief that Gary Johnson is referring to, then there is no reason to suppose they will blow it. Belief is the quality that means you feel no contradiction between your league position and your capability. You are top of the league. And you like the feeling. You want to stay there. It is right that you are there. Yes - you are the best team in the league.
It doesn't matter that you have just come up from League One. That was then. Now, you fear no one. The team-spirit is effervescent. Doubts do not exist. You trust the person next to you. You will not let each other down. The focus is on one game at a time. No more. Outcomes that you can manage. Let the rest take care of itself.
Right now it is the perfect time for a team to make the Championship title their's. To truly put down their marker and sprint for the line. No one else seems to want it. Can Bristol City make it so?
