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How to Control Match Anxiety: A Practical Guide
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5 Proven Mental Training Techniques for Athletes to Perform Under Pressure
Elite athletes don’t just train their bodies, they train their minds with equal intent. At the highest level, performance is…
Stuti Jain
Location: Naval Tata Hockey Academy, Jamshedpur
Stuti is a gold-medalist postgraduate in Sports and Exercise Psychology from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat. With a strong academic foundation, including a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Sociology, and English Literature from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, she has consistently excelled, ranking first across her studies.
Unique Approach
Proficient in tools such as JASP and PsychoPy, she combines strong analytical skills with applied knowledge, effectively bridging the gap between research and practice. She is particularly skilled in statistics and quantitative studies, adding depth and rigor to her work.
Bhargavi Mangudkar
Location: Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC, Bhubaneshwar
As a British Psychological Society accredited Master of Science in Sports & Exercise Psychology from Brunel University London (UK), her expertise is in helping athletes to enhance their sporting performance and develop a positive approach.
Unique Approach
She is an ITF tennis player herself, and her own experience has inspired her to pursue sports psychology knowing the requirement and need of the hour
Nandini Choudhary
Location: Tata Steel / Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur
With a Master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, UK, she works with athletes between the ages of 10 and 25, from young beginners to elite performers.
Unique Approach
Her philosophy is simple yet intentional: person first, athlete next, performance after—with psychology serving all three. She emphasises progress over perfection and process over outcomes, helping athletes build self-awareness and develop the capacity to respond effectively to the demands of their sport. Having herself been an elite performer and represented her sport at the international level for 13 years, Nandini brings a deep, lived understanding of the pressures, expectations, and realities of competitive sport
