Performance psychology applies mental-skills training — focus, arousal regulation, visualization, resilience under pressure — to help athletes perform at their peak, the central expertise of a Sports Psychologist working with individual athletes or teams. In India, demand is rising as Olympic-cycle investment (SAI, state sports academies, and private cricket/football academies) starts funding sports-science support staff, though roles are still concentrated around elite programmes. It's a steep specialization requiring postgraduate sports psychology training plus hands-on work embedded with athletes.
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