0 someone who studies how psychology influences sport and exercise, especially someone who works with athletes to improve their performance:
There's a phenomenon that sports psychologists call BIRG, or "basking in reflected glory".
He probably understands the players' psyches better than some of the sports psychologists who occasionally show up on the circuit.
The problem, sports psychologists agree, is that an action a player has instinctively performed thousands of times is suddenly the object of conscious thought.
