La mirada del psicólogo: 21 años de experiencia en el Athletic Club de Bilbao

Abstract

The objective of this article is to discuss the 21 years of my experience as psychologist at Athletic Club de Bilbao, a project that has been built for a club with a particular philosophy where foreign players do not play. Most players in the first team come from the quarry, and players represent the maximum value of the club and are the only ones who can make the team competitive. We work in a training process aimed at promoting active, thinking and responsible players who participate in their learning and are the protagonists of their development. This implies a change in the role of technicians, including psychologists, who become facilitators energizing optimal learning and performance contexts. From a humanist perspective, this proposal is essentially aimed at the professional development of technicians as a means for training conscious, autonomous and mature players, all of them key characteristics of a competitive player.