Ian Cookson - Sport Psychology

14/11/2025

13/11/2025

07/11/2025

🚨 New Episode of the Women's Football Hub Podcast: Trauma, Somatic Psychology & Goalkeeping with Lucy Burdin
In this powerful conversation, freelance sports psychologist Lucy Burdin (formerly Arsenal Women’s Academy) joins us to unpack:

The unique psychological demands of goalkeepers
How trauma and attachment theory show up in sport
Why being present is the most underrated skill in football
The role of somatic therapy in athlete wellbeing

Whether you're a coach, player, or parent, this episode offers fresh perspectives on how psychology shapes performance and identity in women’s football.

Listen here: https://zurl.co/6uJCs

06/11/2025

A great video telling Charlie's story through illness to junior football with the amputees and on to the men's team. These are the opportunities we want to provide for more amputees across the UK.

05/11/2025

This is critical to our continued operation.There's so may touching and inspiring stories behind the men and women that play amputee football. But we need the support of sponsors to continue to provide these opportunities.

⭐️ 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝙾𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 ⭐️

Love football? Want your business to be front and centre of an exciting football league?

The England Amputee Football League is seeking a principal sponsor to ensure the future of domestic amputee football.

The 2025 season saw more teams competing and even more amputee footballers playing the game they love.

But The EAFA is a charity and to continue showcasing the best of English amputee football, we need your help.

The EAFA reaches hundreds of thousands of people on our social platforms, drawing in millions of views that gets eyes on your business.

Together we can make a difference.

For more information email: EAFL@england-amputee.co.uk

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04/11/2025

Always interesting to deliver sessions like this and see what ideas resonate with teams.

Last night we welcomed Dr Ian Cookson, a sports psychologist, to our Monday night sessions to talk through all things confidence, communication and teamwork in preparation for the Lancashire regional qualifying tournament next Sunday. The players learned a lot, and hopefully have lots to take away and practice for big matches 💪🏼🩵🩷🖤

18/10/2025

We all need downtime, time for the body and mind to rest and recover. We took a little trip to Halifax to the Piece hall - a stunning place to visit.

16/09/2025

I've just returned from Trabzon where I worked with the England Amputee Football Association men's team at the Nations League. We met some of our goals, but missed out on winning after losing our final game and ended up third in group A. Travelling to international competitions gives me incredible insight into what it takes to win at the highest level. If you'd like to hear more, get in touch.

14/09/2025

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 👊

Today, we face Türkiye in our final game with it still all to play for.

Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

📺 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐨 🔗
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🆚 🇹🇷
⏰ 𝟏𝟕:𝟎𝟎 (𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐒𝐓)
🗓️ 𝟭𝟰 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
📍 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘇𝗼𝗻, 𝐓ü𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐲𝐞
🏆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗔

12/09/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 ⚽️

Tregaskiss put England ahead after the break before Poland again drew level.

Chances came for both sides, with Aki producing some big saves. Many positives to take from that performance as our first game ends as a draw.

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08/09/2025

Looking forward to another chance to work with this fantastic group of players.

𝟒 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐟𝐟 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🆚🇵🇱

🗓️ 𝟭𝟮 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
📍 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘇𝗼𝗻, 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆
🏆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗔