It is important to recognize that there are very few full time applied sport psychology positions - only a few hundred in the USA. I wrote the following paper to more widely communicate this fact so students understand how difficult it is to find a career in this field: Martin, J. (2019). Is the profession of sport psychology an illusion?. Kinesiology Review, 9(2), 92-103.

I was looking into this and i couldn’t find much info about the field of sports psych. Good to know there’s different options. Thank you Phil!

as an undergrad looking for grad schools rn, i’m finding some schools that offer dual programs in both counseling and sports psych and those look like great options to me

Another interesting field one should consider is PhD in Mental Health outstanding career is psychiatric epidemiologist

Hi Phil, found you channel a couple weeks ago and have been absolutely grinding through your videos. I have a BAH in sociology & minor in health but I’m returning to school to hopefully become a professional in the field of psychology as I’ve discovered is my passion. Your videos have brought me so much clarity & have saved me a bunch of time researching through countless sites of information online, I appreciate the brevity & genuine delivery you continuously provide. Been training in the gym for years & am also very passionate about physical therapy & conditioning so I sports psychology is a great mix for me cause I’m not so great with the ‘hard sciences’. Question for you: does a sports psych masters allow you to do therapy / counselling does it only allow you to do coaching? I want to minimize schooling (time & cost) & start gaining experience asap cause I feel like that’s whats key to become a top sports psych but if I’m better off pursuing a PhD or PsyD in clinical or counselling with a CMPC to be more valuable at the professional mental consultant level then I certainly will pursue that path no problem. Additionally, is the counselling path over the strength & conditioning / kinesiology path the way to go in becoming a sports psych the way to go to make myself more valuable as a top candidate in the profession or does it just generally depend on my interests & which one I’m more willing to fall back on or expand from down the line? Sorry for the long message, any help you could provide would be much appreciated. Love your video content, keep it up!

Thank you so much Phil. My dream has been to do sports psychology and i want to start the journey next year. Am in Kenya and unfortunately our universities don't have this course. I also have to start from a diploma level. Please advise which diploma courses will allow me to do sports psychology at Degree level. I just came across your teachings and am excited. I can't wait for more revelations. Thank you.

I just graduated with a B.A. in Psychology with Honors and B.A. in Public Health with Honors, and I have two years of research experience in health psychology. I am interested in pursing a PsyD in Clinical Psychology, but I am not sure if I need to pursue a masters first in order to get accepted into a PsyD program? If I were to pursue a masters, I would pursue a masters in Marriage & Family Therapy, but I don't want to spend $40-$50,000 on a masters simply to make myself more competitive for a PsyD program. But I also don't want to have to take another gap year if I don't get accepted into a PsyD program this upcoming cycle. What do you recommend?

I have some doubts I finished my graduation in psychology, what we can do for my master's applied psychology or any other psychology programs can u help

HELP! I have my masters in athletic administration.. I want to get into sports psychology so I must get my Doctorate. Do I have to study clinical psych? What should I choose! Grand Canyon University has a performance psych program phd but is not APA. Advice?

Hi, I hope all is well, I am an ex division 1 and professional student athlete looking for guidance as it’s my dream to become a sports psychologist. I was wondering if you would be open to connecting via email!? Thank you !