Football psychologist and interim assistant coach of the Black Stars, Professor Mintah has warned club to desist from letting their players board taxis to match venues to play matches insisting it reduces the players’ self-confidence and breeds inferiority complex.
According to him, if players use commercial vehicles to arrive at match venues, they feel inferior to their opponents, more especially, when the opponents are well organized in their team buses.
His warning came at a time when players of Accra Great Olympics, languishing at the bottom of the Ghana Premier League table, were caught on camera scrambling for taxis to go home after their disappointing goalless draw with WAFA.
“Not having a team bus and compelling players to take taxis is part of team dynamics. It’s part of the things that bring about inferiority complex,” he told GHANAsoccernet.com
“When players move in different cars like that, they don’t feel like being in a team especially when they see their opponents well organized in their bus. That reduces team cohesion and team unity and that will certainly make them feel that they are not important compared to their opponents.
He emphasized on the inferiority complex and advised clubs to make sure it does not set into their teams.
“When inferiority complex sets in, it reduces the players’ level of confidence and confidence is tied up to performance. So if they can’t manage their confidence, they feel they are not up to that level,” he added.
The Ghana Premier League returnees are yet to win a game in five matches in the season so far with only two draws and languishing at the bottom of the 16-club league.
The practice appear common among many clubs in the country but the recent wind blowing in the camp of Great Olympics has alarmed many who believe clubs must sit up to call of professionalism.
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