disorders. Good mental health can be considered as a state of well-being that allows individuals to cope with the normal stresses of life and function productively in addition to possessing the skills and resilience to productively manage abnormal and potentially destructive stressors ( Fusar-Poli et
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Supporting Mental Health in Youth Sport: Introducing a Toolkit for Coaches, Clubs, and Organisations
Courtney C. Walton, Serena Carberry, Michael Wilson, Rosemary Purcell, Lisa Olive, Stewart Vella, and Simon Rice
Assessing the Irish Football Association’s “Ahead of the Game” Coach Education Training Programme on Raising Mental Health Literacy in Youth Football Coaches
Rodney Topping, Kyle F. Paradis, and Kyle Ferguson
The World Health Organization ( 2018 ) defines mental health as “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community” (p. 1
Understanding Well-Being in High-Performance Coaches: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach
Marketa Simova, Peter Olusoga, Christopher J. Brown, and Stiliani “Ani” Chroni
& Demerouti, 2017 ), but also their well-being ( Kenttä et al., 2023 ). Coaching has been shown to be a particularly stressful occupation. Coaches face a wide range of organisational, personal, and performance-related stressors (e.g., Didymus, 2017 ; Kenttä et al., 2020 ; Norris et al., 2017 ; Olusoga et
The Importance of Positive Relationships for Coaches’ Effectiveness and Well-Being
Louise Davis, Sophia Jowett, and Daniel Sörman
al., 2019 ), which in turn can amplify the psychological health costs (i.e., psychological well-being and mental health) and have implications for performance outcomes ( McNeill et al., 2018 ; Thelwell et al., 2017b ; Vealey et al., 2020 ). The recognition of the importance of well-being and mental health
Shaping Up the Profession: The Importance of Modeling Health and Fitness as Coaches
Timothy Baghurst and Beau James Diehl
A coach’s roles and responsibilities vary depending on situational factors. However, several characteristics of a coach are recognized as important for success irrespective of the coaching level or ability of the athletes. Physical role modeling is a characteristic largely forgotten in the literature and coaching standards, yet can have important positive or negative outcomes in athlete performance and coach credibility and well-being. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present a rationale for including physical role modeling within the tenets of coaching roles and responsibilities. Second, practical suggestions are made to demonstrate how physical role modeling can be presented positively, even when physical abilities are limited.
Coaches’ Use of Remote Coaching: Experiences From Paralympic Sport
Sarah Taylor, Ian Renshaw, Ross Pinder, Remco Polman, and Scott Russell
environment facilitated improved connectivity with athletes by providing insight into different environments and an opportunity for practitioners to express care and empathy, focusing on athletes’ overall well-being outside of the direct sporting context. However, challenges identified by Bennett ( 2020b
Talent Identification in Youth Basketball: Talent Scouts’ Perceptions of the Key Attributes for Athlete Development
Paul Larkin, Madison Sanford, Scott Talpey, Adam D. Gorman, and Matthew J. Reeves
interests explore talent identification and development in team sports and investigating the development of decision-making skills in sports. Madison Sanford is a masters’ student in the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia. Sanford has a passion for coaching, with a
Reimagining the Coach–Athlete–Environment Relationships in the Digital Communications Era
Sarah Taylor, Ian Renshaw, Ross Pinder, Remco Polman, Keith Davids, and Adam D. Gorman
of Health and Well-Being and Pro Vice-Chancellor Research at Federation University. He is a sport and exercise psychologist by training and a Health and Care Professions Council U.K.-accredited sport and exercise psychologist. His research is multi- and interdisciplinary in nature. More recent work
Position Paper: Rationale for a Focused Attention on Mental Health of High-Performance Sports Coaches
Göran Kenttä, Kristen Dieffenbach, Marte Bentzen, Melissa Thompson, Jean Côté, Cliff Mallett, and Peter Olusoga
Sport coaching is still a somewhat blurred profession grounded in teaching praxis and the development of relationships. At the core, coaches are responsible for supporting athlete development and sport performance as well as safeguarding their athletes’ overall health, well-being, and psychological
