Preventing threats to sport integrity among young ..
Preventing threats to sport integrity among young high level athletes through development of mental skills
Start date: Jan 1, 2017,
End date: Jun 30, 2018
PROJECT
FINISHED
The mental skills for sport integrity project is a 18 monthes small collaborative project whose ambition is to demonstrate the contribution and potential of mental skills development programmes to preserve sport integrity and prevent misbehaviour among young both high level and amateur athletes.This project is based on an innovative consortium gathering a regional sport performance training centre, a national sport federation and a national sport education promotion body araising from 3 different cultural contexts (France, Italy, United Kingdom). They are all delivering training programmes toward athletes aiming at developing mental skills, allowing them to increase their sport performance and capacities in a long term and holistic perspective. Mental preparation techniques however greatly vary according to sport disciplines, contexts (amateur/high level sport) and professional background of trainers but also culture. All partners are convinced that mental skills can play a preventive and positive role in preserving integrity among sport practitionners.Therefore, the mental skills for sport integrity project intends to - increase knowledge about mental skills in sport context, existing training programmes delievered in various cultural contexts and sport disciplines - Highlight the contribution of mental skills to preserve integrity among young sport practitioners, especially high level athletes- Highlight common patterns and showcase most efficient training programmes Partners will deliver following achievements- collect and share existing datas, including leading inquiry with target audience- Emphasize common patterns of training practices and lead specific evaluation process - Share results and formulate recommendations through a final 3 day transnational working seminar- They will continuously communicate on the project, including involving local local stakeholders into local steering group, to ensure exploitation of results
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