mental health
NCAA Survey: Increased Focus on Mental Health for Coaches
In an NCAA-led survey, more than 80 percent of head, assistant, and associate coaches across all three divisions reported spending more time discussing mental health with student-athletes than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. At high rates, coa...
IOC Launches Long-Term Study of Olympians to Help Physical & Mental Health
As part of its ongoing efforts to promote athletes’ safety and well-being, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the University of Edinburgh, has launched the IOC Olympians Health Cohort, a new long-term research project aimed at re...
Study: Mental Health Issues On Minds of NCAA Athletes
As a follow-up to two NCAA student-athlete well-being studies conducted in 2020, student-athletes continue to report elevated levels of mental health concerns. The data indicated rates of mental exhaustion, anxiety, and depression have seen li...
Rewire Fitness Launches First-to-Market Neuro Performance Mobile Platform for Athletes
Rewire Fitness announced the launch of its first-to-market neuro performance mobile platform designed to holistically quantify athlete readiness, build mental resilience, and improve mind/body recovery. To further elevate the athlete experience, Rewi...
Hyperice Enters Mental Health Space with Core Acquisition
Hyperice, the industry leader in recovery technology and pioneer of percussion, vibration, dynamic air compression, and thermal technology, recently announced the acquisition of Core, a mental wellness company that invented the first meditation train...
Cultivating Confidence in Student-Athletes
The beauty of confidence is that it’s a skill; we can build it and get better at it over time, and I have a few suggestions on where you can start. There are a plethora of resources and tips on confidence building between blogs and books, but on...
Achieving Level II in Athletics
Even though most athletes would tell the coach that they want to perform at their ultimate level of play, the reality is many settle for what would be called a Level I performance. Both the coach and player are unaware that they are not reaching thei...
Study: 9 in 10 Parents Cite Mental Health as Top Reason Kids Play Sports
TeamSnap, which provides industry-leading sports management and communication software for amateur sports, released the results today of its research study produced in collaboration with The Aspen Institute's Sports & Society Program, Families ...
