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Coaching Girls Guide: Ho to Get (and keep) Girls Playing: Strategies for Engaging Girls in Sport
The goal of this guide is to help coaches create spaces that are more inclusive and welcoming for girls and other young people on the gender spectrum who are traditionally marginalized from sport.
Coaching for Belonging Playbook
This playbook was created by Nike and informed by dozens of partner coaches, athletes and organizations around the world in order to help adults see the power and importance of coaching for belonging.
Interoception: The Secret Ingredient
Your brain keeps you alive and well by running a metabolic “budget” for your body. Our authors explain how these budgetary activities, and the bodily sensations they create, suggest surprising connections between brain, mind, body, and world.
Why Real Coaches Want to Be Ted Lasso
He doesn’t know anything about his sport, but he knows how to get the best of his players. An unexpected hit TV show has become “required watching” for coaches.
Perspective | Olympians are crying out about their mental health challenges. We should listen.
For 2021 Olympians, physical health is important. Mental health is essential.
Study: The Best Way to Get Rid of Work Stress
Stressed out at work? Yoga may bring the relief you’re looking for.
How Noticing Emotions at Work Can Build Trust
Recognizing your coworkers' feelings is a way to show that you care.
Six Causes of Burnout at Work
A new book explains the root causes of burnout and why we won’t solve them without changing work culture.
Why You Should Make Time for Self-Reflection (Even If You Hate Doing It)
Research has shown that reflection boosts productivity. Yet few leaders make time for it. Why? For one, they often don’t know where to start. You can become more reflective by practicing a few simple steps.
New Study: Why Having a Good Listener Can Boost Brain Health
Having someone who will listen to and support you may boost your cognitive resilience.
Why Feeling More Makes You Feel Better
When we experience a wide range of emotions, we can enhance both our mental and physical health.
What Your Body Knows Before Your Brain Does - Mindful
Michelle Maldonado offers a practice for tuning in to the wisdom of the body.
Not Taking All Your Vacation Days? It Could Be One of the Biggest Mistakes of Your Life
A beautiful spoken word piece reminds us of the precious value that family vacations and experiences bring to our lives.
Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Sport Performance in Elite Canoeist
Several studies support the hypothesis that emotions are linked with sport performance. However, only a few studies have addressed the direct relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and sport performance. In order to address this question, emotional intelligence was assessed in 50 elite male canoeists from a total of fourteen countries.
How Emotional Intelligence Enhances Athletic Performance
Over the past several decades, scientists, philosophers, sports coaches, advocates of mindfulness, and many more have sought to undo the anomaly of a separate mind and body that Western society has created for itself. The difference between the material and immaterial is a notion that often goes unnoticed and unseen in our day-to-day living.
The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Performance in Competitive Sports: A Meta-Analytical Investigation
Emotional intelligence (EI) is considered as a factor influencing sport performance. The research findings are inconsistent with respect to the size and even the direction of the relationship, however. In order to summarise the available evidence, we conducted a meta-analysis examining the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and sports performance in competitive sports.
Neurofeedback versus mindfulness on young football players' anxiety and performance
In this study, three faculty members of the Physical Education and Sport Sciences Department at the University of Tehran examined the effects of Mindfulness and Neurofeedback interventions on the level of Sport Anxiety and Athletic performance of young football players.