PhD Student Clinical Psychology SFU | UofG Alumni | Athlete mental health and performance | he/him
University of Guelph
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Great addition to the journal from @JohannWindt and team! 🔥🔥 let us know your thoughts on our latest peer reviewed article! hot of the press this evening! 🔥 👉🏽 journalofelitesportperforman…
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Women athletes are redefining what 'strength' really means
On International Women's Day, @_shireenahmed_ presents her essay on women in sport, and the mental health struggles they face #IWD2022
More: cbc.ca/sports/international-…
(Not) Indomitable - an essay on mental health, and women in sport
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Kid coaches- stop saying: "I yell at you because I care." Sets up toxic understanding of what care should look/ feel like. If you need to explain, be honest and say, "I yell because i haven't learned to regulate my emotions and so struggle to communicate effectively."
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A troubling number of Canadian Olympians are binging, purging and starving themselves. Inside the eating disorder problem in elite amateur sports
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PREPRINT: Capturing the "expert’s eye": Towards a better understanding and implementation of subjective performance evaluations in team sports.
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Really excited for this project with @KeithHamilton29 @BD_Zumbo @Ben_Sporer & Dr. Cox 🧵1/3
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From youth sports, to high school, to college, I was surrounded by coaches with an old-school mentality. That mentality shaped me. Until my suicide attempt, I took great pride in always playing through the pain, grinding through pure exhaustion and putting the team before myself.
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Simone Biles went from the 👑 in the gymnastics word to the 🐐 in the fight to humanize athletes last night in Tokyo
A Thread:
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Luke Prokop had wondered how this call with the Predators would go ever since they drafted him. He was ecstatic after having it. It was the next step in a process he began last year.
Telling people he’s gay.
Now he’s telling everyone.
Here’s his story:
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Canadian national strategy to ensure excellent mental health and mental performance in high-performance sport is finally out! Yippee! – at Ottawa, Ontario
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Six former #OUA student-athletes have come together to launch a new networking initiative, @thexplaybook, designed to help student-athletes be competitive beyond their playing days.
#USPORTS
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We've always said you should ask for help when you need it. The pandemic has hit us hard as an organization so we're reaching out for support.
TY @StayciKeetch for donating your creative skills to help us share this important message. #LetsThriveTogether #MentalHealthWeek2021
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THIS IS BIGGER THEN HOCKEY
⚠️Please watch and retweet⚠️ Absolutely disgusting the rumors that were going around about @RobinLehner It concretely shows we have a ways to go. This courageous, world changing man is leading the way to end mental health stigma and I am so here for it! – at Sunnyvale, CA
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Mental health can make everyday life a feel like a burden.
Caileigh Filmer shares how she had to take a step back from her sport to focus on the most important victory: her well-being. #BellLetsTalk
@caileigh_f | @rowingcanada
ALT Mental health can make everyday life a feel like a burden. Caileigh Filmer shares how she had to take a step back from her sport to focus on the most important victory: her well-being. #BellLetsTalk @caileigh_f |@rowingcanada
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Brady Leavold: The Road to Recovery si.com/hockey/news/brady-lea…
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The pressure to succeed in sport can be overwhelming.
The TSN Original feature, Disorder, examines eating disorders in sports through the lens of athletes who have experienced the struggle firsthand: youtu.be/xW15n40IlQ8
Great article that dispels a lot of the myths of what mental performance consulting is, how it can help, and the overlap of performance and mental health. Also did a great job highlighting the boundaries of treating performance and mental health issue.
SI Daily Cover: Go behind the curtain and inside the craft of mental performance coaching with Paddy Steinfort, who has worked with Patrick Mahomes, Ben Simmons and more buff.ly/3cTaU5N
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"Mental health is a huge issue & a real thing in our world right now, especially the world we live...”
🗣 Speaking about real emotions experienced & normalizing the need to seek help to manage one’s mental health. 🙌👏 #AthletesMentalHealth
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Black Lives Matter intersects with sport psychology & mental health because athletes are people first. #BlackLivesMatter Shout to @Angelbrutus1 @drnyaka I.S. Keino Miller & @tylerbradstreet for their expertise & insight. #SportPsych #Culture apa.org/members/content/athl… via @APA
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One of the biggest sport myths that could explain why parents focus so much on specializing is that young athletes attain expertise with 10,000 hours of practice. This was popularized by @gladwell's book Outliers. 1/x