Playing a sport has a lot of benefits for kids, from better fitness to improved concentration at school. Taking part in outdoor activities, like sports, can help kids to explore and develop new skills, which will be useful to them throughout their lives. When kids play a sport sport, they will be exposed to different …
As a child, it’s hard to imagine anything better than making a living by playing the sport you love. For a lot of little boys and girls growing up, football is seen as simply the best sport in the world. Turning out for every match in front of thousands of screaming fans, while getting paid …
The SportsMENTA Conference is the first sports and mental health conference in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Its first iteration recently concluded, with famed athletes from the region, such as squash world number 1, Ali Farag and world number 2’s, Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar. We caught up with SportsMENTA’s founder, Ally …
Sarah Roder, a registered psychologist with an extensive background working in high-performance sport and wellbeing. We recently caught up with Sarah to talk about her work with athletes, leading the Athlete Wellbeing & Engagement Program at Squash Australia, and the challenges the pandemic has brought to working within the space. Sportageous is a proud …
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I’m not a psychologist, but as a mental skills trainer with two university degrees in the subject, Sport psychology is a subject that has always been close to my heart. It’s not without its challenges though. Throughout my studies at university, I discovered that one of the biggest challenges Sport Psychology faces is its shortcomings …
Sports analyst, mental health advocate and community facilitator, Nicholas Bloom takes us through a lifelong love affair with sport and a decade of working in the industry. In this exclusive, Nicholas shares his views on COVID-19, and the prevalence of mental health issues and toxic masculinity, both in sport and wider society. Combining his greatest …
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At 17, Guy Walker had already represented the Australian U19 Cricket team at a World Cup in Dubai. A few years later he gave up his cricketing career due to injuries and played in the AFL. Having played for both the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL and Melbourne FC in the AFL, Guy Walker called …
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Recently, Glenn Maxwell, Nic Maddinson and Will Pucovski, withdrew from contention to play for Australia. Is the problem to do with cricket, specifically as a sport, and is Australian cricket alone in this battle against mental health? It is often thought that mental health issues revolve around depression and unhappiness. My last article centred on …
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The mental health of athletes continues to be ignored, relative to physical health. The advent of new departments with a focus on mental healthcare and rehabilitation in sport science is the need of the hour, to not only improve performances but to save careers as well. In 2019, mental health has become a key subject …
