Advanced training "Basics of Mental Health in Competitive Sports
Fri 10 Dec
|Cologne
Start of the advanced training will be December 2021 at the Olympic Museum in Cologne. You will be able find more infos in the text, the request is of course non-binding.
Time & Location
10 Dec 2021, 15:00
Cologne, Olympia Museum, Im Zollhafen 1, 50678 Cologne
About the event
Advanced training "Basics of Mental Health in Competitive Sports
The physical health of athletes in competitive sports has been taken seriously for years and is very well supported by qualified sports medicine and physiotherapy measures. In contrast, mental health remains without special qualified care. Without this, many especially young and talented athletes risk their health and careers, spectators can only see part of their outstanding athletic performance, and clubs suffer considerable financial losses every year. However, increasing scientific publications and interviews of highly successful athletes reveal that mental training alone is not enough to maintain mental health. In order to achieve this goal in the long term, supplementary sport psychiatric knowledge is needed- in addition to the important sport psychology techniques- from all professional groups involved in competitive sport.
The German Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy has set itself the goal of improving the maintenance of mental health…