sport minds coaches workshop - lpp

Winning Minds: A Practical

Mental Health Workshop to

Help Coaches and Support

Staff Involved in Sport

Sport Minds Conference -

06/10/2015

This Workshop

Charter

How to support

coaches/support staff

Organisational action

plans

To cope with managing

such aspects

Helping coaches/

support staff to

- Identify mental health

difficulties in players

- Support these players

- Assist these players to

access professional

support

Part 1

Helping coaches/support staff to

support players

Continuum

Mental Health Difficulties

Role Play 1

Spot the difficulties!

DE and TR role play a coach/support staff

member interacting with a rugby player

Depression (ICD-10) (WHO, 2015)

includes:

Depressed mood,

Loss of interest or pleasure,

Sleep, appetite and energy

difficulties,

Thoughts of death,

Clinically significant distress or

impairment in social, occupational

or other important areas of

functioning.

Mood

Case Scenario 1

Sam (pseudonym) is a 24 year old, male, cricket player.

He worries that the other players in the squad don’t like

him. He is very conscious of what he is saying to them.

If he feels that he has said something, which might have

upset another player/others players he will think about

this for an extended period of time, his heart rate will

increase, his hands will become sweaty, he will get a

headache and a pain in his stomach. This pattern of

thinking and physiological symptoms will only dissipate

when he gets to a point when he feels that what he said

couldn’t have and didn't upset the other player/s, and

this is confirmed by the other squad member/s.

Anxiety

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (ICD-10)

(WHO, 2015) includes:

General and persistent anxiety,

Physical and psychological

symptoms,

Fear that something will happen to

self or others,

Clinically significant distress or

impairment in social, occupational

or other important areas of

functioning.

Case Scenario 2

Julie (pseudonym) is a 26 year old, female, tennis

player. She has persistent worry that the taps in her

house are not switched off and that she needs to check

that they are completely switched off or they will flood

the house. When she wakes up in the morning, Julie

goes around checking that every tap is closed. She

does the same thing when she leaves the house to go to

training. During her training she will be thinking about

whether she completely closed the taps in the kitchen.

This pattern of thinking affects her practice session. On

the way home in the car Julie is constantly thinking

about checking the taps when she gets home. She gets

home and checks the kitchen taps, which she had

switched off completely and then feels better.

Anxiety continued.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (ICD-10)

(WHO, 2015) includes:

Obsessive thoughts,

Compulsive acts,

Anxiety is typically present,

Clinically significant distress or

impairment in social, occupational

or other important areas of functioning.

Depression Staying AnxietyPresent

Depression and Anxiety link

Role Play 2

Spot the interactions!

DE and TR role play the coach/support staff member

interacting with the rugby player, from role play 1, focusing

on ways of interacting and how/where to access support

Person-centered principles (Rogers, 1986) include:

1) Empathy,

2) Warmth,

3) Genuineness,

4) Unconditional positive regard.

Ways of Interacting

Interaction Skills

Choose an appropriate setting and

time,

Maintain rapport (e.g. be aware

of body language, eye contact

and tone of voice),

Type of questions (e.g. open vs

closed questions),

Demonstrate listening (summarize

responses).

Where to Access Help From

This will vary depending upon the sport,

club and staff, and could include:

1) Club doctor,

2) Club physiotherapist/sport and exercise

scientist,

3) Club Sport and Exercise Psychologist,

4) Professional Practice,

5) General Practitioner (GP).

Part 2

Supporting coaches/support staff who

are helping players

Don’t forget the coaches/support staff!

Supporting coaches/support staff

How is it going with supporting the

player?

How are you coping?

Are you accessing support yourself

from those around you and how is

this process going?

If not, how and where can you access

support?

Part 3

Charter: Organisational action plans

1) What has gone into your organisational

action plans?

2) What could go into your action plans?

3) How to sign up to the charter if you

haven't already done so?

• Send Mind your action plans

• Send Mind your case studies

What next?

• World Mental Health Day – 10 October

2015

• Time to Talk Day – Feb 2016

• Charter one-year anniversary – March

2016

sport@mind.org.uk

Thank you

Optimising Health

Enhancing Performance

LPP Consulting

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London, W1G 9PZ

Phone +44 7769922512

Email philip.hopley@lpp.org.uk

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