Student Athlete Resiliency Workshop

On June 30th, 2015 the Centre for the Study for Sport and Health presented a pilot workshop aimed at developing resiliency and stress-management skills in student-athletes The Student Athlete Resiliency Workshop was developed by a group of successful student-athletes from SMU including Nikolas Shymko (football), Selina Fortier, Kanaar Bell (football) and Laura Langille (basketball). The Student Athlete Resiliency Workshop hosted grade 11 and 12 student-athletes from the HRM who will be competing at the CIS level next year, in their respective sport. Participants came from all backgrounds of sport including soccer, football, rugby, basketball, hockey and lacrosse. The purpose of the workshop is to give student-athletes tips on how to make the transition to becoming a successful, well-rounded CIS level student-athlete. The workshop focused on:

• Identifying good and bad stress

• Stress management techniques to increase resiliency

• Healthy coping skills

• Healthy decision making Disputing negative thinking

• Time management and organizational skills

• Accessing resources available to students on campus

The Centre for the Study of Sport and Health intends to run the Student Athlete Resiliency Workshop in the fall for all first year student-athletes at Saint Mary’s University.

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