Why?
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Athletic performance, be it in training or in individual or team competition, requires
more than mere physical effort. Success in sport requires full alignment and
engagement of the heart and of the mind.
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Education ideally builds a learning
athlete. Beyond simple facts, a student who can learn how to master stress,
care for his / her body, engage emotions and discipline the mind is an individual
well prepared for the challenges of life. Without these abilities, traditional
education falls on barren ground.
Our sporting and educational institutions urgently need to find curricular space
for an evidence-based, integral approach to cultivating awareness and competence
in Resilience. This must be extended to and through teachers, coaches and parents
if we are collectively to achieve our potential at home, at work, in sport and in
society generally.
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Benefits
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A Resilient athlete understands how to train and master the body, heart and mind
in the pursuit of excellence. Resilience skills are applied in achieving victory
and just as importantly in securing the deep, rejuvenating recovery that facilitates
training.
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A Resilient student has acquired the life skills to put their formal training
and life's aspirations to work. In starting young, Resilience is eaily learned
and quickly becomes an intuitive life-long
skill.
By building Resilience into school curriculums we will mitigate the destructive
effects of distress, depression and poor health. We will have built the fence
at the top of the cliff and liberated our young people to pursue a path
towards health, happiness and personal success.
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