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SMS: Strong Mind for Success
Sports day #SMS in Kremikovski Monastery
12.07.2024
On July 12, 2024 in the Kremikovski Monastery "St. George the Victorious", within the summer camp in the monastery, a sports event was held within the SMS – Strong Mind for Success project. The event was attended by children and young people who had the opportunity to learn more about the power of sport as a means to overcome mental health challenges for young people.
“Strong Mind for Success” is an Erasmus+ co-funded initiative aiming to build capacity in sport organizations nowadays in the field of mental care awareness and care towards youth athletes. Strong Mind for Success project delivers an innovative education on how mental health can contribute for the successful development of young football players in Bulgaria, Italy and Slovenia.
This project uses the knowledge gathered from the results of the objectives and policies from the European Action Plans on Mental Health and focuses on educating young football players on mental health awareness. The target group are youth players (13 – 17), male and female as this age parameter is crucial for the psychological development of the athletes. The relevance and need of such project are supported by the scarcity of data not on what is the effect of sport on mental health, but rather the opposite. During the project will be analysed as well the aspects on how can we use mental health in order to prepare the players mentally and produce quality performance on the field and hopefully on the professional level. With the present project, the consortium aims to further develop the skills of managers as well on how to approach the mental aspects of their players, hopefully acquire the services of more mental health experts and introduce a more holistic approach to football preparation.
MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS:
• Online platform on the importance of addressing mental health in the sport;
• Practical phase of development of new project ideas through the project lifetime;
• Implementing quality educational and research activities focused on the development of mental health amongst youth football players.
Partnership: 3 different EU countries – experienced organizations in the field of sport with know-how of project management that they can transfer in the project lifetime – Bulgarian sports development association (coordinator) L’ORMA from Italy and sport club Endorfin from Slovenia.
This project uses the knowledge gathered from the results of the objectives and policies from the European Action Plans on Mental Health and focuses on educating young football players on mental health awareness. The target group are youth players (13 – 17), male and female as this age parameter is crucial for the psychological development of the athletes. The relevance and need of such project are supported by the scarcity of data not on what is the effect of sport on mental health, but rather the opposite. During the project will be analysed as well the aspects on how can we use mental health in order to prepare the players mentally and produce quality performance on the field and hopefully on the professional level. With the present project, the consortium aims to further develop the skills of managers as well on how to approach the mental aspects of their players, hopefully acquire the services of more mental health experts and introduce a more holistic approach to football preparation.
MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS:
• Online platform on the importance of addressing mental health in the sport;
• Practical phase of development of new project ideas through the project lifetime;
• Implementing quality educational and research activities focused on the development of mental health amongst youth football players.
Partnership: 3 different EU countries – experienced organizations in the field of sport with know-how of project management that they can transfer in the project lifetime – Bulgarian sports development association (coordinator) L’ORMA from Italy and sport club Endorfin from Slovenia.
