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Positive Youth Development Process Evaluations: What Does Previous Evidence Tell Us?
In this three-part mini-blog series, we will delve into Dr Grace Tidmarsh’s PhD work, which placed a focus on evaluating Positive Youth...

SPRINT project
Jul 7, 20233 min read


Beyond Elite Athletes: How do Young People Experience Mental Skills Training?
My Strengths Training for Life™ (MST4Life™) is a strengths-based programme that trains mental skills commonly used by world leading...

SPRINT project
Jun 16, 20232 min read


Esports – it’s in the imagery
Think back to the last time you played a videogame – could you have avoided being squashed by the giant boulder if you had been more...

SPRINT project
Jun 9, 20232 min read


Reviewing your year in 4 easy strengths-based steps
It is all too easy to look back on your year and focus on the goals you haven't achieved, the projects not yet completed or the bad...

SPRINT project
Dec 12, 20225 min read


What does home mean to you?
The SPRINT Project team are excited to share that the Making home a place to be exhibition is now open until 27th November at The...

SPRINT project
Nov 17, 20222 min read


Supporting Community Organisations to Promote Young People's Wellbeing: Upcoming Webinar
Are you interested in new ways of improving young people’s wellbeing? Come join our free webinar to learn how sport psychology techniques...

SPRINT project
Oct 5, 20222 min read


Take a mental break, connect with nature
Here at the SPRINT project, we have spoken about the benefits of mindfulness and of connecting with nature through our MST4Life™...

SPRINT project
Jul 12, 20213 min read


How to use imagery like an Olympian
On Thursday 24th June, Professor Jennifer Cumming, Director of the SPRINT project, is presenting at the Eye Surgery Masterclass. Running...

SPRINT project
Jun 24, 20211 min read


Social Connection as Self-Care
Over the last few weeks, we have been sharing some fantastic resources for your self-care. Today, we conclude this mini-series by looking...

SPRINT project
May 25, 20213 min read


Mindfulness as Self-Care
You may well have come across the term ‘mindfulness’ before. But would you like to find out more about exactly what this word means, and...

SPRINT project
May 18, 20213 min read


Gratitude as Self-Care
Last time, we found out how and why it’s a great idea to boost your creativity to support your health and well-being. Let’s add to this...

SPRINT project
May 11, 20213 min read


Creativity as Self-Care
Previously on our blog, we looked at two personal resources that can be used to support your self-care: nature connection and...

SPRINT project
May 4, 20213 min read


Sport Psychology in schools, but not as we know it
If you’re a regular visitor to our blog, you’ll know that the work we do here at the SPRINT project takes learning from sport psychology...

SPRINT project
Apr 28, 20214 min read


Compassion as Self-Care
Self-care Last time, we introduced the topic of self-care and its importance for your well-being. We looked at how connecting to nature,...

SPRINT project
Apr 15, 20213 min read


Nature as Self-Care
Why self-care? At a time when we are faced with the many challenges of COVID-19, it is important to protect our mental and physical...

SPRINT project
Apr 1, 20213 min read


Evaluation of MST4Life™ – what did we find?
MST4Life™ is the first sport psychology, community‐based programme delivered to young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. In...

SPRINT project
Feb 17, 20213 min read


Boost your mental fitness with matchFit
Here at the SPRINT project, we recently collaborated with the Street Soccer Foundation on their brand new app matchFit, which has just...

SPRINT project
Nov 3, 20201 min read


Boosting resilience after exam results
Getting your exam results and preparing for the next stage of your life, whether this is going into higher education or employment, can...

SPRINT project
Sep 8, 20205 min read


How to Regulate Our Emotions 101
What emotions do you experience before taking part in activities that matter to you? How do you respond to these emotions? Do these...

SPRINT project
Aug 26, 20204 min read


NEW policy briefing to support the well-being and employability of marginalised young people
We have launched a new policy brief on our dssemination tab (or download directly below) around our Mental Skills Training toolkit...

SPRINT project
Aug 20, 20201 min read
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