"We hope that with this chapter, coaches and practitioners might shift their understanding of resilience as a buzzword to that of a robust scientific construct with important practical implications" (Kegelaers & Sarkar, 2021, pp. 242-243).

During WP1 we identified a strong connection between athletes' dual career experiences and their mental health. Athletes who were flourishing reported higher DC benefits and competencies, more DC support and less negative DC experiences #dualcareer #mentalhealth EUSport

Today the second 2022 @DC4MH project meeting took place online. We are within the WP2 aimed at analyzing good practices of Epidemiology and Psychiatry Verona and Italrugby to enhance mental health and support dual career. EUSport Topsport VUB @GEPEUAB Università di Verona #dualcareer #mentalhealth

Had a wonderful time presenting results from our scoping systemic review on student-athletes' #mentalhealth during the European Congress of Psychology. Paul Wylleman, Koen De Brandt, Topsport VUB Next stop #FEPSACPadova2022

On the back of my Whyte review tweet, a number of people have asked for a summary of what resilience is and is not (see below). For a detailed overview, please see Jolan Kegelaers and I's chapter on clarifying myths of resilience in elite sport (researchgate.net/publication/35…). Please share.

Check out this new free OpenLearn course on developing resilience in sport. Great to contribute to its development with some excellent research featured by Prof Paul Morgan, Jolan Kegelaers, David Harrison, Kate Tudor, Dr Martin J. Turner, and Dr Karen Howells. Please RT. open.edu/openlearn/heal…

Mooie prestatie van RSC Anderlecht en belangrijk voor het Belgische voetbal. Enkel jammer dat 10+ jaar psychologisch onderzoek naar presteren onder druk, incl nemen van strafschoppen, blijkbaar nog niet is doorgesijpeld op het hoogste niveau. sporza sporza.be/nl/2022/08/25/…

👩‍💼FEPSAC Invited Symposium at #ECSS2022: On Friday 2nd, come join us at ECSS in Sevilla for our timely FEPSAC invited symposium on "Current trends on mental health in sport" with communications from Jolan Kegelaers, RocíoZS and @A_Papathomas. 🏃‍♀️

Happy to see our latest paper in print. A narrative review on the application of pressure training in high-performance sport. With Raoul Oudejans Get free eprints here: tandfonline.com/eprint/GSSGTP5…

We are hiring! Currently recruiting a new PhD student in the research group Sport Psychology and Mental Support at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Topic: promoting mental health through and in entourage members in high-performance sport. linkedin.com/posts/koendebr…

Great to contribute a chapter to this text on "Developing Resilience for Golf Performance" with Chris Bryan, Ben Ashdown, and Jolan Kegelaers. Thanks Dr Denise M Hill for the invite and look forward to seeing the text/chapter published this year.

NEW book chapter on resilience and mental health with Chris Bryan, Jolan Kegelaers, and myself in the Routledge Handbook of Mental Health in Elite Sport. Please feel free to DM/email for the full chapter and/or request the full text via the following link: researchgate.net/publication/36…

Had a blast discussing all things pressure training on the KoopCast open.spotify.com/episode/1VVneI… Thanks for having me on Jason Koop

Our March Myths of Sport Coaching Webinar is now available to sign up to. The fantastic Dr Mustafa Sarkar & Jolan Kegelaers will share their chapter on myths of psychological resilience in high performance athletes. 29th March 7pm (Uk time) -link below 👇🏼 #resilience eventbrite.co.uk/e/myths-of-spo…

Last night on Myths of Sport Coaching webinar series we had the pleasure of Jolan Kegelaers & Dr Mustafa Sarkar sharing fascinating insights into what #resilience is and is NOT - really useful for coaches & practitioners. keep a look out for the YouTube recording soon from Sequoia Books

A fantastic project to promote mental health in esports is starting, and this is the first step in this cooperation. Link to article: rb.gy/0jcd84

Very excited to get the 'Good Game' project rolling. 3-year Erasmus+ funded project on the promotion of mental health in esports. Excited to be joining forces with some of the big names in esports psychology Ismael Pedraza Michael Trotter Ph.D. Matthew Watson Iván Bonilla

Do you compete in esports? We want to hear from you! As part of an EU funded Erasmus+ project, we are interested in the factors contributing to e'athletes' mental health. Please take 10 mins to complete this survey vub.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0d…