Pressure! Pressure! Pressure! Mental Health & Resilience For Sport. Bill Vaughan, Kevin Mills & Diarmaid Marsden

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1 Pressure! Pressure! Pressure! Mental Health & Resilience For Sport Bill Vaughan, Kevin Mills & Diarmaid Marsden

2 Bill Vaughan

3 What does MENTAL HEALTH mean to YOU? What s your first thought? What s your first feeling?

8 What are the priorities of a coach? To win? To play everyone? Help people improve? To control? To have fun? To create a team bond? To baby sit!

9 Thank You

10 Kevin Mills Chairperson of Donegal Health & Wellbeing Committee

11 Introduction Understanding / Sensitivity About GAA Health & Wellbeing. National/Ulster/Donegal Agenda Questions Health & Wellbeing

12 Where Does it All Fit In?

13 Life Challenges for Us All Your General health Your Smoking Your Mental Health /Wellbeing Your Alcohol use and misuse Your Diet and nutrition Your Physical activity Your Weight management Your Social connectedness Dementia promoting awareness and management

14 What does the GAA do for its members health and wellbeing?

15 The GAA Association is Life Long

19 National H&W Agenda GAA Health Roadshows Healthy Clubs Critical Incidents Response Plans Mental Fitness Physical Activity Healthy Eating Alcohol & Substance Awareness Program Gambling and Sport Community Development

21 What does the GAA do? Sporting Organisation GAA Community Organisation The GAA Club is the heartbeat of its Community

22 What can the GAA Build On? The vision of the National Health & Wellbeing Committee is to Make the Association a healthier place for everyone to enjoy.

23 The GAA Sense of Community/Parish Sense of been associated with something Build on Self confidence/ self belief Personal Development GAA for some is the one stable and significant person Creates Opportunities Team Sport, (all for one, one for all) Building on the positives on young people (the Successes) Coping with disappointments (the Defeats)

24 The Hidden Value Seeing the strengths rather than the weakness Good communication skills Structures, Underage Volunteerism Commitment/Dedication Mind one another The Friends The Legacy

25 The Hidden Value continued Its good days/bad ones (Wins/Defeats) Its Ups and Downs Its Participation, pitch, grounds, club, parish and community It s the Friends Its seeing the Potential Its about Instilling Confidence Its about balance Its about minding your health

26 Donegal / Ulster / National GAA Programmes Gambling, Alcohol and Drug (ASAP) Mental Fitness (GAA Mental Health Charter) Healthy Eating Physical Activity Take 5 (The programme aims to inform people about everyday things we can do in order to look after, and improve, our mental wellbeing. Mind Fit (mental health awareness programme for young people aged years old. The interactive workshop is delivered by trained AWARE staff and lasts for one-hour. It aims help young people learn new skills and techniques to look after their mental health, while managing their feelings and thoughts. Heads Up 4Ls Campaign SAMARITANS/AWARE/Living Works ASIST, MHFA, safetalk

27 One area that affects us all

28 Mental Health What is it? Different things to different people Based on personal/family experience Myths, Stories Tales It can be someone else It can be the butt of our jokes It can be a destructive label It can be me, you

29 Mental Health The Facts 1-4 of our community, (4 in 4) Does not discriminate on age, occupation, gender, race, social class, type of house or car Overall Impact on person/family Myths/Stigma around emotional and mental health Can be many contributing factors Poor Physical Health We all know someone Potential for Recovery

30 Mental Health Resilience, Health & Wellbeing Perspective Its not an all -or -nothing idea Its Head to TOE Its overall Wellbeing Its believing there is no health without mental health Its Resilience

31 MHFA Mental Health First Aid

32 Player Welfare Officer 1) Support for injured players through the Player Injury Scheme 2) Injury prevention and recovery 3) Best practice training and team preparation 4) Education on nutrition 5) Introducing practical initiatives to promote safety and well-being, e.g. compulsory wearing of helmets in hurling, forthcoming introduction of compulsory wearing of mouth guards in football, supply of defibrillators 6) Monitoring and investigating medical and scientific research for new initiatives to benefit players 7) Ensuring best practice injury treatment in a cost effective manner for players, clubs and counties 8) Ensuring compliance with Anti-Doping requirements through education and monitoring

33 What Can I / We Do? Attitude, Knowledge, Respect, Understanding Labels, Stigma are dangerous Listening, talking and sharing Be the one significant person Support, Friendship

34 What Can We Do? Promote Health &Wellbeing Agenda Support Your Health &Wellbeing Officer Has your club got a H&W officer? Is your HW Officer on your club executive? Get Your Critical Incident Response Plan in place Promote safe Talk Sessions within your club Keep on making a difference Making sure your club is a good and safe place to be for its coaches, players and members.

35 Go raibh maith agaibh Kevin Mills

Why should the GAA focus on Health and Wellbeing? Because it s part of what we do!

1 Why should the GAA focus on Health and Wellbeing? Because it s part of what we do! Ten reasons to be active 1. depressed, anxious or tense 2. feel good about yourself 3. concentrate and focus better