Coaches Guide to Wellbeing

Track and field experts explore the importance of well-being, mental health, and self-care specifically for athletic coaches.

November 2020 Well-being is not just the absence of disease or illness. It is a complex combination of physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. Well-being is strongly linked to happiness and life satisfaction. In a nutshell, well-being could be described as how you feel about yourself and your life. But how does it relate to “coaching”? Coaches’ well-being is a bit of an elephant in the room -it is not often talked about and, when we do talk about it, we quickly stop and move on. After all, it is not about us, it is about our athletes. Or so one would think! Join Donna Harris as she shares her research on coaches wellbeing.