Sport as a Tool for Healing
This project's parent organization is Up2Us Sports
It uses Multiple sports
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More about Sport as a Tool for Healing
Edgework Consulting and Up2Us Sports have partnered to unlock the potential of sport to be a healing environment for youth who have been exposed to overwhelming stress, or trauma. Inherently, sport has many elements that make it a natural place for kids to heal. It is rooted in competence, self-regulation, identity, physical activity, and social connection. Despite these potential healing opportunities, too often the untrained coaches, unchecked and extreme competition, and uncontrolled environments in sport actually hurt, instead of heal. We have put together an innovative framework for integrating best practices in trauma recovery into every aspect of the sport experience- coach training, training session design, league or program structure and high impact healing skills for youth.