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Learning from sport burnout and overtraining
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Intro

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Session 1

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Activity 2: Burnout in professional sport Jonathan Trott: Burnout Sky Sports 1; reviewed by Darren Britton

Activity 6: Gould, D., Udry, E., Tuffey, S., & Loehr, J. (1997). Burnout in competitive junior tennis players: III. Individual differences in the burnout experience. The sport psychologist, 11(3), 257-276.

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Figure 2: Mitch Gunn; Shutterstock

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Video 1: The British Psychological Society; Professor D R Gould

Session 2

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Activity 4: adapted from Gustafsson et.al. (2017); Eklund and Defreese (2017)

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Figure 1: Positiffy: Shutterstock

Figure 2: Julian Finney; Getty Images

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Audio 1: BBC Radio 5 Live; Elinor Barker joins Eleanor Oldroyd; 05 January 2018

Session 3

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Activity 1: Gustafsson, H., Hassmén, P., Kenttä, G., & Johansson, M. (2008). A qualitative analysis of burnout in elite Swedish athletes. Psychology of sport and exercise, 9(6), 800-816.

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Figure 1: Aysezgicmeli : Shutterstock

Figure 2: courtesy of Steve Magness

Figure 4: Sergey Edentod; Shutterstock

Figure 6: taken from: https://www.ketogenicforums.com/ t/ exercising-30-minutes-twice-a-week-enough-or-ideal/ 7609 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]

Figure 8: DAHL PHOTO; Alamy

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Audio 1: courtesy of Scott Barry Kaufman

Session 4

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Figure 1: Talaj ; Shutterstock

Figure 2: dpa;Alamy

Figure 4: courtesy of English Institute of Sport

Audio/Video

Video 1: Christina Maslach, PhD, discusses “Burnout: An Overview”; www3.mdanderson.org

Video 2: courtesy of 33Shake

Audio 1: BBC World Service: Sportshour

Audio 2: BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Special

Session 5

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Figure 1: Andrey_Popov; Shutterstock

Figure 2: Mitch Gunn: Shutterstock

Figure 3: LINE ICONS; Shutterstock

Figure 4: Dimales: Shutterstock

Audio/Video

Audio 1: BBC Radio 5 Live: Victoria Pendleton - Mind of a Cyclist

Video 2: courtesy of Athlete Assessments; www.athleteassessments.com

Video 3: courtesy of Rugby Players Association; part of the Rugby Players Association’s ‘Lift the Weight’ mental health campaign

Session 6

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Activity 3: McNeill, K., Durand-Bush, N., & Lemyre, P. N. (2017). Understanding coach burnout and underlying emotions: a narrative approach. Sports Coaching Review, 6(2), 179-196.

Activity 5: McNeill, K., Durand-Bush, N., & Lemyre, P. N. (2017). Understanding coach burnout and underlying emotions: a narrative approach. Sports Coaching Review, 6(2), 179-196.

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Figure 1: wavebreakmedia: Shutterstock

Figure 2: Fer Gregory; Shutterstock

Audio/Video

Audio 1: CiC-EAP; https://www.cic-eap.co.uk/

Audio 2: courtesy of Midday-WNYC-Radio

Session 7

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Figure 1: Smileus: Shutterstock

Figures 2 and 3: courtesy of YLM Sports Science; https://ylmsportscience.com/ ylmsportscience-app/

Figure 4: courtesy of Innerdrive; https://www.innerdrive.co.uk

Audio/Video

Video 1: courtesy of Cody Franz

Video 2: courtesy of the University of Birmingham and Dr. Eleanor Quested

Video 3: courtesy of Sport Parent EU; http://www.sportparent.eu

Video 4: courtesy of Sport Nova Scotia

Video 5: courtesy of Athletes Connected; Regents of the University of Michigan

Session 8

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Activity 3: Psychology Today; Self-Compassion Counterbalances Maladaptive Perfectionism; Christopher Bergland

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Figure 1: OSTILL is Franck Camhi; Shutterstock

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Figure 9: courtesy RSA 'Brené Brown on Empathy' The RSA https://youtu.be/1Evwgu369Jw, https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 2.0/ uk/

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