Skerpe Jeugd organiseert eind april in Amsterdam een conferentie met als thema: jeugd, sport en psychologie. De conferentie is bedoeld voor 20 internationale sportpsychologen. De aankondiging van het congres treft u hieronder.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 28-30 April 2016
#1 International Conference on “Youth and Sport Psychology” in Amsterdam will be held on 28-30 April 2016, in Westerpark area (one of the most beautiful parks in Amsterdam) in the Impact Hub premices, located in the city center of Amsterdam, just a strol away from Amsterdams’ most lively streets and its main attractions.
(Advise: Attend ‘Kingsday’, the biggest and the most famous Dutch street party, in the city of Amsterdam on April 27, 2016)
A word of Director – Dutch sport psychologist Wim Keizer:
“I would like to welcome twenty International Sport Psychologists at the end of April for a three day Conference in Amsterdam. Two years ago we have started our Academy for Mental Development of young athletes: Skerpe Jeugd. We have developed an educational series of practical books for age group 11 to 16 years old. We were involved in a several projects in collaboration with Dutch sports clubs. Those projects were focused on organizing workshops for parents and coaches.
Recently we have just finalised a special co-creation project with Chinese sports equipment provider. Our main goal was and is to create a healthy lifestyle for the Chinese youth.
Message that we would like to send out to Chinese parents is: “The sports arena is an ideal place for developing mental skills, self-confidence, intelligence, leadership and social skills, which are also needed in school and later on at the workplace in any career.”
Our idea with this Conference is to interact with Specialists on Youth Development such as: (Sport) Psychologists, Youth Academy Manager, Youth Sports Coach and a Breath work Specialist.
I would personally guide you through the Conference, and hope to learn from your experience as well. I am also interested in exploring future collaboration with participants of this Conference”.
Program (9.00-17.00 hrs) of the conference will contain:
- Overview of the latest knowledge on youth development;
- Workshop and discussion on the relationship of mental diseases and sport participation;
- Lunch break;
- Introduction to breath work: calming the mind and increasing creativity followed by practical workshop in which you will learn and experience the exercises yourself and how to apply them in your work with young athletes;
- Workshop on spiritual development for balancing body, mind and emotion of youth;
- Workshop on the influence of parents on the mental development of young athletes;
- Interaction with a youth sport coach: mental exercises in daily training;
- Interaction with youth academy manager: how to incorporate mental training in technical plan of the academy;
- Lecture and workshop on creating a learning climate for young athletes
Please let us know if you are interested in attending the Conference and if you have any program suggestions. The fee for the conference will be € 780,-.
Please inform Ms. Neda Mutabdzija (conference@praan.nl; tel: +31 638034605 on your participation, program suggestions, hotel suggestions, social program and any other questions you might have.
Final Program will be available in a coming few months.