Creating Trauma-Informed Sports Environments for Athletes

Athletes may experience trauma both within (e.g., sports-related injuries, abusive coaching dynamics) and outside of sports (e.g., adverse childhood experiences, gender-based violence). (See my post "Trauma and PTSD Among Elite Athletes" for more information.) In order to create trauma-informed sports environments, we should assume that athletes have experienced trauma and subsequently aim to create environments that are sensitive to this reality. Sports........

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