In this workshop, you will learn about yourself as an athlete, how you can train more efficiently, and therefore optimize your performance progress. Through psychoeducational content, interactive discussions, and practical group activities, this workshop provides key insights and practical recommendations for you to grow independently as an athlete, both physically and mentally.

The first part of the workshop focuses on how to set different types of goals, how they relate to each other, and how to structure them effectively. This helps to increase your training effectiveness, motivation, effort, and overall performance.

Following, you will learn about your mindset orientations. Through personal reflections and discussions, you will gain awareness of your own thinking patterns and how you can develop more adaptive ones that will help you thrive into your sport and enhance your well-being.

            The final part of the workshop focuses on self-regulatory processes that will help you develop greater autonomy, intuition, and overall performance enhancement in your training.

            The entirety of the workshop’s content is evidence-based, ensuring quality guidelines and future results.

Are you a coach who strives to develop themselves and to have a greater impact in their work? And do you coach Generation Z individuals on a regular basis? Then this workshop is for you!

Building a high-quality relationship with the athletes you coach is a key determinant in your coaching effectiveness. This begins by understanding the person you have in front of you, how they function, and how you can best coach them.

Through psychoeducational content, interactive discussions, and practical group activities, this workshop provided research-based insights into Generation Z characteristics and practical recommendations to coach GenZ individuals more effectively. 

In the first part of this workshop, you will therefore learn to reflect on your coaching profile, identifying your skillset and behavioral patterns in various coaching situations. You will additionally develop an understanding of the context you work in, its situational requirements, and how that influences your coaching behavior.  

            In the second part of this workshop, you will gain insights into GenZ characteristics, their preferred way of functioning, and other behavioral tendencies. Based on these, you learn and practice various evidence-based coaching recommendations that contribute to your coaching’s effectiveness.