Providers' Annual Convention

Adolescent Identity Development: Rebuilding the Traumatized Self (Rebekah Roulier & Vanessa LoVerme Akhtar) from Rebekah Roulier

Love in Youth Sport

In a recent coaches' training, the topic of love was brought up by a participant.

Love in youth sport is a tricky topic given some of the recent abuse scandals.

To add, the coaches' teams were from special populations that are especially vulnerable including youth living in residential treatment, group homes, and underserved youth.

After much discussion, a few meaningful comments were made including:

• Appropriate physical and emotional boundaries are of utmost importance. 
• Creating an environment where a child feels safe, cared for, and has healthy attachments is desirable within the sport and coaching context. 
• Caring can be modeled through your interactions with your coaching staff and others that are in the sport context.  

Any thoughts to add? 

Favorite Photos This Week

Here are a few of my favorite photos capturing Week 7 of Doc Wayne Girls and Boys Flag Football.

do the good, 

RR

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Doc Wayne Video

Stay tuned for the new Doc Wayne program video (to be released soon)! It will be posted on our youtube page DocWayneDtG. In the meantime, please check out our posted videos!

Concerns of Adolescent Teen Girls

The Girls on The Field sport psychology workshop was created to address the concerns of adolescent teenage girls. While having conversations with teens playing middle school and high school competitive athletics the following struggles came up:

·         Time conflicts (sports vs. academics)

·         Your needs vs. the team’s needs  (position, playing time and number of teams competing for)

·         Competition with teammates (positions, playing time and varsity spots)

·         Difficult social situations (unsportsmanlike competitors and/or teammates)

·         Dealing with your mistakes

·         Cliques

Teen girls requested ethical and moral guidance via an active workshop. Thus Girls on the Field was born. 


For more information on individual or team sport psychology workshops and/or counseling please contact Rebekah Conway Roulier, Ed.M at rebekahconwayroulier@gmail.com or rroulier@docwayne.org. 

"Girls on the Field" Sport Psychology Session Photos

Maren Madore, Kristen Rasmussen and Rebekah Conway Roulier (TEAM DOC WAYNE)

Rebekah Conway Roulier Facilitating

Catch! (Rebekah Conway Roulier with Middle School Participant)

#Competitive Dream - Living the Dream

Have you ever heard the phrase, “living the dream?” It’s one of my favorites to aspire to in life and in sport.  Using your support network and mental skills, your sport experience could be similar to the dream you wish for when drifting off to sleep...the dream you want to "redream"  For many of us (especially trauma victims and others who have been dealt a difficult hand in life) their sport experience is nonexistent or not ideal.  To hammer home the point, they are not “living the dream” when playing youth sport.

I mention competition, not referring to it in the typical sense of the word, (winning, trophies, medals, conference tiles) but rather true competition. True competition is putting your best foot forward each and every time out and challenging your opponent to do the same.  In true competition you strive for an equally matched game that challenges all involved to play their best.  This creates the most ideal “dream like state” that is similar to Csikszentmihalyi’s flow.

How can we design youth sport so that every child kids leaves the field thinking to themselves “I’m living the dream!”?