TI Sports Coaching

I like sport, but love basketball, so blending TI with that made sense 😁 and I have developed some training in Trauma Informed Sports Coaching from what I learnt over the last 3 years working with Leeds LDM Basketball on their journey to becoming TI (see the amazing work they are doing in their Impact Report here).

TISC is an additional skillset to an organisation becoming TI, or coaches becoming Trauma/ ACE Aware, so we’ve been trialing how to help coaches adapt their sessions to become trauma informed without compromising on skills development for the National League teams. This isn’t about singling out those we know, or think, are struggling – it’s how we treat everyone, understanding the impact our behaviour has on others and helping everyone manage pressure & stress better (which if you play sport you know how important that is!)

Without understanding how trauma affects a youths developing brain we may accidently hinder, or add, to the trauma they are experiencing – especially as most will hide their struggles.

Additionally I became curious about how we can better support those who face health inequalities and may feel excluded from existing services, and research shows sport is such an important tool to do that. **

TISC is not teaching a different style of coaching or requiring coaches to become a trauma therapists, or even talk about trauma – it is giving them new skills to enhance what they already do.

Training coaches to use trauma informed coaching will:

• support youths affected by trauma and help counterbalance the impact
• give coaches confidence in dealing with behaviours resulting from trauma
• unlock the potential of those who need a different approach
• truly cater for everyone (a TI approach helps those who are not experiencing trauma too)

And it incorporates both safeguarding and sports psychology so Win: Win on all fronts 👏👏👏

Please contact me to discuss further at info@katalyst4change.co.uk

**Sport as a protective factor phw.nhs.wales/news/responding-to-adverse-childhood-experiences-an-evidence-review/responding-to-adverse-childhood-experiences/

I have completed my Introduction to Neurosequential Model in Sports and intend to continue with this.

Here’s more information on TISC

[VIDEO REPLAY] Brain Trust: A Conversation on Stress and Sport with Dr. Bruce Perry – CHJS

Science Says: Brain-Based Coach Training Actually Works – CHJS