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This conversation with Dr Andrew Kirkland from the University of Stirling delves into how individuals cope with life's challenges based on their sense of coherence, offering a paradigm shift towards a health based approach to coaching and nurturing talent.

Takeaways

• Coping mechanisms are essential for navigating life's challenges.
• Sense of coherence is a framework for understanding resilience.
• Salutogenic perspective focuses coaches' attention towards the origins of good athlete health
• Understanding our athletes' challenges can help coaches nurture their development.
• Coping is a dynamic process that can change over time.
• A biopsychosocial lens is key to holistic coaching
• Coaches shouldn't think only about what an athlete lacks, but also what they can do and what qualities they do possess due to their life course, and build from there

Chapters

01:56 Introduction to Solutogenic Talent Development

10:23 Understanding Stress and Coping Mechanisms

14:09 The Importance of Meaningfulness in Performance

18:24 Life Course Perspective in Talent Development

22:08 Community-Based Models in Sports

26:37 Strength-Based Approaches in Coaching

39:53 Harnessing Leadership in Challenging Environments

45:31 Motivation and Performance in Sports

51:23 Balancing Sport and Life

56:04 Building Social Connections in Coaching

01:01:08 Expectations and Accountability in Coaching

01:05:31 Influencing Life Courses Through Coaching

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