{"id":25961,"date":"2024-06-06T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/?post_type=report&#038;p=25961"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:14:06","slug":"taking-on-an-invisible-rival","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/reports\/taking-on-an-invisible-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Special Report: Taking on an Invisible Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/LP_EPIC_2880x1600px-B.png);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                6 Jun 2024                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/reports\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Reports<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Performance Special Report: Taking on an Invisible Rival<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n                  <div class=\"hero__logos\">\n              <ul class=\"hero__logos__list\">\n                                        <li>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                                <\/li>\n                                <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; 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We also focus on EPIC Global Solutions, who have made lived experience facilitation \u2013 presentations by individuals who courageously share their personal experiences related to gambling \u2013 the cornerstone of their gambling harm prevention programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we hear from a lived experience facilitator \u2013 a current athlete and former student-athlete in the US \u2013 who shares a powerful personal story. 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