{"id":2516,"date":"2019-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:13","slug":"summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Session: How the NFL Is Influencing the Relationship Between Wellbeing &#038; Elite Performance"},"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();\">\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                                Jul 04, 2019                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" 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>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Summit Session: How the NFL Is Influencing the Relationship Between Wellbeing &#038; Elite Performance<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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\/human-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/summit-session\/\" rel=\"tag\">Summit Session<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/&#038;text=Summit Session: How the NFL Is Influencing the Relationship Between Wellbeing &#038; Elite Performance\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Summit Session: How the NFL Is Influencing the Relationship Between Wellbeing &#038; Elite Performance. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-how-the-nfl-is-influencing-the-relationship-between-wellbeing-elite-performance\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                                                            <p class=\"es-section__label es-label es-label--md\">Nyaka NiiLampti, Vice President of Wellness &#038; Clinical Services at the National Football League on athlete wellbeing, education &#038; post-career support.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/345549549\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><p>People wellbeing and athlete wellness is without question a topic at the forefront of everyone\u2019s minds. We sought expertise from one of sport\u2019s leading thinkers into how the NFL is creating wellbeing programs and processes that can lend to performance improvement, educating athletes and organizations in \u2018Total Wellness\u2019 best practices and the simple questions of what\u2019s coming next and how we continue to positively influence this space?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is wellness? The ability to be self-aware is a huge part of that. It will give you the opportunity to identify where you can improve, excel, and realize your potential.<\/li>\n<li>Asking for support is not a sign of weakness, if anything it\u2019s a sign of strength. It\u2019s not just about being able to ask for help, it\u2019s making sure that it\u2019s accessible to do so.<\/li>\n<li>A lot of the time we look at the athlete and the performance, but not necessarily the individual person. If you\u2019re setting up a wellness unit within your organization, put the person (not the athlete) front and center.<\/li>\n<li>You can\u2019t be reactive with wellbeing any more, you have to be proactive. Building an understanding with your staff and athletes around topics of psychology and empathy will be incredibly impactful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Thinking Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The drive of athlete wellbeing is to sharpen each athlete\u2019s focus on their potential, to help them cope with the stresses of life, and to enable them to feel productive and content in their lives.<\/li>\n<li>If you get to understand the baggage that an athlete may be carrying around, and put a structure around them to support them, this will give them an opportunity to increase their performance level. \u2018Tapping in on untapped genius\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>One of the fundamental problems is the undue focus on post-career support. Provisions need to be more thorough for current athletes and ahead of time.<\/li>\n<li>In sport there is the risk of focusing too heavily on outcomes and the risk of fostering a \u2018blame culture\u2019. Organizations should encourage their leaders to self-reflect and to model both vulnerability and fallibility to their staff; they must set the example and demonstrate potential pathways for athletes to follow.<\/li>\n<li>The time for a reactive approach to wellbeing is over. The time is now to develop a shared understanding across athletes and performance staff, with an increased psychological understanding and empathy that informs interventions in a collaborative, multidisciplinary fashion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[21,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2516","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","hentry","category-human-performance","category-summit-session"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summit Session: How the NFL Is Influencing the Relationship Between Wellbeing &amp; 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