{"id":2535,"date":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/summit-session-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:14","slug":"summit-session-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit Session: Lessons in Duty of Care &#038; Athlete Support"},"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\/2021\/08\/summit-session-rfu-feature.jpg);\">\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                                May 31, 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: Lessons in Duty of Care &#038; Athlete Support<\/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-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/&#038;text=Summit Session: Lessons in Duty of Care &#038; Athlete Support\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Summit Session: Lessons in Duty of Care &#038; Athlete Support. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/summit-session-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/\">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-lessons-in-duty-of-care-athlete-support\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\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\">The RFU&#8217;s Medical Services Director Simon Kemp on how to create an environment of support around male and female athletes.<\/p>\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/338863536\" 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><h4>In this session we looked to glean lessons from the world of rugby in how to create an environment of support around our athletes. Themes within the session focused on education, language, alignment of governing body and club and the impacts of injury on personal wellbeing.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The RFU has identified a clear relationship between wellbeing and performance that goes beyond notions of duty of care; moreover, it is the right thing to do. As Kemp says, \u201cthe best \u00a0and most adaptable humans make the best players.\u201d There is also an understanding that wellbeing is not the same as being happy or feeling good \u2013 it is flourishing and living your best, which applies across life, not just rugby. This has encouraged a proactive approach across English rugby.<\/li>\n<li>The RFU has helped foster a collaborative effort towards mental health and wellbeing from its medical staff with those of the Rugby Players\u2019 Association [RPA] and Premiership Rugby, who oversee England\u2019s domestic top-tier competition; it is collaboration of the right stakeholders. This framework sets wellbeing on a spectrum from \u2018clinically unwell\u2019, to \u2018languishing\u2019, to \u2018muddling\u2019 and up to \u2018flourishing\u2019. Players can move left and right and empirical evidence suggests that there needs to be less focus on what\u2019s wrong and more of a focus on being proactive in approaching wellbeing when an athlete is ostensibly \u2018well\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>The RFU has overseen the embedding of Personal Development Managers in each club, which enables conversation and provides visibility; there is also a rolling system of workshops and seminars around keeping careers on-track. Another fundamental tool has been the RPA\u2019s Lift the Weight Campaign to reduce the stigma around safeguarding mental health. The use of ex-players has been fundamental in breaking down those barriers.<\/li>\n<li>Coach buy-in is essential and the RFU has advocated a \u2018load-based\u2019 model, which sees coaches made aware of player loads beyond training and playing. They have, in essence, developed the concept of a \u2018life load\u2019. Good recovery and wellbeing increases an athlete\u2019s capacity to carry load and improve performance.<\/li>\n<li>Data and research have become a valued tool. Surveys reveal that psychological loads increase as the season progresses and, in turn, wellbeing decreases. Concerns range from rugby-based, such as injury, expectations and selection, to non-rugby, which includes financial worries, personal commitments and the work-life balance. Leadership and management have a tangible impact on wellbeing and, as simple as it sounds to implement, the players declared that they wanted more people to ask them how they are on a more regular basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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":"<p>The second Summit Session of the inaugural Leaders Meet: Wellbeing at City Football Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2536,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[21,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2535","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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: Lessons in Duty of Care &amp; 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