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Burnout

Avoiding Athlete Burnout in Youth Sport – 2011 YouTube video featuring Craig Sigl, a youth sports mental toughness trainer, sharing strategies to prevent burnout in young athletes by recognizing early signs, reducing pressure, and maintaining enjoyment in sport.

How Top Athletes Battle Burnout – Article (The Washington Post 2016) about two Olympic athletes detail their personal experiences with fighting burnout

Avoiding and Treating Burnout in Sports – YouTube video explaining what athlete burnout is, its three core effects, and offering five practical strategies to prevent and treat burnout in sports

Burnout in Athletes – Article by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association exploring athlete burnout—its causes, signs, symptoms, and strategies for prevention and recovery, including the roles of overtraining, stress, sleep, identity, and recovery

How To Manage Burnouts in Sports – (Eli Straw) how athletes can identify, manage, and recover from burnout

Keeping the Sparks Aflame – Preventing and Addressing Burnout in High School Student-Athletes – Article from Applied Sport Psychology published July 8, 2022 by Maile Sapp offering evidence‑informed strategies to help high school athletes prevent and recover from burnout by reigniting motivation and creating individualized plans

Naomi Osaka decision to step away from tennis shines light on athlete burnout – Article about US Open 2021 loss highlights athlete burnout. Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who advocates for mental health.

Podcast: The Science of Burnout and How to Prevent It– Dr. Peter Olusoga—a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University, BPS Chartered Psychologist, and host of the Eighty Percent Mental podcast—joins Dr. Cindra Kamphoff to discuss stress in high-performance environments, the three components of burnout, the importance of recovery and self-awareness, and shares four research-backed strategies to reduce and prevent burnout in high performers.