“I also feel we often prepare athletes for a loss, how to deal and cope with that, but we don’t do enough to prepare them for what you do when you reach your top level and achieve success,” she said. Abramowicz is encouraged to see more athletes, including tennis stars like Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Ons Jabeur of Tunisia at Wimbledon, working openly with sports psychologists and mental coaches. But she thinks all of those in regular contact with players need to be better educated on mental health. “Everyone from the stakeholders to the coaches to the physiotherapists to the journalists to former players who work for media platforms,” she said. “After Roland Garros, I’ve already seen a difference from the WTA media staff and how they approach players after a match.

Source: New York Times July 07, 2021 03:56 UTC