Mental Health in Athletics

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And in sports, that means something specific. It means acknowledging that the athlete sitting across from you in the locker room, the one who looks fine, trains hard, and never says a word about how they are feeling, may be carrying something invisible that no conditioning program, no film session, and no coaching adjustment is equipped to address. It means being honest about the fact that up to 35% of elite athletes experience a mental h