State of Mind have begun a pioneering mental fitness project with Bold Miners FC and Bold FC open-age football teams.
Bold Miners have raised funds for State of Mind Sport for the past four years on the Gaz Mercer and Andy Walkden Memorial Day.
Nicola Haggerty has been a driving force and a key ally and is one of the reasons we have developed a unique project with the views of the players that will begin this season 2024-2025.
Phil Veivers and Dr Phil Cooper were at the club earlier this year to present to the players and coaches about the project and what we hope to achieve.
State of Mind hopes to be able to help all the players feel good, play better and live well away from the game.
Initial results
To begin our unique Mental Fitness Project, we asked the players at Bold Miners FC and Bold FC some pre-project questions:
1. We asked players if they were aware of mental fitness 54% said ‘Yes’, 19% said ‘No’ and 27% were ‘Not Sure’
2. We asked players if they were aware of mental toughness 62% said ‘Yes’, 15% said ‘No’ and 23% said they were ‘Not Sure’
3. We asked if players wanted to improve their mental fitness 81% said ‘Yes’ and 19% said ‘No’
4. We asked if players wanted to improve their mental toughness 85% said ‘Yes’ and 15% said ‘No’
The season end survey produced the following results
Have you found State of Mind Sport input useful? Yes = 100% No = 0%
Do you think you have improved your mental fitness? Yes = 100% No = 0%
Do you think you have improved your mental toughness? Yes = 100% No = 0%
Do you think your performances have improved this season? Yes = 100% No = 0%
Would you like State of Mind Sport to continue supporting the team’s performances next season? Yes = 100% No = 0%
State of Mind would like to thank all coaches, staff, players and supporters for allowing us the opportunity to work with the two Open Age teams this season