Elite sport and higher education in the Brussels-Capital Region (phase 9): Online workshops for student-athletes For the 2020 call of Dynamic Brussels "A Young and Dynamic Region", the dpt. Topsport...
DualCareerTools: Online assistance for athletes and support staff to optimize their competencies for a successful career IOF PROOF OF CONCEPT (POC) - TECHTRANSFER The dpt. Topsport en Studie obtained...
MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENT-ATHLETES Elite sport and higher education in the Brussels-Capital Region For the 2022 call of Dynamic Brussels "A Young and Lively Region", the dpt. Topsport en Studie...
From 30 September to 4 October 2021, the SPMB research group participated in two symposia during the 15th ISSP congress : A Holistic and Whole-Person Perspective on Athletes’ Lifelong Development...
Given the limited duration of a sporting career at the highest level, many elite athletes choose to develop a different, new professional career after their sporting career. Perseverance and dealing...
An athlete's happiness in life is not necessarily related to how full his or her trophy cabinet is. Tennis player Naomi Osaka (23) - four-time Grand Slam winner and the highest-paid athlete on Earth...
Overview of new publications by members of our research group (January - March 2021) A mixed methods evaluation of a pressure training intervention to develop resilience in female basketball players...
Research in sport psychology shows that how athletes develop mentally is often determined by how they develop next to, rather than just on the sports field. To illustrate this, Wylleman emphasized...
Winning the Olympics ... It is the dream of many young sports talents. They work for it for years. But what some forget is that you do not just have to be the fastest/strongest to win. You have to...
We would like to introduce you to Mattias Dooms . Mattias is based in Mallorca (University of Balearic Islands) and will make a joint PhD under supervision of Koen De Brandt, Paul Wylleman and...
The VUB research group SPMB would like to invite you to come down to the Proximus Basecamp (Brusselsestraat 486, Tubize) on Monday 29 November 2021 for the Mind the Gap Symposium . The main theme of...
On January 27th and February 15th, the kick-off meeting of the new Erasmus+ Sport project "Dual Careers for Mental Health" (DC4MH) will be held online. The meeting will focus on developing the...
On December 14th, the preparatory meeting of the new Erasmus+ Sport project "Dual Careers for Mental Health" (DC4MH) was held online. The meeting was coordinated by our research group. It was a great...
Dean Prof. dr. Johan Vanderfaeillie invites you to the public defense to obtain the degree of Doctor of Psychology of dra. Nathalie Rosier . T he doctoral thesis defense will take place online on...
Eventually, every athlete is confronted with the transition out of sport. Additionally, the current challenging situation makes different athletes decide to end their sports career earlier then...
De Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Onderzoeksgroep SPMB) & FIFPRO nodigen u uit om op woensdag 18 maart 2020 van 17u tot 21u30 , af te zakken naar het hoofdgebouw van de Royal Belgian Football...
On Wednesday 4 December at 16.15 Suzan Blijlevens will defend her dissertation "Performance behaviour in elite sports" . The public defense will take place in the Academy Building of the...
On Monday December 2, 2019 , at 7 pm , Prof. dr. Daniel Gould presents his final lecture as holder of the Francqui Chair that was awarded to him by the Francqui Foundation on the recommendation of...
On the 6th of December 2019, NOC*NSF organises, in collaboration with SPMB, the International Conference of Performance Behaviour in Elite Sport. The International Conference of Performance Behaviour...
On November 3-5, Koen will participate in the 9 th Athlete365 Career+ Forum in Lake Placid, US. The Athlete365 Career+ Forum is organized by the IOC.
