Sports 2023
The conference is on 1st and 2nd of February, 2023 in the University of Reykjavik.
Schedule February 1st
Coaching Elite Athletes
Time
Lecture Title
Lecturer
Introduction
9:00-9:10
Opening
Andri Stefánsson
CEO of The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland
9:10-9:50
Psychology and injury prevention
Urban Johnson
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9:50-10:20
WHY DOES NORWAY WIN SO MANY MEDALS AT THE OLYMPICS?
ELSE-MARTHE SØRLIE LYBEKK
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10:20-10:40
Stress management training for athletes
Daniel Gould
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10:40-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:40
How do you make a team out of individual athletes
Elisabet Gunnarsdottir
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11:40-12:40
HOW DO YOU BECOME AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION
Vesteinn Hafsteinsson
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12:40-13:20
Lunch
13:20-15:00
WORKSHOP
ELÍSABET GUNNARSDÓTTIR, ELSE-MARTHE SØRLIE LYBEKK, VÉSTEINN HAFSTEINSSON
Schedule February 2nd
Children´s and youth sports
Time
Lecture Title
Lecturer
Introduction
9:00-9:10
Opening
Ásmundur Einar Daðason
Minister of Education and Children
9:10-9:50
Coaching life skills through sport
Daniel Gould
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9:50-10:20
The Norwegian Model
ELSE-MARTHE SØRLIE LYBEKK
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10:20-10:40
Abusive and inappropriate coaching behaviours do not happen in a vacuum! They are supported by the environment around them. How can we change this.
Brian Marshall
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10:40-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:10
Results on psychological risk factors in young athletes in Reykjavík
Bryndís Einarsdóttir, psychologist
11:10-11:50
The Drop-out in children and youth team sport
Urban Johnson
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11:50-12:00
Coaching experience
Hákon Sverrisson, Breidablik
12:00-12:40
Empowering Coaches and Parents towards the Psychological Development of Young Athletes
Chris Harwood
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12:40-13:00
Panel questions
Kristjana Arnarsdóttir
Schedule February 2nd
Management of Sport clubs
Time
Lecture Title
Lecturer
Introduction
13:40-14:00
Your training/club culture will either work for you or against you! How to understand and choose the culture that will work for you.
Brian Marshall
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14:00-14:20
Icelandic Sport Club
Arnor Ásgeirsson og Guðmundur Gunnarsson
14:20-14:40
Valur Icelandic Sport Club
Svali Björgvinsson, chair of Valur basketball
14:40-15:20
Community involvement and sponsors
Elisabet Gunnarsdottir
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15:20-15:40
Nudging and marketing in sports
Fuðmundur Guðmundsson
Manager of Akademias
15:40-16:20
Panel about sports PR
Kristjana Arnarsdottir, and sport federations
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