Dr Mustafa Sarkar

Practical paper on developing individual and team resilience in elite sport, including an evaluation of how our @NTUSportScience research has been applied in practice, is now published in @JSPASportPsych in a volume with page numbers (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…). DM for full-text.

Great to host a knowledge exchange event yesterday on "Developing Resilience in Football" at NTU with about 35 attendees working in football. We discussed research project findings and attendees reflected on how to integrate research on resilience into their own practice.

🚨New paper🚨 Elite athletes are less likely to report abuse than recreational and sub-elite athletes Reasons are underpinned by how psychologically safe they feel in speaking up about their concerns Full text is open access and available here: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Thank you both of you for giving us your time and expertise. It certainly seemed to get all the coach developers considering their practice around how they challenge and support. Sure it'll be an area we visit again. @MusSarkar @petepjh @Marianne_D1

A great session to be part of & some interesting/thought provoking comments & questions from CDs to help us to develop this work further. Hoping the ‘dials’ concept is of value to practitioners - whether coaches, CDs or both. Thanks @Martin_Dighton, @Marianne_D1 & @_UKCoaching

With the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 showdown between England and Spain on Sunday, @AshdownBen and @MusSarkar explore the role of resilience in the Lionesses’ route to the final. #WEURO2025 @NTUSciTech @NTUSportScience @ntu_research ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

What separates elite from *super-elite* athletes? In our final Great British Medalists paper, we found one key difference: coach support—especially at the highest level. Watch this short explainer 👇 📄 Full article: bit.ly/40rG3av #sportsci #coaching #olympics

Interesting new meta-analytical review on the relationship between perfectionism and the imposter phenomenon by Hill & Gotwals (2025)! Link here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.…

As the Lionesses head into their QF game at Women's EURO 2025, @LauraHealyBob takes a look at mental health in women's football, what is being done, and the importance of players feeling supported by club and country. @NTUSciTech @NTUSportScience ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

Thrilled to see #RefWell launched today! RefWell is a co-produced, mental health & performance psychology training programme for club-level @officialgaa match officials. More info: gaa.ie/article/world-… Great collaboration with @tomlishman @SShannon978 @breslin_g @DrOrlaMcD_P

🎓 ISSP Master Class #14 w/ Dr. Chris Harwood 🧠 Topic: The 5Cs Framework for youth sport development 📅 Sept 10 · ⏰ 12:00 UTC (9:00 BH / 13:00 London / 20:00 Beijing) Learn to apply the 5Cs with real-world examples. 🔗 Register: issponline.org/meetings-resou…

DO LESS, NOT MORE, FOR WELL-BEING! ⬇️ The internet tells us to do more and more to look after our well-being, but we need the space, time, & capacity to actually do it first. So can we think of well-being as subtraction rather than addition? #wellbeing #psychology #MentalHealth

A fantastic day yesterday for our @TrentUni @NTUSportScience Sport Coaches’ Conference 2025. Close to 100 delegates, inc 18 speakers with short, practice-focused sessions designed to give practitioners a range of ideas they might add to their day-to-day work. Roll on v.2 in 2026!

🆕 New research: How do we measure psychological safety in sports - and what are we really measuring? ’A psychometric study of the Team Psychological Safety Scale and Sport Psychological Safety Inventory in Swedish elite sports’ nature.com/articles/s4159…

🌍 #GlobalWellnessDay 2025 The @Dawoodi_Bohras across the #UK marked the day by embracing this year’s theme, #ReconnectMagenta — through meaningful acts of wellness and connection. #GlobalWellnessDay #ProjectRise #DawoodiBohrasUK #ReconnectMagenta #WellnessForAll

New paper published in SEPP, entitled “Lifetime stressor exposure, health, and well-being in sport performers: Exploring the underlying properties of stressors” 🎉 psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-24…

The @Dawoodi_Bohras of #Nottingham marked #GlobalWellnessDay with expert talks on mental health, nutrition, and holistic wellbeing. With 70+ attendees, the event featured sessions for men, women, and children; promoting lifelong wellness through community connection. #GWD2025

Delighted to see our review article being published on the opportunities and challenges for AI in sport Full article: Artificial intelligence in sport: A narrative review of applications, challenges and future trends tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🆕 Delighted to announce the publication of my first original PhD research article in the @BJSM_BMJ 🚨 The study is a first to explore barriers associated with mental health help-seeking among Olympic and Paralympic coaches. Read the full paper here: tinyurl.com/4r2jk42e

Great session yesterday with coach developers on the role (and balance) of challenge and support. Thanks to @Martin_Dighton and @Marianne_D1 for the invitation to join @_UKCoaching Coach Development Conversations. Looking forward to seeing where this conversation continues!