Change your mind, coach

Background The European Union’s fundamental values are respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law. Nevertheless, there is still much work to be done to achieve the objectives set. Across all life spheres there are repetitive and important cases of violation of human rights, expressions of marginalisation and violence, exclusion, less opportunities, and discriminative behaviours. The field of sports is no exception. Objectives The M_Coach project aims at developing a training course for trainers/ coaches and their trainers, which will help them identify and tackle discriminatory behaviour in their teams of athletes, composing primarily of young adults 16-21 years old. The Mind_Coach project intends to equip the trainers/coaches with the appropriate tools to address and tackle any form of discriminatory behaviour, irrespectively of whether it is based upon societal differences. Implementation For the successful implementation of the M_Coach project, the partners have structured the project in five distinct work packages and three horizontal activities. In particular they have foreseen 3 Activities Project Management, Dissemination and exploitation and Quality Assurance and 6 Work Packages. Achievements The project consortium carried out most of the planned activities upon which we can conclude that the project succeded in reaching the objectives defined.