Wellbeing

It may sound obvious, but keeping yourself physically and psychologically well is critically important to performance. The Village environment is a huge part of the Paralympic Games experience, but it can also present some challenges to maintaining typical routines or accessing your normal forms of regulation. Spending some time developing your wellbeing plan in the lead up to the Paralympic Games will help you to anticipate any potential sticky points, and will allow you to be proactive in maintaining wellness whilst you’re away. If you have not been to a Paralympic Games or large multi-sport event before, it would be worth connecting with someone in your team who has, or one of the Team Psychologists to help develop your plan.

The NZ Paralympic Team is well resourced with wellbeing support this year, we have three Psychologists on board to support Para athletes and Support Staff. The role of the Psychologists at the Games is to provide support where needed to keep things running smoothly – like the grease on the bike chain, or fibre in your diet! Each Para sport has been allocated to one of the Psychologists, but you are more than welcome to connect with the Psychologist that you feel is best suited to your needs. Your confidentiality will be maintained and information only shared with appropriate people with your consent.