We're training athletes. But we're losing people.
WE’RE TRAINING ATHLETES. BUT WE’RE LOSING PEOPLE
We’ve built a system that rewards performance - but ignores what it costs.
As a young athlete, I’ve seen how easily pressure becomes silence. Not because we don’t care about mental health, but because we still treat it as something separate from sport.
It isn’t.
Mental strength is not an add-on to performance. It is the foundation of it.
If we want stronger athletes, we need better systems:
· coaches trained to understand psychological pressure, safe environments where speaking up is normal, and access to sport as a tool for wellbeing - not just competition.
This is not complicated. It’s a choice.
To integrate mental health into how we train, how we coach, and how we build communities through sport.
My generation is ready to move this forward.
I’m Nicholas Carstoiu - athlete, youth advocate, and member of the UNICEF Children’s Board - and I believe sport can do more than build performance. It can build healthier, stronger people.
And I’m ready to be part of that change.
Am construit un sistem care premiaza performanta - dar ignora costul ei.
Ca sportiv, am vazut cat de repede presiunea devine tacere. Nu pentru ca nu ne pasa de sanatatea mentala, ci pentru ca inca o tratam ca pe ceva separat de sport.
Nu este.
Forta mentala nu este un „bonus” al performantei. Este baza ei.
Daca vrem sportivi mai buni, avem nevoie de sisteme mai bune:
· antrenori care inteleg presiunea psihologica, medii in care sa poti vorbi fara teama si acces real la sport ca instrument pentru echilibru, nu doar competitie.
Nu este complicat. Este o alegere.
Sa integrăm sanatatea mentala in felul in care antrenam, educam si construim comunitati prin sport.
Generatia mea este pregatita sa duca aceasta schimbare mai departe.
Sunt Nicholas Carstoiu - sportiv si membru in Boardul Copiilor UNICEF - si cred ca sportul poate face mai mult decat performanta. Poate forma oameni mai puternici si mai echilibrati.
Si sunt pregatit sa contribui la aceasta schimbare.
Originally published on LinkedIn.Publicat inițial pe LinkedIn.
