Youth Affairs and Sports Department Punjab and Pakistan Psychological Association (PPA), organized a seminar on the topic of "Sports Psychology: Nurturing talent and mental health in youth" at the NPSC E-library and Youth Centre on Tuesday.
Aiming to raise awareness about the significance of mental health in youth, the seminar was organised on the direction of Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal. A large number of male and female students from different colleges and universities and top sports figures were present on this occasion.
Besides them, several distinguished guests, including Pro VC Nur Int’l University Prof Dr Najma Najam, Prof Dr Ruhi Khalid, Prof Dr Iram Zahra Bokharey, Dr Azam Khan, President PPA Prof Dr Rafia Rafiq, Secretary Irfan Kisana, Additional Secretaries Prof Sheikh Saeed, Prof Dr Rukhsana, and Dr Shahida Batool, Secretary Finance Dr Afifa Anjum, Dr Usman Rasheed, Prof Shireen Asad, Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Deputy Director Ataur Rehman and many other renowned psychologists and sports personnel attended the seminar.
Pro VC Nur Int’l University Prof Dr Najma Najam, Member Medical Commission OCA and Secretary Medical Commission POA Dr Asad Abbas Shah, Dr Amjad Tufail, Olympian Kh Junaid, Prof Dr Nyla Anjum, Head of Sports Department Kinnaird College Dr Ammara Rubab and ICC International Panel Umpire Rashid Riaz took part in panel discussion.
Addressing the seminar, Prof Dr Najma Najam highlighted the significance of mental health in youth in the field of sports. She said that behavioral therapy of every athlete is essential for every athlete at least prior to any sports competition.
In her address, Prof Dr Ruhi Khalid threw light on the methods of how to control and combat anxiety and depression, how to control emotions and how to improve mental resilience. She added that lack of planning and leadership qualities caused huge losses in the field of sports.
Olympian Kh Junaid highlighted the significance of database in the performance of a sports team in a competitive sports event. He said that every sports outfit must know about their weaknesses and strengths.
Dr Asad Abbas spoke about sports strategy, proper sleep, fear factor and how the decrease anxiety. “There should be an expert sports psychologist with every sports team to carve out encouraging results besides fighting fatigue factor in the field”.
Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum, on this occasion thanked all the participants and said that such useful seminars played a key role in imparting the valuable information and knowledge to young students and athletes as well. Later, souvenirs were distributed among all the distinguished guests and organizers.