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UNCG PROFESSOR RECEIVES GRANT FROM NFL
TO LEARN HOW PLAYERS DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS
GREENSBORO — Dr. Dan Gould, a professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, recently received a $23,000 grant from the National Football League (NFL) to examine how players develop character and life skills.
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NFL Charities has awarded Gould funding to support his research strategies in determining how outstanding high school football coaches develop life skills and character in their players. Gould will identify and interview 12 coaches recognized for their exceptional achievements in developing their players as outstanding citizens and productive individuals. Players will also be interviewed.
The NFL's National Football Foundation Coaching Academy Educational Program for youth and high school coaches will incorporate Gould's findings in their program. The information will also be published in various journals to demonstrate how the football community is committed to developing not only good playing skills in athletes on the field, but also good life skills off the field.
A UNCG faculty member since 1988,
Gould's area of expertise is in mental training for athletic competition
and sport psychology. He also conducts various research studies in the
field. In 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Association
for Sport and Physical Education. Gould has been a consultant for the U.S.
Olympic Committee and the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team at the 1998 Winter Olympics,
and has worked with the team for several years. Gould is co-author of two
books, "Understanding Psychological Preparation for Sport" and "Foundations
of Sport and Exercise Psychology". He is a Fellow and a past president
of the American Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology
and was co-editor of the journal "The Sport Psychologist" from 1987-91.
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