AWESOME Ideas:
Mental health day: give each student-athlete a mental health day in the fall if they give you 24-hour notice. If they ask for/need a second, they can have it, but they must also make a meeting to come in and talk about what’s going on. (Shannon Hertz, Bloomsburg and Liz Beville, Le Moyne)
Small group meetings, rather than individual meetings. This gives you a better idea of how each student-athlete reacts to their peers in a more social setting. At UVA-Wise, they split the team into groups consisting of a member from each class, and then meet with a coach. Their focus is on Emotional Intelligence and Meditative practices. (Rachel Cole, UVA-Wise)