Healthy Athlete Program

Healthy Athlete will Succeed

The Healthy Athlete Program promotes coaching and guidance that fosters good health and aims in preventing injuries of young athletes and children who take part in sports. The program provides information and know-how on smart coaching and training.

The program is part of the Sports and Exercise Safety Program (LiVE) in Finland. It is coordinated by the UKK Institute and implemented in co-operation with various Finnish educational institutes and sports federations.

Ten-Point Circle

The Ten-Point Circle crystallizes the core of the program. It provides information and know-how on smart coaching, training and sports.

Physical and Mental Factors

Individual Factors
Testing and Evaluation
Comprehensive Training
Rest and Recovery

Means of Support

Nutrition
Health Care
Support network

Nature of Sports

Ethics and Rules
Conditions and Equipment
Requirements of Sports

Healthy Athlete material in English

Pasanen, Kati (2009), academic disseration
Floorball injuries: epidemiology and injury prevention by neuromuscular training
Full PDF version of the study in English and summary in Finnish.

Sports and Exercise Safety in Finland: a Nationwide Implementation Case
Poster about two implementation programs, Healthy Athlete and Safety in School Sports. Presented in the EuroSafe congress in Budapest in June 2011.

For more information, please contact

Development Manager
Anne-Mari Jussila
anne-mari.jussila@uta.fi

Information about the UKK Institute, the organisation coordinating the program.