For the past two months, while some members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team traveled on the bus to games, they would plug in earbuds and meditate. When the adrenaline was high after playing in crazed stadiums, several players would do the same to relax on the journey back.
These have been a few of the uses from a new partnership between meditation app Headspace and both U.S. Soccer and MLS. All athletes and employees of the national federation and the North American pro league will receive access to Headspace, mirroring a previous partnership with the NBA.
The difference here, however, is Headspace’s first construction of daily, personalized mental training programs for the U.S. women’s team for the five months leading up to and through this summer’s France 2019 World Cup.
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