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Updates from our work

Project updates, Erasmus+ Sport cooperation milestones, training events and community programmes.

  • How we structure HEARTletics sessions with children in vulnerable contexts

    How we structure HEARTletics sessions with children in vulnerable contexts

    The HEARTletics project does not improvise. Each session with children is grounded in a shared protocol agreed by the four European partners at the Training Course held in Vila-seca in June 2026, and adapted to the specific profile of each local group. The protocol, in five decisions Pre-session briefing of the monitors: before every session…

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  • HEARTletics kicks off local work in Spain: 60 children in vulnerable situations

    HEARTletics kicks off local work in Spain: 60 children in vulnerable situations

    During August 2026, 6tma Associació — Psicosport has launched the local implementation phase of the Erasmus+ Sport project HEARTletics in Spain — the stage where the methodology designed over the past year is tested with real children. The figures at a glance 4 local activities delivered during the period 60 different children reached in total…

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  • Chema Buceta reflects on the European Athletics Championships from a sport-psychology perspective

    Sport psychologist Chema Buceta — one of the most veteran and respected voices in the field in Spain, a reference author in coach training and applied performance psychology — has published a piece on the European Athletics Championships on his blog at Munideporte. A text that puts uncomfortable and necessary questions on the table about…

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  • The HEARTletics Toolkit takes shape: 5 sessions consolidated after Vila-seca

    The HEARTletics Toolkit takes shape: 5 sessions consolidated after Vila-seca

    After the 2nd Transnational Meeting held in Vila-seca on 14-18 June 2026, the HEARTletics project has entered its decisive phase: the consolidation of the Toolkit, the practical guide that will remain as the main training legacy of this Erasmus+ Sport project for coaches and educators across Europe. What was closed in Vila-seca During the working…

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  • HEARTletics holds its 2nd Transnational Meeting in Catalonia, in Vila-seca (Tarragona)

    HEARTletics holds its 2nd Transnational Meeting in Catalonia, in Vila-seca (Tarragona)

    From 14 to 18 June 2026, the Centre Rendiment in Vila-seca, in Catalonia (Tarragona), hosted the second transnational meeting of the HEARTletics — Active Minds Strong Hearts: Athletics for Kids project, co-funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Sport 2025 programme. Hosting organisation and coordination As hosting organisation, Psicosport / 6tma Associació coordinated five…

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  • Fosbury magazine features HEARTletics: “when sport reveals its potential as a tool for child well-being”

    Fosbury magazine features HEARTletics: “when sport reveals its potential as a tool for child well-being”

    The cooperative sport journalism outlet Fosbury published on 15 June 2026 a feature in its “Education and Sport” section about HEARTletics, the Erasmus+ Sport project we co-coordinate with European partners to use sport as a vehicle for the emotional and social well-being of children in vulnerable situations. “The goal of HEARTletics is not to train…

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  • The PSYCOACH Handbook is now available: a complete guide for coaches

    The PSYCOACH Handbook is now available: a complete guide for coaches

    Following the Final Conference held in Tarragona on 22 February, the PSYCOACH Handbook is now publicly available as the open legacy of the Erasmus+ Sport project. A practical guide on applied sport psychology for coaching, built over 24 months of cooperation among four organisations from Portugal, Italy and Spain. What is the PSYCOACH Handbook? The…

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  • PSYCOACH closes in Tarragona: 4th Transnational Meeting and Final Conference

    PSYCOACH closes in Tarragona: 4th Transnational Meeting and Final Conference

    On 22 February 2025, the Anella Mediterrània in Tarragona hosted the fourth and final transnational meeting of the Erasmus+ Sport PSYCOACH project, together with the Final Conference where the results of 24 months of European cooperation were publicly presented. Psicosport / 6tma Associació acted as host of the project closure. Hosting organisation and participants As…

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  • PSYCOACH Podcasts (IV): voices from sport, technology and youth development

    Series finale. Five episodes that bring together leading voices in sport (the interviews with Julian García Torres and Joaquín Díaz), success stories, the impact of technology and work with youth categories. Episode 02 — Success stories Episode 08 — The impact of technology Episode 13 — Youth development Episode 15 — Interview with volleyball player…

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