PAPA is a European-based project committed to enhancing young peoples’ health and well-being, via positive experiences in youth sport. Our goal is to develop, deliver and evaluate a theoretically-grounded and evidence-based coach education programme that can help coaches foster quality motivation and make youth sport engaging, empowering, and enjoyable. The PAPA Project is funded by the EC under the Framework 7 programme. PAPA involves a collaboration between leading researchers and sporting leaders in the UK, Norway, Spain, France and Greece.
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David Villa, Ambassador of the PAPA Project
David Villa, the world-renowned professional football player for Barcelona C.F. and member of the Spanish Football Selection that won the 2010 World Cup, talked to the PAPA team in Barcelona expressing his commitment to the project. During the interview it was reflected how important the PAPA background and the Empowering coaching program principles were in his sport career, since he was a young player through to the present.
Presentation of PAPA Project in the Spanish Community of Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport
At the end of March, PAPA was introduced at the XIII National Congress of Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport, celebrated in Murcia, an attractive Mediterranean region in Spain.
