"Before They Are Players, They Are People" - MVA Partners with Athlete Support Specialists Mental Point

Elite young athletes make up a significant proportion of MVA's student body, drawn to the school by its flexibility and adaptability, allowing them to pursue their sporting careers without missing lessons or sacrificing their academic potential.

But that's not the only reason why we think MVA is the best school in the world for young athletes.

We also understand that young sportspeople face immense pressures on and off the track, pitch, court, or course - pressures that they cannot, and should not, be expected to simply know how to deal with.

It's through this lens that MVA is deeply proud to announce a new partnership with mental performance specialist Mental Point, who will be integrating with MVA's existing High Performance Club to deliver a series of workshops targeting key mental performance skills, including managing pressure, building match resilience, and transitioning focus between online study and elite competition.

And it's not just for the students, either. Family sessions will invite parents to learn practical strategies for supporting their child both in their athletic ambitions whilst also maintaining a healthy life balance.

We’re delighted to partner with Mental Point to support our fantastic High Performance Club offer, giving our athletes further insight from some of the industry's best professionals. Through these additional workshops run by Mental Point, our students will get a much deeper insight into the psychology of elite athletes and learn further key tools to support their development in and out of sport.

- Fabian Spiess - BA (Hons), M.Sc., Athlete Development Manager, MVA

As part of the partnership, MVA students will also be able to access discounted opportunties to join Mental Point's own programmes, which include a range of 1:1 support options both online and in person at training sessions and events.

Students will also get preferred access to Mental Point's Mental Camp in Barcelona, a flexible, 2-to-5-day immersive experience available year-round, combining beachside mental training with on-court work under real competitive pressure.

In combination with MVA's existing support and development programmes, we hope that this partnership will further enable our young elite athletes to excell in their sports as well as the classroom, as successful, capable, and (most importantly) happy young people.

Before they are players, they are people. That's exactly the spirit we found in Minerva — a school built around who the athlete is, not just what they compete in. This partnership lets us bring mental training to student-athletes across every sport, in a way that supports the whole person: in competition, in the classroom and at home.

- Mar Mainetti, Founder and CEO, Mental Point

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