ABSTRACT
Mental health in elite sport is a prominent issue in the world’s competitive sports. Recently, Schinke and colleagues (Schinke, Stambulova, Si, & Moore, 2020) called on sports professionals to make efforts to protect and enhance elite athletes’ mental health in their ways to sports excellence. In this chapter, I will use the case of a Taiwanese archery coach as an example to report how the coach’s leadership influence athletes’ mental health, performance, and satisfaction. The case synthesized several persons’ stories into a culturally-reflective report. The contents include how Taiwanese culture influences sports coaches’ education, personality, and sports involvement. These factors, in turn, influence the archery coach’s leadership in sports training and the Olympic Games. In my case report, I would like to share some information about elite sports and mental health in Taiwan. Several theoretical implications, reflections, and practical applications are also discussed.
