The Role of Sail Training as a Factor Strengthening the Hardiness of Extraordinary Youth

The paper presents the results of research on level hardiness participants high sea cruises implementing idea sail training and being a non-standard form informal education in practice. study involved 123 people, including 65 girls 58 boys aged 13 to 18 years, who can be perceived as youth with special educational needs. They were Krzysztof Baranowski School Under Sails 2015 2016, cruise 42 Author’s High Warsaw from Catholic 2017 Gdańsk 2019.Method: Pre-posttest questionnaires issued first last day each cruise. Dispositional Resilience Scale was used measure mental hardiness, commitment, openness challenges sense control participants. T-tests check significance change results.Results: show statistically significant increase measured using Scale. There also participants, which are by subscales scale.Conclusions: It thought that various types Schools under Sail an attractive way adapt needs gifted young people strengthen is valuable asset training.