Sports Participation, Coincidence and Connection
Random events conspire to create chance encounters. Our lives will intersect with other people—enriching and connecting us to a community.
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Oct 32 min
Supporting Performance and Avoiding Burnout (Be like exploration-exploitation, belonging-security, respect-choices)
This post is a collection of thoughts I shared through weekly training plans from September 2024 with the athletes I coach. Enjoy
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Sep 192 min
Was I Coaching or on a Nature Hike?
My approach is to open space for the athletes to notice the spectacular environment they train in and interact with teammates.
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Sep 125 min
Nordic Handball: Origin of the Game and the Rules(Benefits of Inventive Games)
Nordic Handball encourages creativity, teamwork, communication, and fair competition. Athletes develop skills
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Sep 53 min
Dropout! Where Can We Keep Athletes Playing?
However, to continue increasing numbers of varsity skiers in Canada, we must value the varsity experience and the athlete devel
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Aug 154 min
Paris 2024 Lit Up the Sports World
When sports practices specialize too early, we limit the potential for future athletic performance and enjoyment.
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Aug 96 min
Paris Olympic High Performers: Looking Deeper
When new technology is introduced into the sports network, its adoption is assumed to be positive and improve performance. Is this the case?
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Aug 13 min
Olympic Fever: 3.5% faster than the next best. How?
Georgia’s story is inspirational. It highlights that athletic development is not linear.
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Jul 253 min
Action First. Planning Can Follow
When athletes feel a sense of inclusion, belonging and community, they want to participate.
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Jul 183 min
The Magic of People Coming Together for Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation
Bruce Springsteen commented that giving a concert is like making magic—there is nothing—an empty stadium—and then...
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Jul 122 min
The Dog Days of Summer: Being Mindful With Training Decisions
Don’t mindlessly do more, hoping or expecting that a linear progressive training plan leads to greater adaptations and better fitness.
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Jun 273 min
Part 7: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive
Skill and fitness require consistent, regular, and frequent practice to develop. It is our coaching leadership (program design and delivery)
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Jun 203 min
Part 6: Coaching for Accumulation of Practice, but Importantly Sustaining Participation
However, critical to the accumulation of practice are the interactions in the environment that present opportunity or selection that present
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Jun 133 min
Part 5: Deliberate Play: Is Play Valued in Today’s Sports Spaces?
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) In my previous article ( The Sports Context: Youth Sports...
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Jun 62 min
Part 4: The Sports Context: Youth Sports have changed. How are our young athletes doing?
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) For coaches and parents, the sports context in Canada is...
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May 233 min
Part 3: Coaching Context
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) Sports coaching requires specific knowledge about the...
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May 163 min
Part 2: When “The Practice” Allows Creative Space
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) In the previous post, I expressed gratitude for the twelve...
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May 93 min
The Gift of a Space to Be Creative
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) When you read the title of this piece—The Gift of a Space...
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Jun 30, 20232 min
Learning Mindset through Self Compassion
I am an Athletics/Track & Field fan, and June 2023 had some very exciting racing. Faith Kipyegon had two amazing world-record runs! A...
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Jun 21, 20233 min
Summer Training: Strategies to Beat the Heat
By Alex Maycock MSc, BPHE, NCCP T2T Coach Have you ever noticed marathon runners switching wet hats during a race or putting wet towels...
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