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Let’s Design Engaging Sports Programs Together
How we, as coaches, design programs will expand or limit the innumerable and diverse benefits competitive sport offers for youth and adults.
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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Sport Culture, Kindness and My Life-Long Participation
Playing sports invites us into a special world—a unique world of challenge, growth, fun and relationships.
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Quality of Training: An Overlooked Dimension?
—however, are we missing a critical third dimension of training? ... are we missing gains that could be achieved in our current training?
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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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.
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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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
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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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.
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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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
Sep 12, 20245 min read
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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
Sep 5, 20243 min read
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Paris 2024 Lit Up the Sports World
When sports practices specialize too early, we limit the potential for future athletic performance and enjoyment.
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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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?
Aug 9, 20246 min read
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Olympic Fever: 3.5% faster than the next best. How?
Georgia’s story is inspirational. It highlights that athletic development is not linear.
Aug 1, 20243 min read
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Action First. Planning Can Follow
When athletes feel a sense of inclusion, belonging and community, they want to participate.
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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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...
Jul 18, 20243 min read
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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.
Jul 12, 20242 min read
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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)
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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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
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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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...
Jun 13, 20243 min read
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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...
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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Part 3: Coaching Context
(Series: Coaching: Creating a Practice Environment Where Athletes Will Thrive) Sports coaching requires specific knowledge about the...
May 23, 20243 min read
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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...
May 16, 20243 min read
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