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Breaking Ice: Connecting Indigenous Culture and Sport Through Blind Hockey 

In partnership with Canadian Blind Hockey  June is National Indigenous History Month, a time to reflect on the strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. It’s also a time to acknowledge the gaps that still exist, particularly in areas like sport, where Indigenous youth, especially those with disabilities, continue to face…

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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Skills

Is momentum important to the outcome of a match?
July 21, 2014
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Fans, coaches, players and play-by-play announcers love to use the word momentum to describe the turning point of a game or a match. Gaining momentum is thought of as a positive outcome while losing momentum is the opposite. This is...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Program Design and Evaluation
Training Factors

Periodization: Preparation for Success
June 13, 2014
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“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” Arthur Ashe. Athletes devote many hours of training over a season with a support team consisting of coaches, trainers and doctors to ultimately get the chance...
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Coaching
Concussion
Equipment

Use Your Head … Safely!
June 13, 2014
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Concussion awareness and prevention has been a rising issue throughout the sports world in recent years. Particular attention is being paid to head injury in youth sports and its lasting effects as children get older. For the game of soccer,...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Skills
Training Factors

Flow State: In the zone for optimal sports performance!
June 13, 2014
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For basketball fans and sports enthusiasts this is a great time of year. March Madness is upon us. In tournaments such as this, when the outcome of a single game determines who plays on and who goes home, a single...
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Coaching
Professional Development

Getting Started: Female Coaches in Sport
June 12, 2014
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If you take a look at the Canadian women involved in elite coaching today, any of them could easily be a role model for future women looking to make a difference through coaching. However the early stages of a female...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
Nutrition and Hydration

Hungry to Compete
February 4, 2014
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Coaches, trainers, anyone a part of an athlete’s support team, have a crucial role in not only preventing problematic eating, but also being the first responder in identifying the signs and symptoms. Recent studies show that athletes who have positive...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Training Factors

Should athletes continue to train through illness?
November 27, 2013
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Every athlete during their career has experienced the frustration of illness which often temporarily derails their training. Many times the length of time off is determined by the severity of the illness and the rate of recovery, however, there are...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
High Performance
Mental Skills

Can motivation be developed?
November 19, 2013
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by Trent Weir  Algonquin College Sport Business Management Intern  Kieran Behan made his first Olympic appearance at the 2012 London Games as the first gymnast from Ireland to qualify based on his results. While it’s an impressive feat, it is...
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Coaching
Mental Health
Mental Skills

Mental Skills for Coaches
June 6, 2013
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Coaches are the driving force in developing young athletes from amateurs into great professional athletes. They help instill the fundamentals of a sport, implement training programs and cultivate the understanding and knowledge of a sport in athletes. Coaches need to...
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Coaching

Coaching and Digital Video Analysis
April 30, 2013
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Video analysis in sports can be an indispensable coaching tool – from determining feedback and correction to athletes, to observations on technical and tactical skills. With technological advances, GoPro being the latest popular video recording device, as well as the...
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