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At the crossroads of elite athlete and dad: Male athletes’ experiences navigating parenthood

There has been a longstanding perception that pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood mark the end of an elite athlete’s career in sport. Over the last few years, many researchers, advocates, and athletes themselves have gone to great lengths in challenging this inaccurate belief. We wouldn’t go as far as to say that presumptuous views of this…

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Sleep and Recovery

Key considerations for Para athlete recovery
February 15, 2023
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Sara W. Szabo and Michael D. Kennedy
Para sport has grown substantially in the past decades with increases in athlete participation as well as training intensities and sport performance (Patricios & Webborn, 2021; Fagher et coll., 2016). Yet, there is still limited research to help inform practice,...
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Athlete Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Talent Identification

Identification of “sleeping” talent in elite ice-hockey using psychological characteristics 
February 13, 2023
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Simon Grondin
In sports, some athletes currently under-perform compared to others, but end up excelling later in life, while some who currently perform well, end up under-performing later on. In other words, current performance is not necessarily a good predictor of potential...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation

Supporting positive parental decision-making in youth sport
February 8, 2023
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Heather Larson
Parents and guardians have significant influence on their children’s sporting experiences, as well as broader sport culture. They serve as interpreters, role models, and providers of childhood sport experiences (Fredricks & Eccles, 2004). As such, their decisions can have long-lasting...
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Para Sport
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

A sociocultural analysis of adaptive skateboarding and wheelchair motocross
February 6, 2023
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Nikolaus Dean
View the summary of this research here. This study explored physically disabled skateboarders and wheelchair motocross (WCMX) riders’ experiences with the skateboarding community, online (on Instagram), and within skatepark settings. It aims to add to the growing research on physically...
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Anti-Racism
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Social Issues

Using life skills to promote social justice: Youth sport as a vehicle for social change
February 1, 2023
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Corliss Bean, Tarkington J. Newman, Martin Camiré, Leisha Strachan
As youth sport researchers, we seek to understand how youth develop and transfer life skills. In recent years, cultural issues have urged us to evolve our understanding of life skills. For instance, the Black Lives Matter and #MeToo movements continue...
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Indigenous
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Settler colonial sport venues: An Edmonton/Amiskwaciy history
January 30, 2023
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Judy Davidson and Matt Ormandy
‘Settler Colonial Sport Venues’ explores the settler histories of sporting places, and the role settler athletic venues have played in colonization and carcerality. It aims to challenge the idea that building sports facilities is always positive, showing instead how these...
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Athlete Development
High Performance
Mental Health
Social Media
Sponsorship
Technology

Managing the competing tensions of social media as a high performance athlete
January 23, 2023
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Caela Fenton
Highlights Social media has had an enormous impact on the sport sector, economically and culturally Athletes may use social media as a platform for personal updates or activism, or as a venue to work with sponsors in a financial relationship,...
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Athlete Development
Program Design and Evaluation

From scarcity to abundance: How Para athlete transfer can broaden development pathways
January 23, 2023
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Caela Fenton
Highlights The Canadian Paralympic Committee and Own the Podium identified the creation of an “Athlete Transfer System” as a way to broaden Para athlete development pathways Athlete transfer is when an athlete switches sports or takes on an additional sport...
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Data and Analytics
High Performance
Program Design and Evaluation
Technology

Sport after Moneyball: Exploring sports analytics and the digital economy
January 23, 2023
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Brad Millington, Michael Naraine, Parissa Safai, Andrew Manley and Liz Wanless
Highlights The rising importance of data and technology in sport over the last two decades reflects the arrival of a wider digital economy There are “twin revolutions” occurring in sport: a change in how we understand the world around us,...
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High Performance
Physical Health

Move over menstrual cycle: Ovulation monitoring is the new gold standard to monitor REDs in female athletes
January 23, 2023
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Jessalyn O’Donnell
Highlights Low energy availability (LEA) arises when there is not enough energy (calories) consumed to support critical body functions as well as extra physical activity, such as training Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) is a result of longstanding LEA...
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