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Beyond the game: The power of positive psychology in sport

In the world of elite sports, the focus has traditionally been on performance metrics, rigorous training regimens, and strategies for winning. But what if the secret to sustained success lies not just in physical prowess, but in the mind? Enter positive psychology, a field that seeks to unlock human potential by fostering mental resilience, well-being,…

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Data and Analytics
Knowledge Mobilization
Leadership

Knowledge mobilization 101: Sharing knowledge to enhance sport in Canada
August 31, 2022
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Brynna Kerr
Many sport organizations collect data on their programs and best practices, but what happens with those findings? Unfortunately, this data often gets piled into internal reports and largely forgotten. This means that valuable learnings aren’t shared with those who can...
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Athlete Development
Disability
Sport Participation

Athletes2Coaches: A mentorship program for athletes experiencing disability
August 24, 2022
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Jessica Ferguson, Carrie Millar and Jennifer Leo
Coaching athletes with a disability requires many of the same skills as coaching non-disabled athletes (for example, developing skill progression). However, coaching athletes with impairments often requires coaches to have disability-specific knowledge as well (Fairhurst, Bloom, & Harvey, 2017). Coaches’...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Sport Participation

Playing devil’s advocate: How to avoid groupthink in sport environments
August 17, 2022
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Erin Locke and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
“This is how we’ve always done it.” You’ve heard that phrase before. Whether you’ve said it or heard it said, it’s clear that groupthink is present in every corner of our society. When we fail to consider fresh perspectives in...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation

Cultivating a mastery climate in youth sport
August 10, 2022
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Noah Lipin and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
When children are asked about why they play sports, having fun is consistently ranked as the number one reason. Trying their best, being treated with respect and getting playing time are reasons that fall close behind. Winning, on the other...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Communications

Actions speak louder than words: Non-verbal communication in sport
August 3, 2022
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Lexi Gottlieb and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
Communication is most associated with purposeful, verbal interactions. However, a big part of how we communicate in life, and sport, is non-verbal (Mehrabian, 2017). For example, simple acts of eye contact or body language are just as important than the...
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Climate Change
Leadership and Governance

How sport organizations and events are combating climate change
July 25, 2022
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SIRC with Teddy Katz
Photo credit: Denise MaxwellOrganizers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games plant trees for a new Commonwealth Games Forest that will serve as one of the Games’ legacies. Highlights At a United Nations Conference on the role of sport in combating...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation

Current perspectives on multi-sport participation
July 25, 2022
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Paul Jurbala, Sport for Life
Highlights If lifelong and healthy engagement in sport is the goal, childhood and youth participation in a variety of activities, including unstructured play, make more sense than early specialization Research shows that early specialization in sport correlates with increased likelihood...
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High Performance
Maltreatment
Safe Sport
Team Culture

“I feel (un)safe when…”: What athletes have to say about high performance culture
July 25, 2022
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Eric MacIntosh, Shannon Kerwin and Alison Doherty
Highlights In this article, researchers present their findings about Canadian high performance athletes’ perspectives on safe and unsafe sport environments, as well as recommendations for changes Athletes identified coach behaviour, teammate or fellow athlete behaviour, lack of resources and an...
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Accessibility
Adapted Sport
Disability
Para Sport
Sport Participation

Enhancing sport and physical activity participation for Canadians with disabilities
July 25, 2022
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Veronica Allan, SIRC
Highlights When Jenny Davey first started working at the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) in 2014, she had no idea how much a fledgling research partnership would shape the work she does in the Paralympic sport system 8 years later. “I...
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Long-Term Development

Indigenous ways of knowing and doing connected to physical literacy, diversity and collaboration in sport
July 25, 2022
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Greg Henhawk, Wes Chen, Caela Fenton and Veronica Allan
Highlights “Teaching was something that I always knew that I could do. From an early age, I was captain of teams and things like that, so I was thrust into leadership roles,” says Greg Henhawk. Henhawk is a Mohawk of...
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