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FUN MAPS: Rethinking the joy of sport

For many, sport is synonymous with fun. Its why children sign up for soccer leagues, join hockey teams, and try out for rowing clubs. But what exactly makes sport fun? And how can coaches and program leaders ensure that fun isn’t just an afterthought, but a core component of the sport experience?  Dr. Erin Sharpe,…

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Blossom where you’re planted: Mental health considerations for Indigenous sport participants
January 24, 2022
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Veronica Allan, Sharon Anne Firth and Chantale Lussier
Highlights: The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation took place on September 30, 2021. This day honours the survivors of the residential school system, their families and their communities. Reflecting on truth and reconciliation in Canadian sport, this article...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
School Sport

Opportunities for mental health promotion in Canadian university sport
January 24, 2022
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Kurtis Pankow, Tara-Leigh McHugh, Amber Mosewich and Nicholas Holt, University of Alberta
Highlights Evidence suggests that university student-athletes experience poor mental health at higher rates than the general population. To better understand and support mental health in the university sport setting, a research team at the University of Alberta studied how mentally...
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High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health

The mental health strategy for high performance sport in Canada: What national sport organization leaders and staff should know
January 24, 2022
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Natalie Durand-Bush and Krista Van Slingerland
Highlights The Mental Health Strategy for High Performance Sport in Canada aims to improve the mental health outcomes for all Canadian high performance athletes, coaches, and staff. The strategy was developed by Canadian experts in mental health and sport based...
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Lessons about mental health from the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo
January 24, 2022
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SIRC with Teddy Katz
Highlights For athletes, coaches, and others who worked tirelessly to make the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games a success, the global COVID‑19 pandemic increased stress and added to the already pressure-packed environment. When USA Gymnastics legend Simone Biles put her...
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Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Sport Participation

Is it time to rethink our long-term sport participation models?
January 19, 2022
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François Gallant and Mathieu Bélanger, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
In Canada, Sport for Life’s long-term athlete development model (Balyi, Way, & Higgs, 2013), now known as Long-Term Development (LTD) in Sport and Physical Activity, has served as the guiding framework for national, provincial and territorial sport programming since 2005....
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Athlete Development
Program Design and Evaluation
Research to Practice

Less is more: Programming interval training for endurance performance
January 12, 2022
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Michael Rosenblat, Simon Fraser University
More isn’t always better. This couldn’t be truer than when it comes to designing an interval training program geared to maximize endurance sport performance. At least that’s the conclusion of our most recent meta-analysis. This blog discusses findings from our...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Leadership

Let them lead: The benefits of shared athlete leadership
January 5, 2022
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Emma Schotanus and Luc Martin, Queen’s University
In its inaugural season, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, a team of so-called “misfits” patched together from 30 other National Hockey League (NHL) teams, reached the Stanley Cup finals. One reason for their success was that they didn’t assign traditional on-ice...
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2021 year in review: How SIRC embraced the “new normal”
December 22, 2021
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SIRC
After 2020 surprised us all with a global pandemic, many of us looked to 2021 with hope for a gradual return to our pre-pandemic “normal.” And with the widespread rollout and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines across the country, the activities...
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Mom's Got Game
Mothers
Physical Health
Sport Participation

“Playing for team motherhood”: Returning to team sport after childbirth
December 15, 2021
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Talia Ritondo, Brock University
“After each pregnancy, I wonder if I’m gonna be able to get back to where I was before. I want to be able to jump and hit the ball or catch the frisbee. I want to be able to perform...
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Community Sport
Strategic Planning

Considerations for strategic planning in community sport clubs
December 8, 2021
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Kristen A. Morrison and Katie E. Misener
Sport leaders can use strategic planning to help identify their organization’s current position, where it plans to go, and how it intends to get there (O’Brien et al., 2019). Strategic planning has been linked with improved organizational change processes as...
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