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Concussions and Confidence: Why Mental Readiness Matters in Recovery 

For most of her career, Jen Kish was known as one of the best and most fearless female players in rugby sevens. She captained Canada’s women’s team to an Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. And, she also endured more than 30 concussions with only five of them formally diagnosed.  “Your brain health…

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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Parenting styles and practices: Promoting exemplary parenting in youth sport
July 3, 2023
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Nick Holt
Project summary  Our research question was: How do exemplary youth sport parents support their daughters in competitive team sport? To answer this question, we interviewed 8 coaches and asked them to discuss the best parents they had ever worked with....
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Athlete Development
Long-Term Development

Using motor learning concepts to enhance athlete skill development
June 28, 2023
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Matt Krueger
Motor learning is the process of acquiring and refining skills, such as movements or strategies, through practice and experience. It is an important concept in sport because it helps coaches create effective training programs to help athletes improve performance. Coaches...
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Athlete Development
Coaching

How to harness the power of team cohesion in sport
June 21, 2023
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Erika Degabriele and Cailie McGuire
In sport, we often hear athletes and coaches talking about how “united” their team is and the great “chemistry” that they have. Broadly, these terms reflect the concept of cohesion. Cohesion is frequently described as the glue that holds a...
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Athlete Development
Life Skills
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Exploring the life skills transfer process from sport to life
May 15, 2023
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Kelsey Kendellen
Project summary  In recent years, researchers and practitioners have paid increasing attention to understanding how the life skills (e.g., leadership, emotional regulation) learned in sport can transfer and be applied beyond sport. The overall purpose of this project was to...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Long-Term Development
Maltreatment
Program Design and Evaluation
Quality Sport
Safe Sport
Sport Integrity
Sport Participation

Safe, quality and values-based: 3 approaches to optimize sport experience
April 24, 2023
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Jennifer Coletti and Veronica Allan, SIRC
Highlights  There are several evidence-informed approaches to sport delivery that researchers and sport organizations encourage, and that you can engage with, to promote positive experiences and combat harmful cultures in sport and society  Quality sport, values-based sport and safe sport...
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Athlete Development
Communications

Emotion as a form of communication
March 22, 2023
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Sarah Nirenberg and Cailie McGuire
In game 6 of the 2021 NHL playoffs, the Toronto Maple Leafs were down 1-0 in the third period and on the penalty kill. Toronto Maple Leaf Mitch Marner shot the puck over the glass, resulting in a penalty. While...
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Athlete Development
Sleep and Recovery
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The psychology of recovery among endurance athletes
March 6, 2023
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Stuart G. Wilson and Bradley W. Young
View the summary of this research here. The development of sport performance takes a lot of hard training, and all that training also takes equal amounts of recovery. Recovery is about restoring performance capability after facing stress in various ways,...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

The prospective contribution of sport and active leisure to student academic and psycho-social success from kindergarten to high school 
February 27, 2023
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Linda Pagani
Introduction and context Only 8% of school age Canadian students meet the recommended daily goal of ≥ 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Youth mental health problems have doubled over the past two decades. As family life represents a primary vehicle...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Life Skills

How youth athletes can support their own life skill development through sport
February 22, 2023
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Mandisa Lau, Corliss Bean and Caroline Hummell
Sports help to develop crucial skills on and off the court, field, or ice. Participating in sports can help youth athletes stay physically healthy, build positive relationships with coaches and other players and learn valuable skills.  While coaches often play...
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Accessibility
Athlete Development
Para Sport
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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