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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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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Assessing youth sport programs’ facilitation of positive youth development
January 18, 2021
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Jessica Fraser-Thomas
Background / Context / Objective With growing societal concern for youths’ healthy development, extensive literature suggests organized leisure activities serve as optimal contexts to foster positive youth development (Larson, 2000), and sport has consistently been found to be the most...
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Coaching
High Performance
Mental Health
Nutrition and Hydration
Physical Health

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport: What Coaches Need to Know
January 11, 2021
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Megan Kuikman, Registered Dietitian
Mary Cain, a former record-breaking phenom, made a different type of headline when she spoke up about the pressure she faced to lose weight that caused her to disappear from the running scene (Cain, 2019). Cain’s willingness to speak up...
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Coaching
Leadership
Professional Development
Social Issues

Maximizing Social Learning Spaces in Sport Organizations: A Story about Creating Value
January 11, 2021
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Diane Culver and Tiago Duarte, University of Ottawa
The global knowledge society is one in which we can never know everything we will need to know to be successful – something the pandemic has brought into sharp focus. Sport leaders need an agile method capable of gathering knowledge...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Masters Sport
Older Adults
Quality Sport

Giving Due Deliberation to Masters Athletes: The Time has Come
January 11, 2021
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Bradley Young, Scott Rathwell, and Bettina Callary
Paradoxically, Masters sport is equally celebrated and ignored. Masters athletes are celebrated because they are motivated, goal-oriented, and determined to thrive at ages when sport participation has traditionally waned – they defeat stereotypes and allow us to rethink possibilities. Yet...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health
Mental Skills
Older Adults
Physical Health

Self-Compassion in Sport 101
January 11, 2021
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Nathan Reis, Kent Kowalski, Amber Mosewich, and Leah Ferguson
If you have been involved in the coaching or administrative side of competitive sport, chances are you have seen athletes experience emotionally difficult setbacks. These setbacks can range from devastating performance failures (e.g., “choking” during an important competition), to facing...
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Athlete Development
Capacity Building
High Performance
Para Sport
Talent Identification

Supporting Podium Dreams – Paralympian Search and RBC Training Ground
January 11, 2021
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Sydney Millar, SIRC
To support the identification and development of future Olympians and Paralympians, two Canadian programs have been developed to fuel the Canadian pipeline of future hopefuls. RBC Training Ground and the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Paralympian Search are athlete identification programs designed...
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Community Sport
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Recreation
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Underserved Groups

Understanding barriers to sport in Hamilton, ON
January 11, 2021
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Andrew Clark
Project summary This study uses a random group of adults in Hamilton, ON to determine what barriers to sport are preventing adults from being active through sport. The research using data from a questionnaire that was part of a larger...
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Adapted Sport
Disability
Physical Health
Program Design and Evaluation
Sport Participation

Tips to engage adults with intellectual and developmental disability in sport and physical activity
January 5, 2021
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Jordan Deneau, Suzanne Ali, Chad Sutherland, Nadia Azar, and Sean Horton
Exercise leads to many benefits for individuals with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD), including those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These include improved physical and mental health, increased community engagement, and, amongst individuals with ASD, a decrease in repetitive...
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Children and Youth
Indigenous
Sport Participation
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Building meaningful programs for indigenous youth
January 4, 2021
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Alexandra Arellano
Project summary The main purpose of this research program was to help build more meaningful and relevant sport and recreation-based programs for Indigenous youth through the examination of a series of multidisciplinary analyses and case studies (mainly the Promoting Life-skills...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Life Skills
Long-Term Development
Olympic & Paralympic Games
School Sport
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Trickle down effect? Exploring the influence of the Olympic Games on preschooler sport participation and development
December 28, 2020
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Jessica Fraser-Thomas
Background / Context / Objective The benefits of sport participation among youth are well recognized, yet little work has focused on understanding sport participation among very young children, despite growing participation at increasingly early ages. The first objective of this...
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