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On the sidelines but central: The powerful role parents play in youth sport

Anyone who has ever sat through a rainy Saturday soccer match or juggled dinner schedules to accommodate volleyball practice knows that youth sport doesn’t happen without parents. They are the chauffeurs, cheerleaders, fundraisers, and sometimes, the most vocal critics on the sidelines. But as Dr. Nick Holt knows all too well, parents aren’t just a…

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Indigenous
Mental Health
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Reconciliation
Residential Schools
Sport Participation

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 If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re passionate about Canadian university sport. And why wouldn’t you be? University sport provides students with opportunities to connect and enhance their confidence through building skills. It also gives students something to...
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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 Brave testimonies by Canadian athletes such as Clara Hughes, Nadia Popov and Brittany MacLean as well as tragedies like the suicide of university basketball player Alex McLaughlin shed light on the fact that mental health challenges happen to athletes...
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Classification
High Performance
Mental Health
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games

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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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Health

Unexpected, but not a surprise: Anticipating stressors in competition
October 27, 2021
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Benjamin Sereda, Nick L. Holt, and Amber Mosewich, University of Alberta
An athlete’s ability to cope with stress is crucial for performing well in competition. Many stressors can arise for athletes, including training demands, pressure to do well, conceding points, and discomfort. Most of the stress that athletes experience during competition...
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Abuse-Free Sport
Coaching
High Performance
Leadership
Mental Health
Team Culture

Building a culture of excellence in high performance sport
July 19, 2021
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SIRC with Own the Podium
Highlights An organization’s culture involves the values, attitudes and goals that are shared by a group of people. These values, attitudes and goals influence how the group interacts and operates as its members work toward a common goal. Within and...
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COVID-19
High Performance
Mental Health
Olympic & Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games

The Ripple Effect of the Pandemic: Supporting Athletes With a Holistic Approach
February 9, 2021
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Sophie Brassard, Game Plan Advisor, INS Québec/FAEQ
“Athlete career excellence” is a concept from sport psychology concerned with an athlete’s ability to sustain a healthy, successful, and long-lasting career in sport and life. It means the athlete is striving to achieve meaningful goals in sport and life...
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Children and Youth
Mental Health
Physical Literacy
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Imagery use in children’s leisure time physical activities
January 25, 2021
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Krista Chandler
Project summary Given the rate of children’s physical inactivity, it is important to identify strategies that assist individuals in self-regulating their physical activity behaviors. Imagery is one such strategy. Children’s use of imagery has been investigated in sport, but not...
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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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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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