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The bounce-back illusion: Why real postpartum bodies deserve the spotlight

Let’s begin with a familiar image. A woman, newly postpartum, stands in her living room. Her baby is nestled in a sling across her chest, and she’s attempting something between a squat and a stretch while simultaneously rescuing a plush giraffe from under the couch. She is not wearing Lululemon. She has not “bounced back.”…

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Abuse-Free Sport
Athlete Development
Coaching
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Safe Sport

Next Steps in the Safe Sport Journey: From Prevention of Harm to Optimizing Experiences
April 19, 2021
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Gretchen Kerr, University of Toronto
Highlights At its core, the Safe Sport movement is about optimizing the sport experience for all—athletes, coaches, sport administrators, officials, support staff, and others in the sport environment. Broader societal changes have influenced the Safe Sport movement:  Changing approaches to...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Talent Identification

For or Against? The Pros and Cons of Early Talent Identification in Sport
April 13, 2021
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Aaron Koenigsberg, Jesse Korf, and Lou Farah, York University
Early Talent Identification (TID) describes the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting athletes for sport programs in early adolescence (ages 10-14). This practice has created a contentious issue in sport. On one hand, early selection may eliminate late bloomers from...
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Athlete Development
Children and Youth
Coaching
Sport Participation Research Initiative

Teacher-coaches’ influence on the global development of student-athletes: An examination of perceived dual role benefits and challenges
April 5, 2021
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Martin Camiré
Project summary Youth development research has examined the antecedents, processes, and outcomes that occur in sport contexts. One common finding that consistently emerges is that influential adults, such as teachers and coaches, play instrumental roles in facilitating the developmental process....
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Coaching
Sport for Social Development
Sport Participation Research Initiative
Training Factors

Examining the use of socialization tactics in team sports
February 8, 2021
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Alex Benson
Project summary Sport team membership provides people with opportunities to work together toward a common goal and build supportive social relationships. Quite simply, being a member of a sport team is associated with a host of psychosocial benefits. However, joining...
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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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Accessibility
Athlete Development
Coaching
Community Sport
Para Sport
Program Design and Evaluation

Community parasport – The experiences of female youth
December 15, 2020
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Mikaeli Cavell, Nick Wattie, and Meghann Lloyd
The upcoming Tokyo Paralympics will be an opportunity to inspire the next generation of Canadian Paralympians. However, without strong development pathways, young Canadians may not have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. An important first step along any development pathway...
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Athlete Development
Coaching
Mental Skills

“If it Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix it:” Managing Subgroups in Sport
November 24, 2020
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Curtis Smith, Student, Queen's University
This blog is the final installment in a series in collaboration with Queen’s University. As an assignment to build knowledge mobilization skills, Dr. Luc Martin, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, tasked students in his third year team...
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