Athletes

Creating a Values-Based Sport System in Canada

April 3, 2020

Across playing fields, courts and ice rinks in Canada, demands for improvements in the quality of the sport experience are growing. While sport has long been celebrated for its role in developing the character of our nation, stories shared in...

• Coaching
• Community Sport
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Fair Play
• Leadership and Governance
• Quality Sport
• Safe Sport

Concussion

SIRC's Concussion Newsletter offers up-to-date sport concussion resources for athletes, parent, coaches, and sport organizations. In the March edition, learn about the progression of concussion awareness and education in Canada, discover new resources, and read about the success of Western...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Concussion
• Leadership and Governance
• Program Design and Evaluation

SIRCuit: The Role of Nutrition in Sub-Concussion Injury Protection

April 2, 2020

This is the second article in a two-part series about the links between nutrition and sport-related concussion. The first article focused on the role of nutrition in concussion recovery. This article focuses on the potential for nutrition to contribute to...

• Athlete Development
• Concussion
• Health and Wellness
• High Performance
• Injury
• Nutrition and Hydration

Mental Health

Experts from Brock University agree that getting outside is good for your physical and mental health. Being outside and surrounded by trees, flowers and other plants stimulates physiological responses that have a positive effect on your mental health. Whether you’re strolling with the...

• Health and Wellness
• Mental Health

SIRCuit: Supporting the Psychological Wellbeing of Athletes: What Can Coaches do?

March 31, 2020

There has recently been an increasing number of athletes bravely coming forward to share their stories about the psychological distress and associated mental health challenges they experienced during their athletic careers (e.g., Michael Phelps, Gracie Gold, and Demar Derozan). Athletes...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Health and Wellness
• High Performance
• Mental Health

SIRCuit: The Benefits of Masters Sport to Healthy Aging

March 31, 2020

Carol LaFayette-Boyd is one of Canada’s rising athletics stars. Notably, LaFayette-Boyd is “rising” to exceptional athletic status at the age of 77 years. Setting a new world age-group record in the W75 200-meter race at the 2019 Canadian Masters Indoor...

• Aging
• Health and Wellness
• Masters Sport
• Participation

SIRCuit

The Spring SIRCuit is now available! Check out our newest collection of articles, providing timely and relevant research and insights relating to leadership, athlete development, and high performance sport: The Role of Nutrition in Sub-Concussion Injury ProtectionEngaging Youth in Evaluation ProcessesAn Official’s...

• Aging
• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Community Sport
• Concussion
• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Masters Sport
• Mental Health
• Nutrition and Hydration
• Program Design and Evaluation

Lessons from the Start Line – Applying Sport Experiences to a Future Career as a First Responder

March 27, 2020

I was born in 1995 which means I fall under the very prestigious title of a millennial. Not only are we known for the extensive technological integration into our lives, but also for our high unemployment rates and decreased job...

• Athlete Development
• Life Skills
• Professional Development

A Year in the Making – Reflections on Canada Artistic Swimming’s new name, new brand and commitment to excellence

March 26, 2020

When FINA, the international body that governs aquatics, changed the name of the synchronized swimming discipline to artistic swimming, it sent more than a wave across the sport in Canada. It unleashed a tsunami of activity that has resulted in...

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Leadership and Governance
• Marketing and Communications

Recovery

Cold-water immersion, also known as cryotherapy, has been used to treat injuries, reduce heat illness, and reduce delayed onset muscle soreness. Research in the International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training found cryotherapy reduced an athlete’s perception of soreness but...

• Athlete Development
• Injury
• Sleep and Recovery
• Training Methods