Athletes

Pre-exercise hydration

While hydration practices during training and competition are important, new research emphasizes the importance of beginning endurance exercise in a well-hydrated state. Athletes experiencing pre-exercise dehydration showed impaired aerobic exercise performance, peak oxygen consumption, and lactate threshold.

• Athlete Development
• Nutrition and Hydration

Impact of RED-S on performance

March is Nutrition Month. Proper nutrition plays an important role in athlete training, performance, and recovery. For athletes, under-fuelling can contribute to the development of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and negatively affect performance. For example, associated iron deficiency...

Transactive Memory Systems

Transactive memory is a knowledge sharing system that often develops in relationships or groups where people assume responsibility for different knowledge areas and rely on each other for information. For example, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen and Steve Kerr...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching

Benefits of Masters sport

Participation in Masters sport provides a number of physical, psychological and social benefits for athletes, including strength and conditioning, positive perspectives on aging, and strong friendships. Learn more in the SIRCuit.

• Aging
• Athlete Development
• Health and Wellness
• Masters Sport

Soccer balls and concussion

The average soccer player heads the ball 12 times in a game, and each header carries up to 100g acceleration - enough to cause serious brain damage. New research from Purdue University shows that deflating balls to pressures on the...

• Concussion
• Equipment
• Injury
• Safe Sport

Self-compassion and mental toughness

Research shows self-compassionate athletes rehabilitating from injury tend to be more mentally tough, perceive having more coping resources, and experience less self-criticism. In fact, self-compassion might allow injured athletes to access a healthier version of mental toughness, characterized by acceptance...

• Athlete Development
• Mental Skills

Officiating in combat sports

Judges' decisions are an integral part of combat sports, from boxing and wrestling to mixed martial arts (MMA). However, data collected from more than 500 men's and women's mixed martial arts contests found the rate at which competitors fight (the...

• Officials
• Professional Sport

The Ripple Effect of the Pandemic: Supporting Athletes With a Holistic Approach

February 9, 2021

“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...

• COVID-19
• High Performance
• Mental Health
• Olympic Games
• Paralympic Games

Tokyo postponement

“I’ve often described a Major Games environment as the world’s largest petri dish…It’s like a quadrennial convention of the world’s active viruses and communicable diseases” says Antoine Atallah, General Manager of Major Games Canada. Learn how Canadian and international experts...

• COVID-19
• Major Games

Preventing muscle loss after injury

New research suggests training one arm can improve strength and decrease muscle loss in the other arm -- without even moving it. Study participants who performed an eccentric exercise on their active arm had just 2% muscle wastage in their...

• Injury
• Training Methods