Knowledge Nuggets Building teams Building a successful team involves identifying, selecting and integrating people with complementary skills and characteristics that improve team dynamics. First, identify the skills and characteristics that your team needs. Second, select people with these skills and characteristics, and consider how... Capacity Building Leadership and Governance Professional Development
Blog Everywhere, all the time, anywhere: Why physical literacy matters May 18, 2022 The loosening of COVID‑19 pandemic restrictions on sport and physical activity presents a unique opportunity to dramatically change how we engage young people in sport and physical activity. Pre-pandemic sport participation was marred by high dropout rates among girls and... Athlete Development Children and Youth Physical Literacy
Knowledge Nuggets Military family support As sport professionals, part of our support for military personnel often includes considering types of sport programming that may promote physical and mental recovery following service-related illness and injury. But military families are often overlooked. Integrating military family programming and... Mental Health Program Design and Evaluation Sport Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Board governance While management is about “getting the work done,” governance ensures organizations pursue the right purpose, in the right way, and continuously develop. In any sport organization, the board of directors’ role is to govern the organization. When board members are... Board and Volunteer Management Leadership and Governance Professional Development
Knowledge Nuggets Evidence-based changes To be effective, strategies to reduce the risk of concussion should be both targeted and sport-specific. Sport-specific knowledge about how concussions occur and where the highest risks exist will help sport organizations develop effective strategies. After a new strategy is... Concussion Program Design and Evaluation Research to Practice
Knowledge Nuggets The active mom Kids don’t have to be the only ones getting active during their organized sport activities. Training sessions provide an ideal time for moms to get active too! Creating opportunities for parents to engage in individual or group exercise during their... Mental Health Mothers Sport Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Self-compassion in sport Self-compassion requires an awareness of personal suffering and a desire to help oneself through an emotionally difficult time. Based on the research, self-compassion has three main components: self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness. Health and Lifestyle Mental Health Mental Skills
Knowledge Nuggets Warm-up tips Do you like to stretch before going for a run? Research shows that short durations of dynamic stretching (up to 4 minutes) are the most beneficial for running performance if there are no further warm-up activities after stretching. Static stretching,... Athlete Development Physical Health Sport Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Independence in Safe Sport The importance of Safe Sport and how it can be further integrated into Canadian Sport is an ever-evolving process for many sport organizations. A key question for many organizations centers on what “independence” means in the context of investigative processes... Leadership and Governance Safe Sport Sport Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Movement-based methods Creative approaches to data collection can be useful for sport organizations to evaluate the effectiveness of youth programs. For example, movement-based methods use the structure or rules of a game to gather feedback from youth about their experience. They can... Athlete Development Program Design and Evaluation Sport Participation
