Blog Blossom where you’re planted: Mental health considerations for Indigenous sport participants January 24, 2022 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 explores... Indigenous Mental Health Sport Participation
Blog Opportunities for mental health promotion in Canadian university sport January 24, 2022 Highlights Evidence suggests that university student-athletes experience poor mental health at higher rates than the general population.To better understand and support mental health in the university sport setting, a research team at the University of Alberta studied how mentally healthy... Athlete Development Coaching Mental Health
Blog Lessons about mental health from the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo January 24, 2022 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... High Performance Mental Health Olympic & Paralympic Games
Knowledge Nuggets Winter 2022 SIRCuit The Winter 2022 SIRCuit is now available! The SIRCuit is designed to highlight important research and insights to advance the Canadian sport system. With Bell Let’s Talk Day on the horizon, this edition of the SIRCuit takes a deep dive... High Performance Mental Health Mothers
Knowledge Nuggets Building quality sport participation For children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, quality participation is built from six building blocks: autonomy, belongingness, challenge, engagement, mastery, and meaning. Sport and recreation programs that actively support these building blocks create satisfying, enjoyable and meaningful experiences for their... Children and Youth Disability Sport Participation
Blog Is it time to rethink our long-term sport participation models? January 19, 2022 In Canada, Sport for Life’s long-term athlete development model (Balyi, Way, & Higgs, 2013), now known as Long-Term Development (LTD) in Sport and Physical Activity, has served as the guiding framework for national, provincial and territorial sport programming since 2005.... Children and Youth Long Term Development Sport Participation
Knowledge Nuggets Culture of excellence In the journey to achieve excellence in sport, there's a tendency to focus on performance-related factors such as medal counts and marginal gains. But those are only 2 pieces of the puzzle. Mental and physical health and well-being, physical safety,... High Performance Mental Health Physical Health
Knowledge Nuggets Psychological skills training Psychological skills training can help athletes enhance performance, self-satisfaction, and enjoyment in sport. For this reason, researchers at the University of Windsor developed a free, online psychological skills training program for para-athletes. This evidence-based program provides training to support skills... Athlete Development Program Design and Evaluation
Knowledge Nuggets Warning signs of RED-S Coaches, teammates, family, and friends can play an important role in recognizing the early warning signs that an athlete may have relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). Warning signs include physical, behavioural, and psychological changes such as recurring injury and... Health and Lifestyle Mental Health Physical Health
Blog Less is more: Programming interval training for endurance performance January 12, 2022 More isn’t always better. This couldn’t be truer than when it comes to designing an interval training program geared to maximize endurance sport performance. At least that’s the conclusion of our most recent meta-analysis. This blog discusses findings from our... Athlete Development Program Design and Evaluation Research to Practice
