Coaches & Officials

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

SIRCuit: An Official’s Journey to the FIFA Women's World Cup

April 1, 2020

Officials are considered by some to be the unsung heroes of sport, responsible for upholding the rules and intentions of sport. SIRC sat down with Marie-Soleil Beaudoin – Canadian soccer referee and instructor of physiology and biophysics at Dalhousie University...

• High Performance
• Leadership and Governance
• Officials
• Women and Girls

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

Infographic

The way that adolescent athletes deal with teammates’ emotions impacts their own enjoyment and commitment in sport. While competition and comparison among teammates can fuel negative emotions, athletes who compliment and support their teammates can lighten the mood. Learn more...

• Athlete Development
• Coaching
• Health and Wellness
• Mental Health
• Participation
• Youth

Teaching Life Skills Through Sport

March 30, 2020

This blog is the second in a series by the authors on positive youth development in sport. If this is your first visit to this series, considering taking a few minutes to read the other two posts: Tips on How...

• Coaching
• Life Skills
• Quality Sport
• Youth

Data and Analytics

Data analytics gave the Oakland A’s a competitive advantage…until the Moneyball book and film were released. The use of data analytics has since spread throughout the sport world, negatively impacting the A’s advantage. Researchers from the University of Toronto advise,...

• Data and Analytics
• High Performance