Blog Balancing Athlete Performance and Satisfaction at Major Games August 7, 2019 Competing at a major international multi-sport games, like the Pan and Parapan American Games, should provide lasting and positive memories for athletes, regardless of where they place at the end...
Knowledge Nuggets Technology Swimming events kick off today at the Pan American Games. In this short video from CBC Sports, Head Coach Ben Titley describes how Swimming Canada is using data analytics and...
Knowledge Nuggets Gender Equity After Day 6 at the Pan American Games, Team Canada women have won 32 of Canada’s 55 medals (58%) plus 4 mixed team event medals. This success is in line...
Knowledge Nuggets Technology The “BodyCap” is an ingestible computer used to monitor athletes’ core temperatures. After tracking the athlete’s temperature during warm-up, pre-race cooling and competition, data can be downloaded via BlueTooth for...
Knowledge Nuggets Athlete Development Cheering on athletes at the Pan American Games are support providers that have helped the athlete achieve at the highest levels of sport. These VIPs provide emotional, esteem, information and...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Surfing debuts today at the 2019 Pan American Games, ahead of it’s Olympic debut in Tokyo. Events are scheduled for men and women in shortboard, longboard, and SUP surfing and...
Knowledge Nuggets Pan American Games Go Canada Go! The Pan American Games kicks off today in Lima, Peru. Athletes from around the world will amaze and inspire. The SIRC team wishes all members of the...
Knowledge Nuggets Life Skills Life skills transfer in sport involves the application of skills learned on the playing field, such as teamwork, communication or honesty, to situations at home, school or work. This process...
Blog Supporting the Transfer and Application of Life Skills Beyond Sport July 24, 2019 This is the third and final blog in a series on positive youth development in sport. If this is your first visit to this series, considering taking a few minutes...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? Trying a new sport often means learning a new language of technical and tactical terms. Running is no different. If you’re new to running and wondering about “interval workouts,” “tempo...