Knowledge Nuggets Arctic Winter Games Today, in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, SIRC kicks off a new blog series about the Arctic Winter Games which will be hosted in Whitehorse, Yukon March 15-21, 2020....
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? As humans age, they lose muscle. More specifically, the number of motor units that make up each muscle are gradually reduced. However, new research suggests that long-term endurance and strength...
Knowledge Nuggets Cannabis Trying to get a sense of the current landscape regarding cannabis legalization and sport? Learn more about the issues in these SIRC articles and blog: The implications of cannabis legalization...
Knowledge Nuggets High Performance The Toronto Raptors made history last night after winning Canada’s first NBA Championship. Game 5 viewership on Monday reached 13.4 million Canadians and averaged 6.4 million viewers – it was...
Knowledge Nuggets Concussion For Rugby Canada, Rowan Stringer’s death in 2013 was a call to action to address the prevention and management of concussions. Paul Hunter, Director of National Development, talks about athlete...
Blog Concussions, Rugby and the Bigger Picture June 11, 2019 Concussion is a pressing issue in sport. And few sports have been affected as acutely or as deeply as rugby. The issue has touched people in profoundly personal ways at...
Knowledge Nuggets Did You Know? The sport sector has been abuzz about the potential risks of early specialization, including physical injury, athlete burnout, and dropout from sport. However, the link between early specialization and burnout...
Knowledge Nuggets Concussion Today, members of the Canadian sport sector are rolling up their sleeves to examine innovative ways to prevent concussions in sport at the Concussion Prevention Workshop hosted by SIRC, with...
Knowledge Nuggets Injury Prevention Research from a sample of elite youth tennis players in the Netherlands showed that girls with low to moderate self-regulation skills (i.e. planning, self-monitoring, evaluation and reflection) were 10.8 times...
Knowledge Nuggets Athlete Development Under the age of 12, Soccer Canada’s Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) model is built around small-sided games. A large body of research has demonstrated the benefits of this approach for...