Coaching

Safe Sport

Hazing is defined as “an event created to establish a team’s social hierarchy by humiliating, degrading, abusing and/or endangering newcomers regardless of a person’s willingness to participate in order to...

Athlete Development

A short-term focus on winning can influence talent identification and team selection practices, and create a protectionist and isolationist culture within sports. However, these practices are a disservice to athletes,...

Building a genuine feedback culture within your sport starts at the top

November 7, 2018

Sport is often held aloft as an example of an environment where feedback flows easily. As a communications coach and management consultant working with business leaders across North America, I...

Increasing engagement by addressing de-selection practices in youth sport

October 10, 2018

As researchers and educators who have been (and still are!) extensively involved in sport, back to school time also means back to school SPORT time! Through our personal experience and...

Issues in Athlete Identification and Selection: Are We Compromising Talent?

October 10, 2018

Despite some important ethical and developmental concerns, early identification and selection is the modus operandi of high performance sport. Most sport systems internationally have limited resources for high performance athlete...

Taking Athlete Development to a New Level: Understanding the Value of a Trauma-Informed Approach

October 10, 2018

Increasing attention in research and practice has focused on the physical and psychological impacts of trauma and violence, for example from living in conflict zones or experiencing family violence. In...

#ThanksCoach – Celebrating National Coaches Week 2018

September 25, 2018

September 22 – 30, 2018, marks the fourth annual National Coaches Week – an opportunity to celebrate the tremendous positive impact coaches have on athletes and communities across Canada. There...

Tips on How to Deliver a Quality Youth Sport Program

September 5, 2018

This is the first blog in a series on positive youth development in sport. If this is your first visit to this series, considering taking a few minutes to read...

Creating a Safer Sport Environment with Ethics and Respect Training

August 8, 2018

This is the final blog of a 3-part series providing tools and resources to strengthen safety and ethical values in sport by introducing the Responsible Coaching Movement. If this is...

Leadership

Tri-level mentoring is a model in which coaches mentor youth leaders who then mentor their peers or younger youth. In this way, the benefits of effective mentorship cascade to influence...