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Interview practices

August 27, 2018
Leadership Are your interview practices stuck in a rut? Revamp your processes with sage advice from an expert recruiter about key questions and effective practices to build your candidate pool and ultimately strengthen your team.

Running shoe gimmick

August 24, 2018
Technology Before buying your next pair of running shoes, make sure you’re not falling for a marketing gimmick. Research has shown that highly cushioned running shoes do not reduce impact, or change a runner’s stride.  

Officials parent behaviour

August 23, 2018
Sport Parents In the US, 70% of referees quit within the first three years, primarily due to abuse and harassment from coaches and parents. The worst incidents occur during games where the players are under 8 years old. In Oklahoma, one youth soccer referee is posting videos capturing parental behavior as a strategy to change bad...

eSports Blog

August 22, 2018
Blog Whether or not you believe that eSports, or competitive video gaming, is a real sport or that gamers are athletes, its popularity and how it is being developed within the sport industry cannot be ignored. Find out more about the eSports and its possibility for the “real life” sport sector in this week’s blog.

viaSport LGBTQ resources

August 21, 2018
New Resources According to recent research, lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens are half as likely to participate in sport as straight-identifying youth. viaSport British Columbia has developed a series of resources for sport organizations interested in making their sports more inclusive to all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.

When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors

August 20, 2018
Promising Practice When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors! There are over 2 million lightning strikes in Canada each year, with summer being the busiest time for thunderstorms.  Check out this video for outdoor sport safety, and download this practical tip card.

High quality weight loss

August 17, 2018
Nutrition Exploring nutritional strategies to help your athletes maintain their muscle and shed unwanted summer pounds? To achieve “high quality weight loss” in elite athletes (weight loss with as low as possible ratio of skeletal muscle to fat mass loss), a research review suggests increasing protein consumption to 1.6-2.4 g/kg/day (from the recommended daily allowance...

Self-compassion in rehabilitation

August 16, 2018
Injury Prevention Injury-related anxiety is common for athletes who fear re-injury. Integrating self-compassion techniques into injury rehabilitation plans may decrease worry and the physical symptoms of anxiety (i.e., butterflies), and reduce the use of avoidance-focused coping strategies (e.g., skipping practices, reducing training).

Multisport blog part 1

August 15, 2018
Blog A multi-sport approach to sport development leads to better skill development and less injury, burnout, and dropout. However, embracing a multi-sport approach requires a major paradigm shift. In today’s blog, learn more about the Play More Sports campaign and how you can contribute to the conversation.

World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2018

August 14, 2018
Did you know? Wheelchair basketball was first developed in the 1940s to engage war veterans in the benefits of sport. The 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships (August 16-26 in Hamburg, Germany) will be the largest world championships in the history of the sport, and in fact one of the largest international parasport events outside of the...

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