Knowledge Nuggets

How To Going on a vacation or on a business trip can throw off your workout routine. That doesn’t mean that you have to give up exercise all together, though! These tips explain how to keep up your physical activity while away so you can stay fit even when on the road.

What Do You Think? Rewards are used for a multitude of tasks, like giving kids stickers for a job well done, or rewarding yourself for getting through a workout. Can rewards backfire, though? Called the “overjustification effect”, sometimes a reward can lead us to believe that the task isn’t worth doing for itself. Are rewards...

Nutrition On June 10, 2017, Health Canada launched a public consultation on restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children. The proposed approach aims to protect children from marketing tactics that encourage them to eat unhealthy foods. The participation of Canada’s sport sector is essential to this consultation process, and your contributions to...

Coaching Tip Some people are naturally more competitive than others, and it’s those who have a burning desire to improve, those who choose to compete every day, at practices and games alike, that will truly excel. There are also athletes who don’t go all in because of a lack of confidence, but coaches have the...

SIRC Blog How do experts differ from novices? In sport, success in both low-strategy sports and high-strategy sports relies on having a solid knowledge base: knowledge may be what determines who is a true expert when athletes have similar skills and experience. As coaches and parents, the importance of knowledge bases give us a clue...

Teaching Moment Anxiousness and excitement are “arousal congruent”, meaning that your body goes through the same things: your heart rate accelerates, you might feel butterflies, and cortisol surges. Excitement and calmness are both positive emotions, but because excitement and anxiousness are so similar in arousal level, we should get excited instead of trying to calm...

Infographic The ability to manage negative thoughts is incredibly important during practices and competitions, but also in daily life. Athletes or not, we can all benefit from these tips on how to keep negative thoughts in check.  

Leadership This Toolkit for Developing and Influencing Physical Activity Policy is a resource for anyone responsible for, or desiring to, support and promote physical activity in the community. It includes worksheets and step-by-step guidelines for new and experienced policymakers and can be shared with anyone interested in creating physical activity policy. 

SIRC Blog The Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Framework was developed to address several problems and gaps affecting low participation and excellence in Canadian sport. Check out this great resource for coaches and parents aiming to increase the physical activity of all and working with athletes on the high-performance track.

By the Numbers A British study associated cycling to work with a 45% lower risk of cancer and 46% lower risk of heart disease versus driving or bussing to work. If we used 1% of the budget for road construction towards building bike lanes instead, we could have a bike system comparable to those in...