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April 24, 2023

A culture change is coming in youth sport: How sport organizations can incorporate Sport for Development strategies

Highlights: This article draws on recent insights from the Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Foundation’s Change the Culture, Change the Game report, offering practical recommendations for sport organizations and administrations looking to advance a more positive culture for youth in sport The authors make the case for all sport environments to incorporate a Sport For Development approach and offer examples for how to get started Sport For Development (SFD) is the deliberate use of sport and physical activity to foster […]

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Balancing Psychological Load: New Perspectives on Recovery

January 22, 2019

Current views on recovery Recent research by Nash and Sproule (2018) asked coaches for their views on recovery in training. While recovery was widely understood as crucially important, results revealed...

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Coming of Age With Relative Age Research: Origins, Consequences, and Potential Solutions

January 22, 2019

On October 17, 2018, Relative Age Effects: An International Conference was hosted at York University where leading international scholars gathered to discuss the implications of athletes’ dates of birth on...

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The Development of Executive Functions and Social and Emotional Learning Skills Through Sport

October 10, 2018

One of the biggest stories coming out of the 2018 Winter Olympics was the success of the Norwegian Team, who topped the overall medal count with 39 medals (7.33 medals/million...

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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...

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Fostering Leadership in Youth Sport through a Tri-Level Mentoring Model

July 11, 2018

Many coaches in youth sport understand the positive benefits of sport participation, in helping youth adopt social relationships, perseverance, and building life skills. However, it isn’t enough to simply thrust...

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Taking Action: Community Sport Organizations and Social Responsibility

April 17, 2018

Community sport organizations (CSOs) are a central thread in the fabric of Canadian society, providing a meaningful place for people to play, compete, volunteer, coach, and interact with others who...

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The Car Ride Home

April 17, 2018

Parents[1] play an undeniably important role in the lives of young athletes. Parents have been described as socializers of athletes’ sport experiences – providing opportunities for participation, serving as role...

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Scaling down the circus to scale up the benefits – A proposed future for international sport events

April 17, 2018

2018 is an exciting year with four major international sporting events on the calendar: the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, and the Arctic Winter Games. These events are...

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Engaging Youth Volunteers

January 8, 2018

Volunteering is the backbone of sport in Canada. Without the generous contributions of volunteers at all levels many sport opportunities would not be available to our communities. In the past...

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Sport Participation Research Initiative: 10 years in review

October 3, 2017

The purpose of this presentation by Sport Canada was to provide an overview of the retrospective analysis of the first 10 years of the program encouraging sport participation research in...