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How much is too much when it comes to youth sport?

How much is too much when it comes to youth sport?
Creating a positive parent culture

Creating a positive parent culture
Running good trials and selections

Running good trials and selections
Balanced Female Health

Balanced Female Health

A balanced approach to sport

Balance is Better is about creating quality experiences which will help all young people stay in sport for life.

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Meet the coaches making a difference

The Coach for Life Foundation is shining a light on the mahi of community sports coaches across Aotearoa. Find out what drives them, what keeps them going and how they’re helping young people grow through sport. The Coach for Life Foundation has launched its latest series of content, this time celebrating the incredible mahi of six community coaches from across the country. The coaches include: Each coach shares key insights and learnings from their coaching journey as a community sports coach. Watch Peter Butler talk...
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Women and Girls
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Uniform choice – how can we be more inclusive?

How can we better cater to the needs of women and girls in sport? And why is it important? With the likes of Wimbledon doing away with white uniforms, other...
Women and Girls
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Removing barriers with free period products in clubs

Free period products were made available in 48 community sport clubs across New Zealand as part of an initiative funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through the...
Coaches
3 Min

A guide for monitoring training and competition load for young people

Though we want our young people to enjoy healthy, active lives, it’s also important to recognise some young people are at risk of exercising “too much”. Typically, the young people...
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Parents

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Parents
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Getting young people through sports trials

The beginning of a sport season signals the start of team trials for many young people. When young people are not selected for their preferred team, it can be a...
Coaches
6 Min

Creating an Environment for Youth to Flourish

In this article, Sport Development Consultant, Charissa Barham shares some valuable ideas on creating positive sporting environments and understanding our purpose as coaches. Hāpaita te ara mātauranga, kia haukaha te...
Coaches
2 Min

How including youth voice creates inclusive opportunities

Let young people have their say on their own physical activity experiences. As coaches and supporters of young people, we want to make sure everyone who participates – regardless of...
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Sport Leaders & Administrators

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Balance is Better in Action
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Letters to rangatahi: What I wish sport knew?

In this open letter, we hear from the Halberg Foundation’s Kiran Dixon. Kiran’s letter sheds light on some of the challenges young people with disabilities face growing up in New Zealand when it...
Coaches
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Relative Age Effect

This article is shared by Player Development Project Steve Lawrence is a consultant to Cruyff Football and Ajax in the Netherlands. With a Masters in International Sports Management, Steve founded the...
Balance is Better in Action
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The path to inclusion – World Champ para swimmer, Rebecca Dubber

Paralympic swimmer Rebecca Dubber spent most of her childhood being excluded from sport.  She “tried” to play a range of sports – her parents took her along to wheelchair basketball where the...
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