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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

Sport NZ’s
approach to
youth sport

Balance is Better is about a balanced approach to sport.

This approach provides young people with quality sport opportunities and experiences to help them be happier, healthier and supported to optimise their potential in sport and life.

Sport for all,
sport for life

A balanced approach to sport will help all young people stay in sport for life.

This means working together to balance:

  • Winning and the pressure to perform, with getting an opportunity, getting better, and enjoying sport.
  • Adult expectations, with meeting the needs of all young people.
  • A single-sport focus, with other sport and life commitments.

We will achieve a balanced approach to sport by focusing on:

  • The people – who make sport happen (administrators, coaches, officials).
  • The programmes – that provide opportunity, development, and competition.
  • The environments – where young people train, practice, play, and compete.

This will result in better:

  • Coaching of our young people.
  • Design and delivery of competitions.
  • Support of young people, regardless of ability or motivation, so they can realise their aspirations in sport and life.
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