Balance is Better
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Coaches

5 Min

Research: Youth Sport Programs: An Avenue to Foster Positive Youth Development

This article is shared by Player Development Project Research paper by: Jessica L. Fraser-Thomas, Jean Cote, and Janic Deakin The Big Idea Richard Feynman (1918-1988), the celebrated theoretical physicist, once...

Balance is Better in Action

2 Min

Case Study: Erikana Pedersen

In this Balance is Better Case Study, we speak to Silver Fern, Erikana Pedersen on the importance of self-discipline. If 24-year-old Tactix mid-courter Erikana Pedersen could say one thing to...

Balance is Better in Action

3 Min

Case Study: Shannon McIlroy

In this Balance is Better Case Study, we speak to World Champion Bowls player, Shannon McIlroy on the power of play in his developmental journey. Ask Shannon McIlroy about becoming...

Sport Leaders & Administrators

7 Min

The Perils of Specialisation

This article is shared by Player Development Project Many believe football is a sport in which early specialisation is important, but is it actually early specialisation or early engagement that players...

Balance is Better in Action

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Keep up with the play campaign launched

Keep up with the play is a public awareness campaign launched to highlight the commonly held beliefs around youth sport and the shift in thinking required to halt declining youth...

Balance is Better in Action

6 Min

Case Study: Capital Hockey

In 2017 a group of Hockey Regional Performance Managers sat around a table at an under 21 National Tournament and realised they were facing a crisis – they didn’t have...