Balance is Better in Action
Parents vital in growth of surf life saving
Changes in focus and structure for Surf Life Saving New Zealand (SLSNZ) is bearing early fruit as kids return to the sport....
Balance is Better in Action
Balance is Better in Action
Putting the Youth Voice in the Centre Circle
Gisborne Netball Centre has leveraged the power of sport to engage rangatahi, grow confidence and change lives. The challenge: a sporting decline...
Balance is Better in Action
People first: A new approach to coach development at Canterbury Cricket
Coaches have one of the biggest influences on a young person’s experience with sport. An innovative initiative from Canterbury Cricket is ensuring...
Balance is Better in Action
How Capital Football’s new festival puts the participant first
With the evidence highlighting a clear drop-off for participation in youth football, Capital Football knew it needed to act to keep young...
Balance is Better in Action
Competitive engineering: Key changes by Harbour Basketball to make competition closer, healthier and more competitive
As Vince Minjares of Harbour Basketball explains competitive engineering is about “designing youth sport structures and competitions so that they facilitate development”....
Balance is Better in Action
How Harbour Basketball determine success in their youth basketball programme
In youth sport, an overly narrow definition of success that is centered around winning can lead to harmful and contrary behaviours and...