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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

Case studies

Balance is Better in Action
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Summer of sailing

Throughout next year, the world’s leading sailors will be competing in the Sail Grand Prix, providing ākonga with inspiration to design technologies to harness the power of the wind.  Buoyed by the...
Balance is Better in Action
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CRIC-KIDS steps up to the wicket

Cricket is the first of three Women’s World Cups to be held in New Zealand over the next two years and ākonga across the country can get involved with the tournament through the...
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Balance is Better in Action
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Hawke’s Bay’s Top Sporting Codes Join Forces for Player Wellbeing

This article was originally published on hbapp.co.nz Six of the top sports in the region have joined forces with Sport Hawke’s Bay to emphasise the importance of participation, no matter...
Balance is Better in Action
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Tai Tokerau kāiako sports programme connects clubs and kura

A group of kāiako from Tai Tokerau are lending their expertise to the development of Tākarokaro, a sport engagement programme that supports ākonga to help get everybody in their community active.  The setting could not...
Balance is Better in Action
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Learning through sport

As the country hosts a series of major sporting events over the next few years, Sport New Zealand is leading a project, called ‘In Our Backyard’, with four national sporting organisations...
Balance is Better in Action
4 Min

Sista Smash with Northern District Cricket

Sista Smash is a girls-only cricket festival for year 5 – 8 students across the Thames Valley region of Northern Districts Cricket. One day festival Schools offered three coaching sessions...
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Replacing Year 7 & 8 representative programmes with skill development opportunities for more participants – lessons from the roll out of Netball New Zealand’s Player Development Programme

In this case study, we hear from Netball New Zealand, Netball Central and Netball Wellington Centre about the implementation of the Player Development Programme and its impact on participants. The...
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Responding to falling participation numbers in under-12 boys rugby – lessons from New Zealand Rugby in changing under-11 boys rugby competition structures

In this case study, we hear from New Zealand Rugby about the change they undertook to the design and delivery of under-11 boys’ rugby competition structures. These changes were brought about in response to national year-on-year declining numbers at under-12 boys...
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