Sport Leaders & Administrators How to lead change as a sports leader? An introduction to Kotter’s 8-step change model In sport, as in any industry, change is constant. Administrators and leaders, whether they be in sports clubs, schools, regional or national... Sport NZ 11 Min Read
Coaches A serious look at fun: What does ‘fun’ in youth sport really mean? Research in New Zealand and around the world shows that young people play sport to have fun. But when it comes to... Hamish Rogers 6 Min Read
Watch Balance is Better in Action 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... Sport NZ 32 Min Watch
Watch Balance is Better in Action 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... Sport NZ 24 Min Watch
Watch Balance is Better in Action The Golf for Life insights project: How Golf NZ is helping clubs to better understand their participants Understanding why and how people value golf at different life stages is critical in order for the game to continue to embrace... Sport NZ 15 Min Watch
Watch Balance is Better in Action TSSSA’s Modified Sports Week – responding to the voice of Taranaki rangatahi In this case study, we hear from Taranaki Secondary School Sport Association (TSSSA), about the design, development, implementation, and iteration of Modified Sports... Sport NZ 17 Min Watch
