Balance is Better philosophy

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Balance is Better in Action

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Innovative strategies to maximise youth skill development: Lessons from NZ Cricket, Auckland Cricket and AUT

In the following webinar we hear from NZ Cricket and AUT on lessons learned from applying bio-banding to skill-development camps.  In 2018, NZ Cricket began to have a hunch that the vast majority...

Sport Leaders & Administrators

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Working with parents – three key considerations for sport leaders and administrators

There is no play book for being a parent or caregiver. Especially when it comes to youth sport. However, sharing good information between sports, coaches, and parents/caregivers can help everyone make sport a positive experience for young people. In...

Coaches

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Dribbling Football: How a child-centred approach led Belgian youth football from 11v11 to 2v2

This article is republished with permission from iCoachKids. One size doesn’t fit all: not in training sessions, not in matches, and not in the personal profile of coaches. To solve...

Sport Leaders & Administrators

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Help keep sport safe, fair and inclusive

Everyone involved in sport and active recreation at any level should feel confident the environments in which they participate in are safe, fair, free from discrimination, abuse and other harmful...

Balance is Better in Action

5 Min

Sports stand together to make the 2021 winter season special

After a 2020 winter season heavily disrupted by COVID-19, Sport NZ and five of the country’s largest participation sports are calling on coaches, parents and others at grassroots level to...

Parents

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Parenting the next Sophie Pascoe or Liam Malone

Blasting onto the world stage at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Liam Malone took New Zealand sport by storm.  A relative unknown, he excelled at the highest level and became a...

Balance is Better in Action

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Playing other sports made me a better cricketer and person – White Fern Captain, Sophie Devine

White Ferns cricket captain Sophie Devine has never understood early specialisation in sport. It’s one of the reasons why the Wellingtonian is a Balance is Better Champion, to spread the...

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Coaches

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Back to the Future: Steve Hansen on Vulnerability

Steve Hansen shares his thoughts on how and why coaches should show vulnerability.  **This is video is part of a six-part video series, featuring Steve Hansen talking about leadership throughout his...

Sport Leaders & Administrators

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Breaking the silence on syndrome hurting female athletes

This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. It’s the syndrome few people have heard of – or dared talk about – but RED-S is affecting...