Quality experiences, regardless of ability or motivations

Coaches

5 Min

Beyond Traditional Sport: The Benefits of Informal Sports for Young Women

The physical and social benefits of participating in organized, competitive sports are well known. Not only can a young person develop physical skills and competencies, but also important social skills...

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Balance is Better in Action

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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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Balance is Better in Action

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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 the future and plan effectively to meet the...

Sport Leaders & Administrators

8 Min

Setting coaches up for success – A guide for Sport Leaders & Administrators

We know that coaches are pivotal to young people having great sport experiences. Great coaches create quality sport environments for young people. But what goes into making a great coach?...

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Balance is Better in Action

33 Min Watch

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...

Parents

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Good Sports: Making Sense of Youth Sports

As you delve deeper into understanding the issues and challenges in youth sport today, it becomes clear – it’s complex. So how best to make sense of this complexity? Well,...

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Coaches

49 Min Watch

Understanding & Developing the Person: An Interview with Cameron Knowles

This video is shared by Player Development Project Cameron Knowles has been part of the Portland Timbers organisation for well over a decade. Following a 7 year professional playing career...

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Balance is Better in Action

7 Min

Case Study: Netball New Zealand

Every weekend over the winter season thousands of Kiwi kids gather on netball courts around the country. From the outside, the sport is as strong as always with netball continuing...

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Balance is Better in Action

5 Min

Case Study: New Zealand Cricket’s new social innovation: Yeah! Girls

Cricket is one of New Zealand’s quintessential summer sports, with young and old lining up wickets and fast bowls on backyard cricket pitches around the country. It is a sport...