What is Character?
People are often described as either having good character or bad character. Such perceptions represent traditional, limiting views of character. In reality, character is more complex than this. In this...
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Designing a Session — Understanding the Three Rs: Repetition, Realism, and Relevance
Designing great session plans is a crucial (and rewarding) component of delivering youth sport. As coaches, we need to give young athletes enjoyable sporting experiences, help them develop, and potentially...
The Power of Moments in Youth Sport
This article is shared by Player Development Project. Moments in sport can have a huge impact on a young athlete’s life. Founder of Changing the Game Project, John O’Sullivan shares his...
What does quality look like for young people?
How do you know what quality looks like when it comes to sport? In this article, we unpack what quality means in terms of: quality experiences; quality opportunities and quality...
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Coaching Scenario — Working With U7-U12 Players: What Kind of Practices Might I Include?
Knowing our athletes — and what they need and want — is the key to being a good coach. What benefits one group of individuals might not work for another,...
Breaking Mental Barriers
This article is shared by Player Development Project How do we break down self-imposed barriers? How do our own limiting beliefs affect coaching performance? Founder of Fit Across Cultures & cultural intelligence...
The L Word: Learning
As an adult are you open to learning? Do you fear it or embrace it? Nicole Youman, Community Coaching Manager for Hockey NZ reflects on her own learning journey and provides great advice...
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”. An academic definition A quick google turns up...
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 environments that ultimately negatively impact young athletes. This...
