Development & Performance
Promoting Balance is Better Messages
Are you a sport administrator working in a national or regional sport organisation, a school or club and want to understand how you...
Development & Performance
If you’ve got coaching experience or are working in player development or performance environments, you’ll find content here on creating positive cultures, psychology, skill development and advice on how to create a great experience for players across codes.
Coaching Fundamentals
5 Golden Rules For Sideline Supporters
In this video by BeSportive we hear from various past and present New Zealand athletes, coaches and sport personalities about how sideline...
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Sports Parents
10 Golden Rules For Youth Sport Parents
In this video by BeSportive we hear from various past and present New Zealand athletes, coaches and sport personalities about how parents...
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Coaching Fundamentals
Golden Rules for Youth Sport Coaches
In this video by BeSportive we hear from Dan Carter, Melodie Robinson, Phil Tataurangi, Anna Stanley, Ross Taylor, Dillon Boucher, Maia Jackman,...
Coaching Fundamentals
What a Great All Black Can Teach Us About Fun
“Make sport fun!”. It seems strikingly obvious. Yet, when you peel back the layers on that word ‘fun’, it gets a little...
Sports Parents
Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio on keeping the balance
Silver Fern netball captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio reckons she wouldn’t be playing netball right now if she had specialised early. Growing up in...
Sports Parents
Re-thinking Football for Young People
This article is republished with permission from iCoachKids “Typically, securing new funding relies on new ways of working to attract and retain...
Sport Leadership
How much is too much when it comes to youth sport? - A guide to understanding specialisation, playing multiple sports, and training load
Recently, lots of guidance and advice has been aimed at coaches, parents, and sport leaders & administrators about how much sport young people should do, and whether young people should participate in...
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Webinar Replay: Raising the bar in coaching youth sport
In this webinar, we were fortunate to be joined by international youth coach expert Dr Sergio Lara-Bercial. We heard from Sergio about the current...
Coaching Fundamentals
The iCoachKids Pledge: 10 Guidance Points to Create Positive Sport Experiences for Kids
Following an extensive literature review, the iCK expert group has developed ‘The iCoachKids Pledge’. The Pledge provides 10 points of guidance for individuals and organisations wishing...
Coaching Fundamentals
Teaching athletes about winning it all
This article is republished with permission from iCoachKids How do champions behave and train? What sets apart the best from the rest?...
Sport Leadership
Leadership in the Age of Complexity
This article is shared by Player Development Project The Big Idea Get ready for a wake-up call to the common among us—which...