Sport Leaders & Administrators
Meeting the Needs of Youth
Young people value sport. So why do participation rates consistently drop at similar ages? In this article, Sport New Zealand presents some...
Sport Leaders & Administrators
Sport Leaders & Administrators
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...
Balance is Better in Action
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”....
Balance is Better in Action
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...
Balance is Better in Action
How Harbour Basketball embedded a style of play to support better playing and coaching outcomes
Total football, tika-taka, rush defense, motion offense, counterpuncher. What do all of these terms have in common? They are styles of play...
Balance is Better in Action
Working with parents and community: Insights from Harbour Basketball
When you’re thinking about parents in youth sports, you need to realise, you’re working with families, not just individual players. Sometimes it’s...