5 questions sport parents should ask themselves at the start of every season
With a new season about to begin, it’s a good time for parents to pause and think about how they can help create a positive sport experience for their young...
Keeping your child’s sport clean: Tips for parents and whānau
In this article, we hear from Drug Free Sport New Zealand about what parents and whānau can do to ensure their children’s sport is kept clean. When your child is...
Coping with the ‘cut’: What parents can do to help?
This article has been republished with permission from Sport Parent EU Deselection — or being cut — from a sports team can be a crushing experience for young athletes. After being cut, athletes often experience...
Physio talk: what parents and coaches need to know about early specialisation and overtraining?
In this article, we hear from Hannah Anderson, a senior physio practicing in Auckland. As a physio, Hannah is placed right at the bottom of the cliff, helping to mend young...
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 more nuanced. In this article, Athlete Development Project Founder Dr...
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...
Playful Mastery
This article is shared by Player Development Project. Coming from a position of influence in young players’ lives, we continually aim to create ‘perfect’ environments for development. Mark Upton co-founder of myfastestmile, explains...
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Understanding Identity with Dr. Suze Brown
This video is shared by Player Development Project In this Masterclass Discussion, Player Development Project Editor, Dave Wright sits down with Dr. Suze Brown, a Clinical Psychologist and expert in...
Using sport to help forge resilience
This article is shared by Player Development Project How can sport help build resilience in people? Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Staffordshire University, Dr. Martin Turner shares some examples of...
