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How much is too much when it comes to youth sport?

How much is too much when it comes to youth sport?
Creating a positive parent culture

Creating a positive parent culture
Running good trials and selections

Running good trials and selections
Balanced Female Health

Balanced Female Health

Supporting your child

Parents
2 Min

How much is too much when it comes to youth sport? 

Many parents, coaches and supporters ask the same question: how much sport is too much for young people? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer. But when training load, expectations and commitments build...
Parents
< 1 Min

Getting young people through sports trials

The beginning of a sport season signals the start of team trials for many young people. When young people are not selected for their preferred team, it can be a...
Coaches
3 Min

A guide for monitoring training and competition load for young people

Though we want our young people to enjoy healthy, active lives, it’s also important to recognise some young people are at risk of exercising “too much”. Typically, the young people...
Coaches
6 Min

Creating an Environment for Youth to Flourish

In this article, Sport Development Consultant, Charissa Barham shares some valuable ideas on creating positive sporting environments and understanding our purpose as coaches. Hāpaita te ara mātauranga, kia haukaha te...
Coaches
9 Min

Coaching Your Own Child – 5 Tips for the Parent-Coach

Being a parent-coach presents a unique set of challenges. Coaching is all about relationships, but sometimes the relationship between a parent and child poses different demands to that of an...
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Parents
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Webinar replay: Mastering the art of sports parenting

In this webinar, we talked with international sport parenting expert Professor Camilla Knight. Camilla outlined the various strategies that parents can employ to:  Increase the chances that their child reaches their sporting potential Enhance their child’s...
Parents
3 Min

The “Unknown Damage” caused from the touchline

This article was originally published by www.parentsinsport.co.uk. It is republished with permission from iCoachKids. Every weekend all over the world millions of parents, children and coaches set off for their...
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