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Wendi Henderson on Improving Youth Sport
Wendi Henderson is a former Football Ferns player and since her playing days has gone on to coach women’s football at all levels. On top of her vast experience in...
Q&A with Balance is Better Champion, Stacey McKerchar
Tell us a bit about you and where you grew up. As a child I grew up on a farm in Mayfield, about 30km out of Ashburton. Having three older...
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 Bundaberg on Australia’s Queensland coast the specialist shooter...
Get ready to make the winter season a great one
New Zealand is a country fuelled by volunteers who help keep kiwi kids active. Whether you’re a coach, official or administrator, you have a role to play in keeping young...
Q&A with Balance is Better Champion, Shontayne Hape
Tell us a bit about you and where you grew up. How did you first get involved in sport? Te Atatu Roosters Under 6s (rugby league) was my first sports...
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Replacing Year 7 & 8 representative programmes with skill development opportunities for more participants – lessons from the roll out of Netball New Zealand’s Player Development Programme
In this case study, we hear from Netball New Zealand, Netball Central and Netball Wellington Centre about the implementation of the Player Development Programme and its impact on participants. The...
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Balancing hauora and wellbeing in rugby with Roos and Vettise
This article has been republished with permission from New Zealand Rugby Mental Health Awareness Week (September 18-24) is an initiative run annually in New Zealand by the Mental Health Foundation, with...
“Understand that it’s their journey”: Willy Benson’s coaching philosophy
Balance is Better Champion Willy Benson is a former Olympic swimmer and now head coach at the Heretaunga Sundevils Swimming Club in Hawke’s Bay. While Willy achieved success in elite...
Playing other sports made me a better cricketer and person – White Fern Captain, Sophie Devine
White Ferns cricket captain Sophie Devine has never understood early specialisation in sport. It’s one of the reasons why the Wellingtonian is a Balance is Better Champion, to spread the...