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Sport Leadership
Back to the Future: Steve Hansen on Vulnerability
In this six part video series, we rewind to 2015 with All Blacks Coach, Steve Hansen as he discusses key lessons in...
Sport Leadership
For those involved in the management or delivery of sport at a leadership level then this category can help you. We’ll cover areas such as youth sport systems, change management, competition structures, talent development principles and combine it with evidence from experience sports leaders.
Coaching Fundamentals
Praise vs. Affirmation
This article is shared by Player Development Project Prof. Stephen Rollnick is a pioneer in motivational interviewing and in recent years has...
Development & Performance
What’s Next? A Perspective of Athlete Identity
This article is shared by Player Development Project Athletes can tie their entire identity to their sporting exploits. PDP contributor & mental...
Development & Performance
Breaking the silence on syndrome hurting female athletes
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. It’s the syndrome few people have heard of – or...
Case Studies
The constant loss that wiped out Kayla Imrie
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. Olympic paddler Kayla Imrie has struggled for a decade with...
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Development & Performance
Webinar Replay: Implementing Character Development by Sport Wellington
In their latest Coaching through COVID-19 webinar series, Sport Wellington extended on the Transforming Character Strengths into Productive Results webinar delivered by Balance is Better by hosting a session on how coaches...
Development & Performance
A Core Value of Pride in Winning: The All Blacks’ Team Culture and Legacy
This article is shared by Player Development Project Research paper by: Tom Johnson; Andrew John Martin; Farah Palmer; Geoffrey Watson; Phil Ramsey...
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Coaching Fundamentals
Webinar Replay: Transforming Character Strengths into Productive Results
Join Sport NZ and the New Zealand coaching whānau to hear from international character development and leadership expert, Dr Ralph Pim. Dr Ralph Pim is an inspirational teacher, dynamic team...
Development & Performance
NZ a hotbed of research into female athletes
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. In the second part of LockerRoom’s series looking...
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Sport Leadership
Mike Dawson on Improving Youth Sport
Mike Dawson is a former Canoe Slalom Olympian. In this video, Mike discusses his perspective on why Balance is Better in youth...
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Coaching Fundamentals
Coaching with empathy, communicating with purpose
This article is shared by Player Development Project Are you conscious of the language you use with your players? Do you understand...
Secondary School Sport
Women aren’t little men: developing female athletes
This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. In the first of a series on the...