First Beat

DECEMBER 7, 2022

With 2022 coming to an end, we thought we’d take a look back at some of our women’s soccer clients’ fantastic achievements over the last few months and ask their coaches what role the Firstbeat Sports solution plays when it comes to enhanced performance and improved recovery.

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Learning Through Sport

JULY 11, 2023

Mastery-learning: student is afforded their time to achieve mastery. AI and sport teaching and coaching. Teachers and sport coaches already have the opportunity to enrich the information-feedback environment in PE and sport coaching using video replay and apps like coaches eye.

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Stanford Childrens

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the highest honor in the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program. Every weekend that I didn’t have a sports game, that’s what I did,” he says. In high school and college, Wilson took on his first mentoring role as the captain of various sports teams.

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Aspire-Ed

MARCH 26, 2024

At Aspire, we recognise the power of coaching as a catalyst for change, not just in sports but in every walk of life where guidance is invaluable. Yet, there's an undeniable gap — an underrepresentation of women in coaching roles, which, in turn, affects the diversity and inclusivity of our industry.

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Sports Coaching FAQ

JANUARY 17, 2021

An effective plan is the cornerstone of a successful sports coaching session, therefore ensuring it is appropriately structured is of great importance. Planning is the first phase of the Sports Coaching Process. We will now examine each of the four components of a session plan: Participant information.

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Sports Coaching FAQ

APRIL 11, 2021

Self-confidence is a vital component of successful sports performance and is an attribute that effective sports coaches seek to develop in their athletes along side technical and tactical skills. We will now explore Self-efficacy and how it can be applied to developing sports coaches’ self-confidence.

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The Sporting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

The 6 Most Popular Sports in Turkey - Everything You Need to Know! Football reigns as the most-loved game in Turkey - but what other sports do the Turks love to play and watch? Including all the latest stats and facts about Turkey’s main achievements and incredible athletes. Read on to find out! The first football club, F.C.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The debate surrounding sport specific training has persisted for decades. For a long time, it was thought that training had to be specific to sport and position. Instead, let’s unpack what athletes and coaches WANT, and the best means of accomplishing it given the context of middle and high school sports.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 17, 2023

We review the book, 50 Women in Sport by Jean Williams and Gemma Lumsdaine For obvious reasons, we love sports books here at The Sporting Blog. So it was with interest that I opened the pages of ‘ 50 Women in Sport ’. As it describes, it is a book about women in sport. My kind of format I have an active mind.

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The Sporting

JULY 12, 2023

A Guide to Sports Psychology and 8 Important Benefits for Athletes Sports psychology has emerged as a vital field within the realm of athletics. With the guidance of sports psychologists, you can tap into your full potential, improve your focus and gain a competitive edge!

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Learning Through Sport

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. It is therefore difficult to generalise the value of SSG for sport coaching or sport teaching in PE, when there is an absence of research into the use of SSGs in most game categories and in general, most sports.

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First Beat

JANUARY 10, 2023

We recently spoke with Vechta’s Performance Coach , Domenik Theodorou , to learn more about Firstbeat Sports’ role in decision-making in coaching, live monitoring, load management, and athlete buy-in. All the coaches are passionate about what we do– getting them out of the practice gym is tough! A Lean System.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

In a previous blog (available here ) I considered the idea of meaningful understanding of sport using a game based approach. In this blog, I explore the concept of meaningful sport further. Sport is a highly valued social activity. Sport as useful. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed. Utility argument.

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Sports Coaching FAQ

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A challenge faced by novice and experienced sports coaches alike is obtaining and retaining the attention of the kids being coached. If a coach can master this aspect of their coaching practice then they will be more effective. This article will examine strategies to encourage kids to listen more in sessions.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Most Popular Sports in Cuba! Ever since the 1960s, sport has played a huge part in the history and culture of Cuba. From baseball to boxing, Cubans love to enjoy sport on a recreational and professional level. As children grow up, there are all sorts of campaigns to make sure they get involved in sports.

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Whole Child Sports

JANUARY 6, 2020

We do this because, as parents, we are our children’s first coaches. As our children grow into physically active, upright beings and we introduce them to sports, we pass the coaching baton to others, hopeful that while playing sports with their peers, our kids will be taught new skills, make friends, and develop a passion for exercise.

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The Sporting

JANUARY 14, 2023

The 10 Most Popular Sports in India India is the second most populated country, with over 1.4 billion people , many of whom are passionate about sports, especially Cricket. It is one of the booming economies in Asia and is accomplished in various fields of sport. These sports include cricket, tennis, football, badminton, etc.

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First Beat

MAY 4, 2022

Three years ago, amateur football club SV Fügen decided to try out the Firstbeat Sports solution. For me as a coach it is very important to support my players, particularly in strength and conditioning,” says head coach Thomas Luchner. “For Data-driven Coaching. Firstbeat Sports is used for every session.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

JANUARY 29, 2021

The estrangement between sports science (and medicine) and those operating in the field has proven to be a recalcitrant problem. Proponents of sports science and medicine often rail at how coaches and athletes seem reticent to adopt new findings and assimilate evidence-based practice, despite the merits presented in the research literature.

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Changing the Game Project

APRIL 23, 2024

She was like a grandparent, always proud of me no matter what happened on the field, and never living vicariously through my achievements or failures. ” She always made sure that sport never defined who I was, yet always allowed it to be something I did. Let’s go get ice cream!” Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease.

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Sports for Schools

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The physical benefits of sport are undeniable. The real news from the past few years has been all the research confirming that taking part in sport or physical activity has a (huge) positive impact on your mental and physical health. Encouraging a positive sporting environment.

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The Physical Educator

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If 69% of girls have given up on youth sports, what are we doing wrong? Visit [link] to give sports back to kids. The campaign’s goal was to raise awareness about the factors that contribute to children leaving sport early in their lives ( usually by age 11 ). Girls & Sport In A Post-Pandemic World.

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Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

For track coaches like me, the revelations about professional baseball players taking performance enhancers is no surprise at all. Since the Ben Johnson affair, track and field has been labeled as the sport most affected by drugs. But is it the sport most influenced by PE drugs? The rules of these sports say you do not use them.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. Involving students/players in game play is not the end of the story.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This expansion helps introduce the sport at younger ages (which mirrors the growth of the sport across the country) and helps reinforce many of the transferable skills that students are learning at those grade levels — but in a new way, with a new activity. Using the Lacrosse Lesson Plans.

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AASP

MARCH 21, 2024

<p>The pressure to achieve the "perfect" body is palpable, affecting individuals from all walks of life. These individuals engage in intense physical training, are under constant scrutiny from coaches, peers, and fans, and are frequently evaluated based on their athletic performance and appearance.

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The Sporting

APRIL 2, 2024

12 Questions with Baseball Player Caelem Garland An interview with baseball player Cae Garland, including how he got into baseball and his biggest achievements so far! What is the earliest memory you have of your sport? Who was your first sporting hero? When did you know sport was going to be what you did for a living?

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The Sporting

JUNE 8, 2023

Read everything you need to know about this fascinating sport before you get started! A roller derby game in full swing Roller derby is a thrilling and super-competitive sport that can be as exciting to play as it is to watch. This forever changed the course of the sport! This player also leads players and formations.

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The Sporting

DECEMBER 19, 2022

NBA Greats: Larry Bird The Hick from French Lick Sometimes it is not important where a team, player, or executive, ranks in sports when referring to the top 10. The game managed to achieve the highest television rating in college basketball history. What matters is being on “the list”. In 94 games for the Sycamores, Bird averaged 29.6

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 25, 2023

Physical Education teachers and sport coaches have in common the development of a curriculum (program of learning) and the method (pedagogy) to teach the content of the curriculum. Sport programs similar package the content, pacing, spacing and progression of player development (learning) into a curriculum.

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 16, 2022

Students are tested based on individual improvement rather than the ability to perform sports skills. As wide range of activities are introduced and traditional team sports are taught, but through small-sided games, with participation as the goal. A Good Luck Message From A Caring Coach. Physical Education Update.

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Physical Education Update

MARCH 4, 2023

We were finally the recipients of a beautiful, sunny Spring day, and, track coach that I am, it was time to rejoice. But in it’s essence, sport is really just play. Especially on those occasions when I take the achievement aspect of sport a little too seriously. After endless hurdle drills on linoleum and cement.

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Learning Through Sport

APRIL 14, 2021

At the AIESEP conference in 2016 I asked the question, ‘How might the PE and sport educational discourse develop if instead of beginning with a problem, the research adopted an appreciative perspective to consider first, what might be good?’ The goal of AI is to work from the "positive side of the conversation" (Fiorentino, 2012, p.220).

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The PE Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Cricket in Primary Schools As summer fast approaches (hopefully bringing the sunny weather with it), so do the ‘summer sports’ in PE. However, primary school teachers often see cricket as the most daunting of all these summer sports.

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Learning Through Sport

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Small sided games (SSGs) have been part of the coaching lexicon for decades. The increasing recognition of SSG as a training and coaching/teaching tool over the last forty years has led to the research community paying increasingly greater attention to them. International Sports Studies, 41 (2), 5-31. Pill, S., &

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 2, 2023

It has long been argued that teaching and coaching must be based on sound, rigorous research and systematic evidence of what works, how and why it works, where it works and for whom it works (Slavin, 2002). Engagement Engagement is a precursor to achievement ( Boykin & Noguera, 2011). Engagement can be considered in three areas.

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MSU

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

About 14 years ago, he coached his son’s first flag football team and fell in love with it. Since then, he has pursued volunteer opportunities to coach and continued his education, all in hope of becoming a coach one day when he retires. I was always aware that I lacked practical coaching experience.

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