Stanford Childrens

MAY 7, 2024

Her coach and her mother ran beside her. Getting expert sports medicine care quickly at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health The Monday after the weekend meet, Medha was at the Stanford Medicine Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center location in Pleasanton. My soccer coaches called me ‘slow bug.’

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Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Some of the National Football League games this weekend were conducted in blizzard conditions – it was exceptionally enjoyable watching them from in front of my fireplace on my LazyBoy chair. In my sport, track and cross-country, most officials are volunteers. But whatever that motivation is, I’m grateful for it.

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Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

My header suggest a fixation of the perfect condition, or rather a hint to the frustrations of models, theories and everything else laying down their claims that seems difficult to fit in to practise. Cognitive Evaluation Theory, (Deci) , looks into motivation in a comprehensive way when considering actions.

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First Beat

AUGUST 21, 2023

The key to any successful monitoring strategy in sports is having buy-in from the athletes. Strength and conditioning staff at one of Firstbeat’s customers emphasized that it’s all about building a culture within the building and getting your athletes to trust what you are asking them to do.

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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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Better Coaching

JANUARY 22, 2017

Youth sports coaches are the men and women who volunteer their time to teach our youth the many life lessons we can acquire through sports. However, my experience as a youth sports coach has allowed me to observe many coaches conducting practices, games, post-game speeches, and clinics. Really, coach?

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

I am also excluding clear cases of misconduct that unamibiguously violate professional ethics and the boundaries of the athlete-coach relationship - for instance, sexually inappropriate behaviour or physical abuse. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2023

Five years ago, when Paul Russick took over as head football coach at Honesdale High School in Pennsylvania, he had aspirations for success on and off the football field. And like many football coaches, he looked at the weight room as an opportunity to help build the program. More teams and coaches carve out time during the season.

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Stanford Childrens

AUGUST 9, 2023

I was there to show that I was motivated and to keep up with my team,” Aiden says. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed the tears, and his pediatrician referred him to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health’s Children’s Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. “It Instead, he was plotting his return to the soccer field. “I

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First Beat

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This break period allows teams to build their strategies, work with their conditioning elements and enables the players not playing for their national teams to recover from their demanding schedule. From a conditioning point of view the question arises: What should the teams and players consider to gain maximum benefits from the break?

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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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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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AASP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We discussed how language used with children can impact their mindset and motivation.</p> </p> <p>So, how can parents impact their athletes’ motivation? Specifically, offering genuine feedback without imposing conditions or asserting control is critical. </h6>

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The themes covered and the example cited in the post remain highly topical, so with the permission and blessing of those involved I am resharing it for the Informed Practitioner in Sport audience, not least to ensure that it remains available online. As the saying goes ‘never let the truth get in the way of a good story’.

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Learning Through Sport

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

From a Spectrum of Teaching Styles lens, Brendan SueSee and I have analysed game-based practice as the Game Sense approach (see here ) and constraints-led approach (see here ) as a cluster of teaching styles and not a (singular) teaching/coaching style.

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MSU

APRIL 12, 2019

Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Sport Coaching and Leadership Online Programs. Perhaps the most important goal for coaches is developing the movement skills of their athletes. Let’s say you’re a lacrosse coach teaching a player to shoot the ball on goal. The answer is simple, right?

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

student at the University of New Mexico in the Health, Exercise, and Sports Science Department. Teachers who have strong emotional ties to sports are more likely to emphasize those sports in their PE curriculum (Ferry & Mcoughtry, 2013). National Strength and Conditioning Association. Source: Clayton, M., Martino, M.,

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The purpose of this collaboration is to support physical education teachers and coaches to provide better access and inclusion for students with disabilities. . Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Ready to Learn More? . Learn MORE.

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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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Informed Practitioner in Sport

MARCH 5, 2021

Beyond planning and programming, this also needs to be reflected in our words and our actions as coaches. Some of the greatest performers in sport were not on anybody’s radar until very late in their development. Often it is a coach who plays a decisive role in the trajectory of a young performer - essentially providing the spark.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

MAY 30, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE: To celebrate the imminent release of the new title ‘ Sports Parenting: Negotiating the Challenges of the Youth Sports Journey to Help Kids Thrive ’ we are sharing this special post. The excerpt featured is from the chapter ‘Choosing the Right Programme’. Environment is everything when it comes to developing talent.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Sport never stands still. Conventions in coaching and the prevailing wisdom on ‘best practice’ similarly morph over time, albeit other influences are also often at play. WE MUST EVOLVE TO COMPETE (AND SURVIVE)… Elite sport is a good example of survival of the fittest. “ Some solutions are ‘fitter’ than others. . ”

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This is what creates the conditions for ideas to evolve. Beyond protecting status, another more simple motivation for individuals and institutions is simply sparing themselves the embarrassment of having the flaws in their teachings and writings exposed. Naysayers are not always helpful or motivated by a desire to help the collective.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

MARCH 19, 2021

Leaders, coaches and practitioners who aspire to excellence typically recognise the imperative for life-long learning. In some cases there are clear discrepancies and the version we are taught does not always hold up when exposed to real-world conditions. what we see under live conditions with real humans).

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The Sporting

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

All of the sudden, "just skipping one workout" becomes something like increasing your risk of all these negative conditions and not being able to play with your children/grandchildren. Matt Claes is the head coach and founder of Weight Loss Made Practical - A personal coaching company that helps busy people lose weight and keep it off.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

APRIL 1, 2021

This is a scenario that seems to be especially prevalent within professional sport and the performance sciences in general. As the idea gathers steam, the growing uptake seems as much motivated by anxiety and the sense that ‘everybody else seems to be into this, so perhaps I should be too’.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Most coaches and practitioners aspire to attaining real expertise and as most will testify this journey and the real learning begins only once we leave formal education and enter the profession. It is similarly crucial that we understand the true purpose of teaching and the role of teachers, master coaches and mentors in guiding the process.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

And of course in the context of the sport, talent is expressed in terms of technical skills and tactical acumen - above all, can they play ? Sporting organisations accordingly seek to identify those who show potential to perform on the highest stage. This finding is replicated across a range of individual and team sports.

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The Sporting

AUGUST 7, 2023

A BBC Sport fact file claims he joined Everton in 2000 and Man City in 2002, so there is some uncertainty over his youth career. Johnson was a brilliant box-to-box player, working hard to turnover possession while being capable of dribbling past his opponents and having a great eye for goal, so the coaching staff loved him.

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PLT4M

MARCH 4, 2024

In fact, despite what you see on social media and in documentaries, the only foods you absolutely should not eat are foods that are expired / moldy, that you’re allergic to, or need to be avoided due to a medical condition. Some drugs can cause heart disease, cancer, lung problems, and mental health conditions, like depression.

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