POSITIVE EARLY EXPERIENCES OF SPORT MATTER

There is little doubt that the culture of sports coaching has changed over recent years.  Stakeholders at all levels - parents, teachers, ...

So What Is Developmentally Appropriate Sport?

I have written a guest blog for the sports coach UK site.  It's on a perennial, but challenging issue of Developmentally Appropriate Spo...

The Arts of Storytelling and Learning

I recently came across an interview with the US radio and TV host Ira Glass .  He was talking about the art of storytelling, and his basic m...

Making Sport a Daily Habit: What Motivates Children to Take Part in Sport?

I am really pleased to present a Guest Post from Ed Cope, a specialist researcher in Yout h Sport at the University of Berdfordshire in the ...

Participant Development in Sport

LTAD? Core skills and capabilities? Early Specialisation? Talent Development? Critical Periods in Development? There is increasing demand on...

Research into Practice 3: Personal and Social Skills are Important

“Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character”. (John Wooden) Sport autobiographies are full of glowing accounts of the benef...