Apr 27
I, like many coaches out there, are sometimes overwhelmed with the choices of books, DVDs, newsletters, websites, etc., to read and review as part of my effort to better myself as a coach. This information overload has not gone unnoticed by Institute leadership. Over the past few years, the Institute’s leadership have been carefully reviewing the sport …
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Apr 25
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is testing the effectiveness of hot and cold showers on athlete perceptions, recovery and performance. Their preliminary research indicated there were no existing studies into the effect of hot and cold showers on athlete recovery and subsequent performance. While it has been well established that cold water immersion is an …
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Apr 19
On March 16, 2011, I participated in the roundtable on Youth Sport Coach Development in the US hosted by Boston Univ and co-sponsored by Up2Us and the Boston Youth Sports Initiative. In summary, this roundtable looked at the following issues: How to bring awareness to the issue of coach development for youth sport in the US Creating a cohesive community of practice …
Apr 10
My ongoing interest in smartphone technology has led me to the two iPhone apps that the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) have created called Go Coach Soccer and Go Coach Baseball. Each app features video, photos and coaching points about most aspects of both sports. What I love about this is the portability of the …
Apr 02
Our new website features much new content including our very new “Coaching Resource of the Month.” I plan on sharing with you various resources of value to sport coaches whether they be a new book, DVD/video or website or something else. For April 2011, the resource is another website I found last year called Winning …
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