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The Sports Coach as an Educator: Re-conceptualising Sports Coaching

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

The Sports Coach as Educator edited by Robyn S. Jones The central tenet of this collection of academic writings is that sports coaches need to see themselves more like teachers and educators. It provides academic examples of the pedagogy behind sports coaching. If you are happy to stick with the...

Beyond Winning and Losing

Posted Friday, 2 May 2014

The Coached Experience: Beyond Winning and Losing: At the recent Professional Association for Directors of Physical Education conference within the workshop titled “ Beyond Winning and Losing ” delegates were asked to recall some of their positive coached experiences (in no more than three words) and then to recollect stories...

Outdoor Leadership Teacher

Posted Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Outdoor Leadership Teacher ISSOS offers high school students (aged 13-18) from all over the world the unique opportunity to combine learning, creative enrichment and action-packed adventure in the historic and picturesque university towns of St Andrews and Cambridge. Every summer we welcome students from over 60 nationalities. Students choose one...

No Place for Coaches Who Berate Youngsters

Posted Thursday, 6 March 2014

There's a malady going around, and I know people who've come down hard with it. I've named this disease “Coachmouth”, and it's mostly contracted by strutting would-be Napoleons of all shapes and sizes. Sufferers can easily be identified by the whistles around their necks, tube socks on their feet and...

Resistance Training in Adolescents

Posted Thursday, 6 March 2014

Video available on the internet has plenty of examples of child weight-lifters ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hvQGORf674c ). Policies for the use of weight gyms in schools will generally state that pupils need to be at least 14 years old. It is assumed that younger pupils using weights is not safe. Would you...

Five Vitamins and Supplements That Are Actually Worth Taking

Posted Thursday, 6 March 2014

Recently, a number of studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine underscored a fact that scientists have become increasingly sure of: The vast majority of vitamins and mineral supplements are simply not worth taking. "Enough is enough: stop wasting money on vitamin and mineral supplements," declared an editorial that...