Biomechanics Conditioning Sport 
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.
The Sporting
JUNE 19, 2024
There’s a rise in female footballers with ACL injuries — here’s why Football is a physically demanding sport that’s mainly played on the forefoot, with knee bent, and with every muscle surrounding the knee working hard. I believe the examination of that physiology should start with the feet and biomechanics.
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Stanford Childrens
AUGUST 9, 2023
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 The ACL is one of these critical ligaments,” says Kevin Shea, MD , director of the Sports Medicine program at Stanford Children’s and Aiden’s doctor.
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. Let’s think about that.
Informed Practitioner in Sport
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Sian began her professional career in physiology, working with British Swimming, before obtaining her PhD in statistical modelling of sport performance with Swimming New Zealand, leading to a strategic role as Performance Intelligence Manager with Paralympics New Zealand. Will I even have a job in sport next year?! Employee ‘Shapes’.
Better Coaching
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
In recent years, amateur sports have become a thriving ecosystem. Kids start playing organized sports at increasingly younger ages, encouraged by coaches, schools, and often, parents. After all, sports promote physical fitness, socialization, teamwork, and discipline. This is not inherently negative.
Learning Through Sport
JANUARY 5, 2025
Learning experiences I like Rink's (2006) definition of a learning experience as "a set of instructional conditions and events that gives structure to student experiences and is related to a particular set of teacher objectives" (p. Meaning in Movement, Sport and Physical Education. Arnold, P. Quest , 40 (2), 115-125. Arnold, P.
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