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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. Children have shorter limbs and different leverage points compared to adults, which influences their biomechanics during movements like throwing, kicking, or running.

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Youth Sports Coaching Mistakes

Better Coaching

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. Below is the short list of most common/most damaging teaching practices and techniques used by youth coaches. Wasting Time. Let’s think about that.

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Overuse Injuries in Amateur Sports: Identifying Risks, Prevention Strategies, and Recovery Protocols

Better Coaching

The sport requires constant running, cutting, and kicking, which can lead to stress fractures, shin splints, and chronic conditions like patellar tendinitis (commonly known as "jumper's knee"). Coaches who fail to teach and correct technique open the door for potential injuries.

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Teaching physical education for effective learning

Learning Through Sport

Teaching is a complex and sometimes complicated endeavour. The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making.