Too Little Sleep and an Unhealthy Diet Increase Your Chances of...
There are some skills every young athlete can’t do without. Netballers, for instance, need to know how to catch. And pass. Rugby players on...
What makes sport fun?
The positive benefit sport can provide kids is highly dependent on one thing: continued involvement.
If a child drops out, which evidence suggests is happening...
Parents, What You Say After the Game Matters
It’s difficult to contain your emotions when you care deeply about something, or someone, and things go wrong. Remember how it felt the last...
What’s Your Child’s Biggest Challenge Right Now In Their Sport?
Sam is 15, a competitive swimmer. She loves her sport but despite all her hard work in the pool, she’s struggling to get better.
I...
EP 28 – Hugo Inglis – The Ultimate Competitor
ADS 0028: Hugo Inglis – The Ultimate Competitor
Playing sport on the world stage requires a huge work ethic, incredible skill, and a dogged...
EP 42 – Wade Gilbert, PhD – Small Towns, Environmental...
“Kids get to train alongside, be close to, connect with, these high performing athletes, world class, world champions in many cases, and it just...
Bone Growth and What Every Young Athlete Needs to Know to...
The benefits of participating in sport and physical activity are well known: you learn about team work and communication, how to commit to something...
Listen and Learn: The power of knowing your athlete
In episode 27 of the Athlete Development Show, I spoke with Mystics and Silver Ferns defender Michaela Sokolich-Beatson. On the show, I asked Michaela...
Advice for all young athletes from the head coach of the...
I’ve known Helene Wilson for a while now.
In 2016 I had the privilege of helping her integrate sports science into her Netball Northern Beko...
6 Active Listening Techniques for a Coach or Parent
I’ve been lucky enough to interview many of New Zealand’s best athletes, both on the Athlete Development Show, and in the halls of AUT...
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There are these common generational myths that have been passed down to us and it would be fair to say that we really don’t...
AD Alumni: Anna Steven
We're shining the spotlight on some of Athlete Development's alumni who are doing great things in their chosen sport. Meet sprinter Anna Steven, who...
Preparing for school and club sport
Now that school and club sports teams trainings and games are gearing up again, what can your young athletes do to better prepare for...
Pat Chat: Sleep enhancement for youth athletes
In the second of our three-part series, AD Academy Programme Manager and Lead Coach Patrick Davenport focuses on the importance of sleep for the...
How can you build psychological safety?
When it comes to pursuing excellence, moving from where we are now to a place that is more effective, how we behave is what...
