What You Need to Know About Playing Up in Youth Sport
On Friday night, after a presentation I gave in front of a room full of sporting parents, I was asked a question about optimising...
The Natural, The Thinker and The Hustler
Have you ever wondered why some athletes appear to engage much more in certain types of exercise and activities than others? Consider an athlete...
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...
EP 17 – Dr Chris Hanna – Bone Growth, Overuse Injury...
Youth sport is more physically demanding that ever before. It’s not uncommon for an athlete to spend 20 hours a week training and competing,...
Lessons from A Silver Fern
Guest Contribution: Anna Harrison - New Zealand Netballer.
Another big year of Northern Mystics and New Zealand Silver Fern Netball commitments has come to an...
AD in the media: Challenge yourself to be the best you...
Achievement at Athlete Development looks a little different to common perceptions of the word. Being on time to academy for a whole month, performing...
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...
EP 30 – Kevin Senio – Developing Discipline, Parental Pressure, and...
My guest on the show today grew up in West Auckland watching action movies and playing footy on the front lawn with his brothers....
EP7 – Meikayla Moore – Goal setting, Injuries, and Playing Football...
Today I have the pleasure of welcoming my very first athlete to the Show.
At only 20 years of age, Meikayla Moore (@MeikaylaMoore) is one...
EP5 – David Cooper: Street Games, Physiotherapy and Preventing Injury
My guest on the show today is David Cooper. Dave is an experienced physiotherapist and spends his days treating weekend warriors to athletes at...
MOST RECENT
Debunking a common myth: Youth weight training
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...
