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Senior Players will require patience and understanding just the same as juniors. A key difference is that personalities can be a lot bolder and stronger (Photo Source: USAG- Humphreys)

Many coaches can easily observe the relationships between coaches and senior players through the media. Even if an individual has never coached in this environment, a simple scroll through any sports news website or quick look at the sports section …

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Nutrition for children starts from a very early age so that it falls in line with their parents example (Photo Source: Andy Bullock)

With the growing degree of professionalism being expanded in sports aspects such as Nutrition are now commonplace in off court education sessions. Many programs invest significant monies into promoting good nutrition and maintaining a healthy lifestyle in addition to an …

Junior Athletes and Nutrition; Better Talk to the Parents Read more »

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Within the philosophy of LTAD is the focus on injured players recovering and becoming stronger then what they were before so they never experience the same injury again (Photo Source: jmrosenfeld)

Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) programs are a common starting point for many systems related to the focus on an athlete centred approach to training. LTAD programs generally look at a longer-term approach to the development of the athlete so …

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Talent within any program is always a point of focus. Whether it is through recruiting the right pieces of the puzzle or developing those that talent within a program that already exist. No program can afford not to have talented …

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