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"An ethical man knows what to do. A moral man does it." Youth sport is an ethical reasoning laboratory that we really should take advantage of more oft…
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The recent National Labor Relations Board memo may be the tipping point needed to start paying collegiate athletes. Olympic sports face a "Now what?" s…
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Dropout is a phenomenon in youth sports. Burnout is a psychosomatic condition that can occur later in an athlete's career.
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"Knowledge that changes behavior loses its relevance. Knowledge that does not change behavior is useless."
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This is what passion looks like. It's not something you feel, it's something you do and once athletes learn to practice this way there are few limits o…
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The age/performance curve shows why many elite athletes never reach their genetic potential. This article discusses ways coaches and NGBs can help more…
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No one knows if the pandemic has changed youth sport culture yet. But if we are to get back to 'normal' then sport clubs must be recalled to life.
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The Games are much more than a simple medal count. A sensible scoring system could add a new layer of excitement to the quadrennial spectacle. In this …
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Many countries are spinning their wheels when it come to capitalizing on their sport talent
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Being able to identify early- and late-maturing athletes gives coaches one more tool they can use to understand the demographic forces at work in their…
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Amateurism is on life-support and may not survive its next court challenge
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Rising costs that make youth sports an upper middle class activity are bad socially and hurt sport performance overall
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