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Why do kids leave sport?
As a parent and as a professional youth sports coach my main aim with my own children and anyone I coach is to ensure that they want to play sport from juniors right through their teen years and into adulthood. As yet, there is no research in Australia, (I am saving that for my PHD)… Read More Why do kids leave sport?
PSSA School Sport
PSSA stands for Primary School Sports Association, and allows primary school kids to try for teams that play between other schools. The process for selection is one that seems to cause angst at many many public primary schools. Are there any other households out there where PSSA school sport trials cause utter misery? Sport has the ability, unlike… Read More PSSA School Sport
Why do we want to specialise our young kids in a sport so early?
Just a quick post: Along with my business who is also a sport scientist, we designed a multi sport skills program for preschool children in 2006. The program is called Hippity Hop and is run locally on tennis courts. If it was good for kids to specialise as preschooler’s we could have designed a tennis… Read More Why do we want to specialise our young kids in a sport so early?
Working with kids – what makes us tick
If I got a $1 for every time a parent said – I don’t know how you work with kids, I would be a very wealthy woman! I would love to work out how many children we have fun with in a year, maybe once I am retired and have the time, I will be… Read More Working with kids – what makes us tick
Grand Finals – great fun or great nightmares
General rugby shot – not from Grand Finals Father’s day was rugby union Grand Final day for my 12 year old son and the Greens. What a great, fun season they have had and to their credit and their great coaches they were undefeated in their stream. The team that they were in these Grand… Read More Grand Finals – great fun or great nightmares
Helping young children with low muscle tone
I have worked with lots of young children who have low muscle tone with a large amount of success. The success is due to the fact that the parents follow the advice given and provide the opportunities for their children to exercise and be active. Children with low muscle tone find exercise and physical activity… Read More Helping young children with low muscle tone
The four most important things when choosing a team sport for your young child
As a new sport season begins, I am frequently asked about how to get young children into sport, here are a few tips to help you in the right direction, just remember sport is not everyones cup of tea and there are lots of other options. So the time has come for you to get… Read More The four most important things when choosing a team sport for your young child
The eight things you can do to help your child in the school playground
In the eight years that I have had my kids fitness business, I have taught and trained countless children. In the preschool sport program our emphasis is not on teaching individual sports, but teaching basic skills which can be transferred onto any sport. What I have found is that those kids who have the basic… Read More The eight things you can do to help your child in the school playground
The best outdoor experience of my life so far
I have just returned from the 23rd Australian Jamboree – an event like no other and it runs every three years in a different location. The tag line was Dream it! Live it! and that is what we did. I personally made sure I got as much as possible out of what was on offer.… Read More The best outdoor experience of my life so far
Exercise Physiologist and Physiotherapist Northern Beaches, Sydney 