Nice paper exploring the measurement of #wellbeing in #athletes Areas for improvement: Conceptual & theoretical issues🤔 Item development ✍️ Measurement and scoring 🎯 Analytical & statistical 📈 Many athlete monitoring tools have a long way to go! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Have been taking a look at what the average pupil's training load has looked like over the last year due to #COVID19 restrictions based on some simple assumptions. What can we learn, and what should we do next?

🚨New post 🚨- What has lockdown meant for our youth athletes? A sneak peak of what it might have been like to be a member of Boris and Gav's COVID XI over the last 11 months statera.uk/blog/lockdown-…

Athlete monitoring loop 🔄 in questions❓: What did they do? How did they respond? What does that mean? What do we do next? Most importantly of all, know WHY you're monitoring, as that drives WHAT you measure!

Kia ora, I'm looking for recommendations for future guests on my podcast #TheAthleteDevelopmentShow - after Youth S&C coaches and/or researchers, please 🙏

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Any ideas on simultaneous & safe re-introduction of S&C/PA for ~900 pupils? 1 year of disrupted training, all at different stages of phys/skill/psych development, multiple stakeholders w/ different expectations, set in a framework designed for something else. Asking for a friend

How can we manage the 'scholastic athlete'? Multiple competing demands, multiple stakeholders! The Athlete Academy UKSCA

This our 'why' - managing the 'scholastic athlete' is a complex challenge with unique demands The Athlete Academy UKSCA

With multiple stakeholders, all need to agree on developmental priorities to keep the athlete at the centre of the decision making process...The Athlete Academy UKSCA

Can you form relationships with local universities and research facilities to improve the quality of maturation data gathered? It's not always realistic in a school setting. Benchmark by maturity, not chronological age! Sylvia Moeskops, PhD UKSCA

Yep.

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After collecting growth and maturity data across three rugby development programmes I thought I would create a graph illustrating the proportion of late maturing players across age groups. Not such much a rocky road as an deserted highway

I re-ran the analysis using a less strict criterion for 'late maturing' i.e., 1/2 standard deviation below the norm. Graph below. At this rate I might have more chance of finding the Loch Ness Monster #geneticlottery

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 🩸’Training around the menstrual cycle for female athletes’ 🏃‍♀️💨Ranell is an S&C Coach and founder of Ranell & Kip Hobson 🎧LISTEN TO FULL POD NOW!👇🏻 open.spotify.com/episode/5AnLQ2…

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Why Children Should Resistance Train. The Science. A thread...