Just like adult athletes, children who participate in competitive sports can and do experience stress. Whether it is self-inflected stress resulting from a desire to perform well, or stress inflected by well-meaning parents and coaches who want their kids to win, it’s important that adults recognize that kids suffer from pregame...
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Dump the after game snacks and hand out the Chocolate Milk. Yes, you heard me right. Believe it or not thats the “theory”.
When you take a look sports drinks they have very similar attributes to those of chocolate milk. The Indiana University conducted a study in conjunction with a grant from the dairy council. They wanted to...
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Coerver is coming to Newbridge
Austin Speight is an association football coach and former player. Speight was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and played football for Stockport County, although he did not play a Football League game for them. In the 1981/82 season he played two league games for Finn Harps in the League of...
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The reality is that our kids are far less superior to our Iberian neighbours and why? Well the game in Europe is age appropriate and the focus is to develop the kids technically, allowing more touches of the ball and encouraging them to express themselves by taking risks and being spontaneous. They want the kids to enjoy the game...
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Champions come in all ages and sizes. My best friend was a champion. My cousin was a champion. Many I worked with are champions. Many of you who are reading this are champions. Children become what they learn in most cases. And if wer’e lucky, they also learn what they’re taught. But children learn the most by...
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In an average year, 50 young Irish footballers are contracted to play with British clubs. But according to a recent study carried out by the Professional Footballers Association (PFA), 85% subsequently fail to make the grade as professional footballers.
I don’t know about the rest of Ireland but it makes me laugh when I hear...
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I recently read a report by the sports council on School Children and Sport in Ireland. These are some of the excerpts from this report.
The Facts – Main Findings of the ERSI School Children & Sport in Ireland
The main health benefits commonly associated with physical activity for children are improved increased academic...
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