Community sport depends on volunteers showing up. But as numbers fall and pressures rise, who’s left to guide the next generation?
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Research has identified 17 of the world’s best sports coaches – and all had at least one parent who worked in the helping professions, such as teaching or health.
Action sports used to be a niche interest but are continuing to gain in popularity - why are more young people gravitating towards them?
Some high-profile athletes have gone public with their mental health struggles. But it’s rare we hear from coaches. That needs to change.
College admissions advantages for recruited athletes likely perpetuate educational inequality even more than those given to children of alumni.
Even though Maryland college football coach DJ Durkin has been fired, his 11th hour ouster will not rid college football of some of its deepest problems, argue two scholars on race and college sports.
When sports coaches use psychological techniques and ideas that are based on shaky evidence, everyone loses.
Children’s sports coaches are underpaid, under qualified and often unappreciated.
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Senior Research Fellow, Leeds Beckett University
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