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There remains a glaring lack of structural support and policies to address the ways menstrual health impacts women’s and girls’ participation in sports at all levels, from grassroots to elite.
The anterior cruciate ligament is crucial in movements such as pivoting and making jump landings.
You may have heard lifting weights stunts children’s growth and leads to injuries – but this isn’t the case.
By adopting the lessons from this initiative, Canadian sports programs can enhance their inclusivity and provide better opportunities for children with autism to participate and thrive in sports.
Young athletes may be uncertain if they are experiencing a concussion or might not think the injury is serious or bad enough to warrant telling someone.
There is an urgent need to shift sports administration to Health Canada, which should prioritize the health and well-being of all athletes, especially children.
A focus on sporting success can compromise children’s wellbeing and safety.
We are witnessing an overdue shift towards normalizing male athletes seeking help and gradually speaking more openly and vulnerably about mental health.
Young or old, men or women. All can be at risk of concussion while playing contact sport. Here’s what we know happens in the brain.
Commotio cordis is the result of blunt trauma to the heart, and is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death in youth sports. Improvements in protective equipment may help prevent it.
Banning young athletes from the Olympics would mean we miss their spectacular performances, but considering all we know about overtraining, exploitation and abuse in sport, that might be OK.
As smartphone uptake and connectivity grows in Africa, so does the often unhealthy trend of young people betting on sports using their phones.
Supporting one’s child on a sports team isn’t always a walk at the ballpark. Parents face complex demands that require a repertoire of skills that are rarely discussed or taught.
The New South Wales government has come in for heavy criticism over its $2 billion plan to knock down and rebuild two of Sydney’s largest sports stadiums.
The first step in reviving a lost sporting culture is to involve young Australians in working out why sport has lost its appeal and how to reverse the decline in youth participation.
The relationship between commercialised sport and junior sport has largely been left to the periphery of Australian sporting analyses.
There is much work to do if Australia is to eradicate various barriers to participation in sport.
Child sport success relies on having a positive parental influence.
In their hearts, everyone associated with the AFL knows the decline in the community is real.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Sports Science, Swansea University
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Professor of Public Health, Assistant Deputy Vice-chancellor Research, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition and Motor Control, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor, Head of School, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Sport Management, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching, Bournemouth University
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Emertius Professor, University of Tasmania
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Professor in Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Education, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Associate Professor/Faculty of Engineering/School of Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University
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Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
