Listen to our Podcast of the week – An interview with Matt Reed after a training session this winter
by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP
Matt Reed was born in New Zealand but moved to the USA several years ago when his love for elite triathlete Kelly Rees brought him here.  Competing for the USA, he won the [...]

Malcom Gladwell writes about youth sports, Rick Pitino, David & Goliath and war strategy in the New Yorker:
by Dr. Stephen Walker, CC-AASP
When Vivek Ranadive’ coached his Redwood City – 12 year old girls basketball team to the National Junior Basketball Championships, he was more than a curiosity.  Never having played basketball, and coaching because his [...]

By Dr. Haley Perlus
Athletes First
Why do young athletes participate in sports?  This is a simple question with insurmountable implications for improving youth competitive sport.
Children choose to participate in sport for the following six reasons:
1) to have fun,  2) to learn and improve skills,   3) to be with friends,   4) to be part of a [...]