Archive for the 'Advisory Board' Category

Vancouver Olympics 2010 – Are your Kids Dreaming of Being Olympians?

February 19th, 2010

A Podcast with Dr. Daniel Gould – Advisor to the USOC and Director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State University
by Stephen Walker, PhD, CC-AASP
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard athletes on the Podium at the Olympic Games speak to dreaming about this achievement since they were little.  [...]

Another Look at “Overtraining Syndrome” with Dr. Goran Kentta

December 3rd, 2009

by Dr. Stephen Walker – CC-AASP
Podium’s Podcast of the Week – an Interview with Goran Kentta
Dr. Goran Kentta is a sport scientist working with the Swedish School for Health and Sport Sciences in Stockholm.  He has had the opportunity to interview and work with a number of elite athletes and embarked on a qualitative study [...]

Getting the Priorities of Youth Sport Right

June 30th, 2009

by Kristen Dieffenbach, PhD, CC-AASP
The priorities of youth sport have long been out of wack. If you ask parents, many will say they enroll their children in season upon season of adult organized play to teach things like character and sportsmanship. They want to encourage their children to be healthy and well. [...]