Coaching Matters, my round up of articles & videos is proving more & more popular so I thought I would provide an RSS feed of the sites I visit most regularly for those who would like the most up to date posts as they happen.
The articles update on an hourly basis so bookmark the page & keep coming back. If I am missing any good blogs drop me an email or let me know on Twitter @SiNainby. Enjoy!
- Dotting the i’s
The new Education Inspection Framework was released in May and updated in September. OFSTED will use all the available evidence to evaluate what it is like to be a learner in your school’s provision. They will do that through four key judgements; quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and ... read more19 hours ago - A Simple and Systematic Approach to Monitoring Fatigue
[mashshare] By Will Ratelle Managing training load has become an increasingly prevalent concern in athletics, for sport coaches as well as strength and conditioning coaches. I work with an NCAA volleyball team, and it is imperative to monitor and manage fatigue for a number of reasons: reducing injury risk; ... read more2 days ago - Busting the Fallacies of Sports Science with Jared Fletcher
[mashshare] Freelap Friday Five with Dr. Jared Fletcher Dr. Jared Fletcher is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Physical Education at Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB, Canada. There, he teaches courses in exercise physiology, biomechanics, and statistics. His current research interests lie in examining ... read more3 days ago - Why our referee didn’t have a shocker
4 days ago - What do Ofsted reports reveal about the way schools are being inspected under the new framework?Ofsted's new inspection framework went live at the beginning of September and the first reports have now been published. Anecdotally, I've heard whispers from two different inspections about the sorts of questions that are being asked and the sorts of challenges being made, but it's interesting and, I hope, useful, ... read more4 days ago
- 15 Things to Remember If You Love Your Child-Athlete
[mashshare] By Jeremy Frisch Countless parents want to know how to be properly supportive of their children who participate in sports. Usually, most fathers and mothers have good intentions, but when it comes down to it, the biggest problem with youth sports is the parents themselves. The good news ... read more5 days ago - Data Organization in Spreadsheets for Sports Science
Last year an article was published in The American Statistician that is pertinent to those working with sports science data. The article, by Broman and Woo, is titled Data Organization in Spreadsheets. An open-access, preprint PDF copy can be found here. In this post we will explore how the practical ... read more6 days ago - How Setting Department Procedures and Policies Can Improve Athlete Safety
[mashshare] By George Greene Collectively, strength and conditioning professionals need to help raise the standards of the profession, and one important way to achieve this is by setting institutionalized procedures and best practices. The CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods is a positive step in the ... read more6 days ago - You Got a Head Coaching Job…Now What?
[mashshare] By Carmen Pata Here is what I see as a thoroughly confusing problem, not only in sports, but in the business world as well. We spend so much time and effort learning how to be really good at our job or profession, but nothing teaches us how to ... read more1 week ago - The 1080 Best Practices and Article Anthology
[mashshare] By SimpliFaster Resisted and assisted sprinting are effective and popular ways to improve athlete speed. In addition to speed training, the promise of machines for resistance training is a real-world opportunity for professionals. Using the 1080 Motion family of devices enables coaches and therapists to get more ... read more1 week ago
