Tag: influence
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The stories not yet written
We, the collective youth sports sector, like to say that sport changes lives. We use it as a blanket statement without getting into the nuance, and without calling to attention that change isn’t always good. We can’t keep generalizing. We don’t know enough. There are stories that have gone untold for far too long. There…
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You can’t just sit on the bench yourself
I have been looking into some of the background that could explain studies showing fathers as more influential on their children’s physical activity than mothers. I won’t say that I found the answer exactly, but maybe one piece. Coparticipation. When Zahra et al (2015) interviewed British families about their children’s physical activity, mothers brought up…
The Sideline Fix 