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#SpCP13 Reflecting on Teaching and Coaching as a Vocation
It is the final week of the Sport Coaching Pedagogy unit at the University of Canberra. This week I am looking forward to sharing just how much work the group has done in the 14 weeks of the unit. In...
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130508 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is a sixth post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. You can find some background information about this project here. Australian Rules In Round 6...
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The Real Reason Behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s Retirement?
On 8 May, the BBC shared the news: There has been enormous interest in this decision … even in Canberra. On 9 May the Canberra Times ran a story around “the greatest coach?” with an excellent...
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130514 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is a seventh post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. You can find some background information about this project here. Australian Rules Geelong...
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Re-Warm-Up
Introduction I was asked today to comment on a study reported by researchers at Victoria University. The paper was titled High-Intensity Re-Warm-Ups Enhance Soccer Performance. It was published...
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The Spirit of Ranieri’s Ghost
Introduction Three months ago I wrote about a remarkable Fantasy Football Team, Ranieri’s Ghost. At that time, the manager, Julian Zipparo, was at the top of the League. The season is over now and...
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Developing Women’s Football in Jordan
Nehad Makhadmeh presented her initial PhD seminar at the University of Canberra yesterday. The aims of her research are to: Explore talent identification and development pathways in women’s sport in...
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130523 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is an eighth post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. You can find some background information about this project here. Australian Rules Week 8 saw...
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Impressive NewZ
I have been following developments in high performance sport in New Zealand with great interest. I think many of the decisions New Zealand has made in recent years are exemplary. Last week, I was...
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Internships
I have been following a LinkedIn discussion initiated by Dave Willoughby in the Performance Analysis in Sport Group. Dave posted about Unpaid Internships on his blog on 16 April. I thought Dave’s...
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Performance Coaching and Leadership
The AIS Centre for Performance Coaching and Leadership was opened officially today by the Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy. There is an announcement about the Centre on the AIS website and more...
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Sharing Sport Science and Sport Medicine Principles
The Australian Institute of Sport has proposed principles for sport science and sport medicine as “a practical guide to assist boards and senior management of sporting organisations in performing their...
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130604 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is a tenth post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. The codes are Australian Rules, Rugby League and Rugby Union You can find some background...
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130611 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is an eleventh post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. The codes are Australian Rules, Rugby League and Rugby Union You can find some background...
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Missing in Action: #ASSH2013 A Welcome to Sporting Traditions XIX
I am unable to attend the Opening Day of Sporting Traditions XIX Conference in Canberra. My colleagues Bruce Coe and Robin Poke have been remarkable in covering for my absence from the Organising...
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#ASSH2013 Three Days in Canberra
Sporting Traditions XIX is taking place in Canberra this week. Sport historians have converged on Canberra to discuss a range of topics around the overall theme of A New History for A New Century? Day...
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Giants’ Steps
Introduction Earlier this week I wrote about Hawthorn’s performance in this season’s AFL competition. In this post, I look briefly at the team at the opposite end of the AFL ladder, the Greater Western...
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Goal-Line Technology Update: July 2013
There have been some interesting news items about goal-line technology this week. The GoalControl system was used in all six stadia in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, Brazil. There was no contentious...
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130705 Performance Against Ranking 2013 Football Season
Introduction This is a fourteenth post about performance against ranking in three football codes in Australia. The codes are Australian Rules, Rugby League and Rugby Union You can find some background...
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Half-Life of Teams
I have been thinking about the half-life of sporting teams and organisations. Wikipedia notes that the term ‘half-life’ may be used generically “to refer to any period of time in which a quantity...
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