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One of the lessons I took away from reading Brent Rushall’s[1] sports psychology book[2] “Psyching in Sport: The Psychological...

Intentional design is at the heart of all coaching programmes aimed at developing performance and life skills outcomes. On the one side...

I was taken out for dinner to a local restaurant that does Asian Fusion food to celebrate my birthday last week. Whilst I had a glass of...

Where sports organisations have acted on their duty of care to safeguard participants in their sport from non-accidental harm, there has...

I met Lou Bergholz at the Beyond Sport conference held in Cape Town in December 2011. Although we talked on that occasion the opportunity...

Recent cases of historical abuse of children is sport around the world should be of concern to South Africa’s sports administrators. Few...

There seems to be quite some concern in Sport for Development and Peace circles that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced...

Sport is delivered through a workforce that is comprised of both salaried staff and volunteers. The workforce comprises administrators,...

Traditional sports programmes focus on developing individual players and teams to take part and pursue success in sports competition....

Richard Mayer is a South African athletics coach, runner, athletics statistician and an advocate for the Lydiard approach to running.  He...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a renowned South African Anglican cleric known for his opposition to the policies of apartheid. During the...

The Gleneagles Agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland. In...

Norman Brook recently presented at the Western Province Athletics Coaches Workshop held at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town. The...

In a previous article Norman Brook asked whether sport could really be used to address the Millennium Development Goals. In this article...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for jobs and livelihoods to be at the heart of the development agenda after the...

I was recently invited on to Nick Bauer’s SAfm Sports Special radio show along with Athletics Coach Ian Harries. Ian is a former...

Norman Brook was recently asked to present a level 1 coach education session on coaching the track endurance events for the Western...

The following article was presented at the Next Steps Sports Development Symposium in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in November 2011....

Legacy is that which is handed down from the past. In terms of major sporting events it is what is left after the event is concluded....

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested recently that sport could contribute to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. He...