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P.E.I. is expecting 4,400 participants, 6,000 volunteers, 10,000 visitors from ‘off-Island’, and over 300 media to attend the Canada Games
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Sport Information
Resource Centre (SIRC)
180 Elgin Street, Suite 1400
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2P 2K3
Tel.: +1 (613) 231-7472
Toll Free +1 (800) 665-6413
Fax: +1 (613) 231-3739
www.sirc.ca
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Canada Games
SIRC is excited to be attending the 2009 Canada Games held in PEI from August 15-29. As Canada’s National Sport Library, we will be there with the SIRC Mobile Resource Centre providing athletes, coaches, parents, officials and the media with access to the latest sport resources. Our Reference Librarian, Brandie Adams, will be on-hand to showcase the resources available at SIRC and answer questions. Make sure that you check out the SIRC Blog, Twitter and Facebook pages for updates throughout the event!
Whether you are a parent, athlete or coach it is important to remember younger athletes often have different requirements when it comes to training, nutrition and competition. For this reason it is important to keep informed about the various aspects of a developing athlete. Stress, sleep, conditioning and nutrition can play a huge role in the performance of young athletes. All are challenging in a typical teenage lifestyle being informed and learning how to manage these areas is essential to a competitive athlete.
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Nutrition for the Serious Young Athlete
Serious young athletes form a very special group of individuals within the sporting population. In effect they live two lives, one as an elite athlete and the other as a schoolchild or student growing up at home, school or college with their non-sporty peers. This can pose many lifestyle problems for young athletes, one of which revolves around their nutrition not only for normal growth and development but to meet the extra nutritional demands of their sport. The problem is compounded by a certain lack of knowledge of what the athlete’s diet should contain and once that knowledge is gained, knowing how to apply it practically to the every day situation. This article offers guidance for anyone who may have a part to play in this part of a young athlete’s life.
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Supplementary Article:
Nutrition: The Practical Approach
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Sport Conditioning for Children and Youth
The changes that occur as a child grows to adulthood are physical, emotional, psychological and social, impacting every aspect of life and sport. There are predictable phases of change that every child experiences, but the amount of time in each growth phase can vary greatly. Grouping children by age alone does not account for the rate and stage of growth. To fully understand athletes' needs, coaches must consider both their developmental age (e.g., pre-puberty, puberty or post-puberty phase) and training age (e.g., their combined years of sports experience and sports conditioning).
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Overuse Injuries |
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Reducing Stress
What causes an athlete to feel stress? Sources of stress come from within as well as outside the athlete, and as children
grow as both individuals and athletes, the sources of stress
may change. They may at times feel that the demands of the
sport or competition are too great given their abilities and
the resources they possess to handle the situation.
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Supplementary Article:
Don't Stress Over Your Competition
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 Getting Enough Sleep
Studies have shown that athletes sleep less than non-athletes and have even more problems sleeping prior to competition. There are various strategies for athletes to improve their physical recovery such as relaxation strategies, massage, active rest, etc. but probably the best recovery method, sleep, is often neglected. The purpose of this article is to help coaches and parents to better help their athletes and give them three suggestions for helping their athletes improve their sleep quality.
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Supplementary Article:
Getting Ahead of Jet-Lag
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News from SIRC |
SIRC at Canada Games!
Look for SIRC at the athletes, coaches and Officials’ lounge, media briefings, athlete focus groups and forums and cheering on athletes as they go for the gold! Everyone can stay connected to SIRC and the Canada Games through our Facebook Group, Twitter and Blog. Look for daily athlete and ambassador bios in SIRC’s Emailservice and be sure to check out our Canada Games’ webpage for even more resources!
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Capture the Moment -Photo Contest!
Do you like taking sport photos? Here’s your chance to win great prizes, get international exposure as well as have your photo included in Canada’s National Sport Library. SIRC is holding a “Capture the Moment” photo contest! We are trying to collect photos that capture all the various moments of people in sport.
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Ask A SIRC Librarian |
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SIRC members have access to SIRC librarians and we are pleased to share some of your questions.
Dear SIRC Librarian:
Can you help me find some information on what an athlete should look for when selecting a coach? There seems to be information on how organizations hire a coach and how coaches should communicate with athletes but not specifically on what an athlete should look for.
Thanks,
Steve
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