Topics
Every talk is shaped to your audience — same research, different lens for federations, coaches, parents, or policymakers.
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Why children and adolescents join organized sport — and why so many of them leave. I unpack the patterns behind dropout, what's myth and what's evidence, and what clubs and federations can do about it.
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Organized sport is often described as open to all, but participation tells a different story. I look at how socioeconomic status, gender, and background shape access, experience, and outcomes — and what an honest response looks like.
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The growth of intensive parenthood, the sideline, the car ride home, the kitchen table. Parents shape the youth sport experience in ways research is only beginning to map. I share what helps, what hurts. Together we explore how clubs and parents can partner in the midst of diverse backgrounds and motivations.
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What does it actually mean to create sport that's worth a young person's time? I work with coaches and coach educators on practical, research-informed approaches that go beyond technique and tactics.
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Most Western societies move at an increasingly faster social and technological pace, creating a sense of shortage of time in people's everyday lives. As soon as one email is answered, ten new ones appear. Youths maintain and develop their social world in two places at once - the digital and physical world - amidst longer school days, organized leisure and youthful needs for exploring the unknown. How can we as adults facilitate a resonant and meaningful leisure for adults and young people alike?
These four areas overlap and combine. Tell me about your audience and I'll shape a talk that fits.
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