Thank you for visiting this website. We are Canadian researchers from Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia (Dr. Bettina Callary); the University of Ottawa in Ontario (Dr. Bradley Young); and the University of Lethbridge in Alberta (Dr. Scott Rathwell).

We have been researching topics related to the psycho-social aspects of lifelong sport participation, effective coaching, programming, and messaging of adult sport, and would like to share our findings with you so you can consider how they might apply to you.

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I love coaching Masters Athletes because I know they want to be there. They are in their 40s, 50s, or 60s. They all are accomplished and they all have so much to bring to the table, they have families and jobs, so I’m teaching them through sport but I think they’re teaching me as well and I think it’s a learning experience for both sides.

Dragonboat Coach

 

The problem with [professional development in coaching Masters] is that the instructors tend to be experts age group swimmers and not a lot really translates in terms of diversity and goals of the adult swimmers.

Swim Coach