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Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success? article icon

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Sibling rivalry: An important ingredient in sporting success?

Are later born children more competitive in sport than their elder siblings? Jessica finds out.

Article
10 mins
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role free course icon level 1: introductory icon

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Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

Are you a carer? Or do you work with a carer, or know someone who one? This free course, Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role, is designed to give an insight into the demands, both physically and mentally, of the caring role and look at how taking part in physical activity can offer benefits to the health and wellbeing ...

Free course
6 hrs
A head for heights: How athletes keep calm at altitude article icon

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A head for heights: How athletes keep calm at altitude

Many athletes at Beijing 2022 will find themselves in the start gate ready to race in an event which can threaten injury as much as promise victory. The question is how do they cope?

Article
5 mins
Developing resilience in sport free course icon level 2: intermediate icon

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Developing resilience in sport

In this free course, Developing resilience in sport, you will explore how the concept of resilience can support athletes on their athletic development journey. You will examine how resilience can act as a buffer to protect against the challenges that might be faced by athletes and coaches. The protective qualities of resilience make it an ...

Free course
10 hrs
Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport article icon

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Wheelchair basketball player Yasmin on coaching, classification and the cost of disability sport

Yasmin Reeve is one of this year’s Sport and Fitness Student Voice Champions at The Open University. She’ll be tuning into the Tokyo Paralympics, but with mixed feelings, as she explains.

Article
5 mins
Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete article icon

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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

The Games of the Tokyo Olympics have been played in empty stadiums and venues, without fans and family members. Jessica Pinchbeck looks at the importance of Adam Peaty's family to his success.

Article
5 mins
How to help your child become a future Olympian article icon

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How to help your child become a future Olympian

The Olympic and Paralympic games show us that there is a sport for everyone. Dr Jane Dorrian looks at the ways you can inspire your child to be a future star.

Article
5 mins
Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians? article icon

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Resilience: The magic ingredient for Olympians?

Arguably, it has been a longer, and more challenging, road to Tokyo 2020 than any other Olympic Games in recent times. So how were the athletes and their support teams, able to pick up themselves up following the disappointment of the cancelled games last year and prepare for the rescheduled event? In this article, Dr Nichola Kentzer considers ...

Article
10 mins
How can you exercise safely in the heat? article icon

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How can you exercise safely in the heat?

A hot week lays ahead but do you have to abandon your keep-fit routines when the mercury gets so high? Not if you're careful, say Hannah Moir and Chris Howe.

Article
5 mins
Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success? activity icon

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Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success?

Can you help a talented child athlete make it all the way to the Olympic finals based on the choices you make for them at key stages in their development? Try our game and find out.

Activity
15 mins
Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen article icon

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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

Jessica Pinchbeck, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Fitness at The Open University, reflects on her sporting heroes and charts the success of female sportswomen.

Article
5 mins
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness free course icon level 2: intermediate icon

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Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

In this free course you will explore two aspects of strength and conditioning in sport and fitness: speed and power. Strength and conditioning is the physical preparation of athletes and in this course you will explore the physiology of speed before looking at training methods to develop speed. You will also look at power which is a concept ...

Free course
5 hrs