tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61092842012-01-27T11:18:58.887+08:00for sports scientists, coaches, and athletes to enhance performance and to develop a sports system (high performance coaching, integrated sports science, information management, performance analysis, talent ID, youth development, coach education, and athlete career support)Taisuke Kinugasahttps://profiles.google.com/100787021750073577306noreply@blogger.comBlogger5391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109284.post-37521341301745372122012-01-27T11:18:00.004+08:002012-01-27T11:18:58.897+08:00

supporting the developing athlete@UK Sport Coaches and managers responsible for the identification and development of elite sporting talent across a range of Olympic sports are set to reconvene this week for the second in a series of masterclasses aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the elite development pathway. Led by the UK Talent Team (a collaboration between UK Sport and the English

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2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Opening ceremony Speech of the IOC President, Jacques Rogge --- Dear Friends, For the first time, young people from around the world have come together for the Winter Youth Olympic Games, a global celebration of sport and Olympic values. It is altogether symbolic that this new Olympic tradition will begin in Innsbruck. These Games will enhance a

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First Winter Youth Olympic Games kick off in Innsbruck@IOC The Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games officially got under way today with an Opening Ceremony at the Bergisel stadium, the iconic Olympic venue in the heart of Austria’s Tyrolean capital, Innsbruck. With the snow-capped mountains providing a breathtaking backdrop, over 1,000 athletes aged 15 to 18 were greeted by International

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More people exercising: SSC survey@straits timesMORE people in Singapore are now exercising and playing some form of sports regularly. More are also into jogging.These are the findings which have emerged from an internal survey conducted by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) on 4,000 households in September last year.The SSC found that 57 per cent of those polled participate in sports and

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High Performance investments focused on big year of 2012@SPARC Kiwi athletes and teams who have performed well this year and those likely to do well in an Olympic year are the big winners in today’s 2012 investment announcement by High Performance Sport New Zealand. High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) Acting Chief Executive Martin Toomey says the focus of today’s announcement is on 2012

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Performance recovery at the Australian Institute of Sport@AISPerformance recovery at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is provided on a day-to-day basis for non-injured athletes to enhance their ability to train daily and give them strategies they can use in competition. Performance recovery is an emerging speciality of high-performance sport, which now represents a significant aspect of

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SEA Games: Singapore to host 2015 SEA Games@CNASingapore will host the 2015 edition of the SEA Games.This was confirmed at the SEA Games Federation council meeting on Saturday in Palembang, where Singapore were the only member nation to submit an official bid.This will be the fourth time Singapore will host the Games after the Lion City last staged it in 1993.Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean,

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Canadian swimming great to lead High Performance Sport New Zealand@HPS NZCanadian swimming great Alex Baumann has today been named as the new Chief Executive of High Performance Sport New Zealand.Baumann, 47, is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Own the Podium, Canada’s high performance sport programme. He will take up the new role on January 31 next year.High Performance Sport New Zealand

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Official opening for National Training Centre for high performance athletes at Auckland@HPS NZMinister for Sport and Recreation Murray McCully says New Zealanders can look forward to seeing more Kiwi winners on the world stage, as the doors officially open today at the National Training Centre for high performance athletes in Auckland.High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) is based at the

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Reshaping high performance sport@HPSNZ Minister for Sport and Recreation, Murray McCully, has announced the inaugural board of directors for the new organisation “High Performance Sport New Zealand.” High Performance Sport NZ has been formed by merging the SPARC high performance unit with the two New Zealand Academies of Sport into a streamlined unit. It will develop high performance athletes

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A year to go: engineering sport for London 2012 The common perception of engineering and sport is that of shiny new bikes, aerodynamic helmets and sleek bobsleds. I often get asked, “isn’t it just the best equipment that wins now, rather than the athlete?” The answer – to me at least – is obviously “no” and I’ve spent my working life working on sports engineering. I’ll explain why. A few weeks

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A year ago yesterday, Singapore was awash in Youth Olympic Games (YOG) fever as a dazzling opening ceremony at the Floating Platform at Marina Bay kicked off 12 days of sporting competition for the inaugural games. Yesterday morning, some 1,000 of the 20,000 volunteers who helped ensure the YOG ran smoothly - affectionately dubbed the Purple Army - turned up for the Singapore Youth Olympic

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Better sports medicine support for S'pore Olympians in 2012@straits timesTHE Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has ramped up its activities to provide the best facilities for the country's athletes for the London 2012 Olympics.Kicking off its list of preparations is the agreement the SSC has signed with the University of East London (UEL) to base the Team Singapore recovery centre at its Stratford

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Plenty for swim fans to dive into@straits timesSWIM fans will get a chance to meet some of the world's top swimmers when they dock here for training camps ahead of next week's World Championships in Shanghai.The Australian team, featuring Olympic gold medallists Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones, will host a training-cum-autograph session at Tanah Merah Country Club on July 16.On the same day, the

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A Youth Olympic Festival for all@straits timesTHE spirit of last August's inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is set to live on - in the form of the upcoming Singapore Youth Olympic Festival (SYOF).From Aug 13-21, the public will get to take part in the SYOF, which will be held in conjunction with the first Community Sports Competition (CSC).They will be able to choose from five sports - table

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Olympics chiefs approve Twitter use at London 2012@BBCCompetitors may write only "first-person, diary-type" entries but should not act as reporters, International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines say.All social media activity must respect the Olympic Charter, which bans political demonstrations.Postings deemed to be for commercial purposes will not be permitted.The guidelines, which were

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Target: World's Top 100@straits timesA SELECT group of student-athletes at the Singapore Sports School (SSP) will be put on a customised training programme aimed at moulding them into being among the world's best.For these athletes, just donning national colours will not be enough.'This project hopes to see its student-athletes reach top-100 world ranking standards from 2015,' said SSP principal

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Top swimmers to train in S'pore@straits timesA star-studded cast of the world's top swimmers, such as Olympic gold medallists Stephanie Rice and Alain Bernard, are scheduled to arrive in Singapore ahead of next month's World Swimming Championships in Shanghai.Eighteen countries, including swimming powerhouse Australia, France, South Africa and Canada, will conduct their pre-competition training

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Sport England launches £32 million project to get young people into sport as part of Olympic legacy push@inside the gamesJune 14 - Sport England has today launched a £32 million ($52 million) National Lottery-funded project to get hundreds of thousands of teenagers and young adults into sport as part of a new programme aiming to fulfil the legacy promise made by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

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World Class Performance Conference set to ExCel in London@UK SportUK Sport has today announced that the 2011 World Class Performance Conference will be held in the heart of east London, home to the London 2012 Olympic Park, at ExCel London in the Royal Docks.Taking place in London for the first time, the Conference will run from Monday 14 to Wednesday 16 November, and provide the final

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Funding opportunity for research into 'skill learning and retention' in elite athletes@UK SportUK Sport’s Research & Innovation team, along with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are seeking research applicants who could potentially benefit elite athletes as part of the legacy following the London 2012

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More to get funds boost@straits timesA CLUTCH of national athletes look set to go on the Olympic Pathway Programme (OPP) to boost Singapore's hopes of winning medals at the 2012 London Games.It will be the first time new names are being added to the original list of six athletes since the OPP, which provides additional funding to medal hopefuls, was launched in May 2009.The Straits Times

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SONY AND WIMBLEDON SERVE A 3D ACE@WimbledonFor the first time ever, the finals of Wimbledon, the premier tennis championships in the world will this year be filmed in 3D and screened live in High Definition 3D to 3D capable cinemas around the world. The live 3D production, in partnership with the Wimbledon host broadcaster the BBC, will also be offered to interested global broadcasters.Sony and

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YOG online coverage totals 1.3b readers, says IOC study@straits timesCOVERAGE of last year's Youth Olympic Games in Singapore was read by the equivalent of a fifth of the world's population over nine months, a study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee has found.Done by media analysis and monitoring firm Fisheye Analytics, which also counts the World Economic Forum as another

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UK training stint for Olympic hopefuls@Straits TimesSINGAPORE'S preparations for next year's Olympic Games in London have been stepped up, with a three-week training camp in England lined up for the country's best medal prospects.A total of 40 athletes and 26 officials - from badminton, shooting, table tennis, swimming and the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) - will be based at the Surrey Sports

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Blazing The Trail, Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Official Report)@Ministry of Community Development, Youth and SportsThis 107-page report on the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) covers Singapore’s journey to bid and host the world’s first Youth Olympic Games. Key facts and figures are provided alongside personal accounts from athletes, volunteers and organisers.The report -

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Healthy lifestyle takes Qatar priority as SOP points youngsters down Olympic way@Sports FeaturesAMPA/DOHA, Mar 18: The Qatar Olympic Committee's (QOC) Schools Olympic Program (SOP), an initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle amongst the youth of Qatar, concludes today/Saturday.This follows qualification courses at the Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence in Doha. The SOP sees school boys and

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@todaySINGAPORE - National Service (NS) and the Foreign Sports Talent (FST) scheme, two subjects that consistently come up for debate in sports circles, were discussed in Parliament yesterday. Speaking during the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) Committee of Supply Debate, Member of Parliament Lee Bee Wah pointed to statistics that showed male paddlers accounting for 34

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Minister for Sport officially opens the ETC@ASCMinister for Sport Mark Arbib today officially opened the European Training Centre (ETC), a new base for Australia's athletes in the Italian province of Varese.Speaking at the launch of the centre, Senator Arbib said the Government was committed to ensuring Australia's athletes were given every chance to succeed on the world sporting stage.‘The

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Jeremy Hunt sets out plans for School Games@DCMSThe School Games tournament – inspired by the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics – will give every child the opportunity take part and compete.As part of the offer:- 500 schools across nine regions will pilot an annual School Games Day: a ’finals’ day stemming from a programme of intra-school competition which will offer disabled children as many

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Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology 2011The Impact of Technology on SportDate: 28th - 31st of August, 2011Congress Venue: RMIT University, Melbourne, AUS

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Australia can rebound from medal slip: Coates@AOCAustralia is still aiming for a top five finish on the overall medal tally at next year’s London Olympics despite slipping to eighth position on the latest Benchmark analysis of Olympic sports.“A top five position is still very achievable,” said AOC President John Coates. “There are five countries jostling for fourth and fifth spots who are all

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SSC BANKS ON YOUTH SPORTS DEVELOPMENT@SSCSports champions are not born. Their success results from many years of hard work and well-planned training. With this in mind, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has urged the National Sports Associations (NSAs) to put in place strong and structured youth development programmes to groom our young athletes into the champions of tomorrow.2 The Annual

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Australian Institute of Sport granted Olympic Training Centre Status@ASCThe Australian Institute of Sport’s status as an Olympic Training Centre was renewed today with the Australian Olympic Committee and the Australian Sports Commission signing an important agreement.Minister for Sport Mark Arbib and Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates today unveiled a new set of Olympic

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Malaysia turn to science for golden breakthtough@Strait TimesKUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIA'S sports officials have opted for the appliance of science in their quest to achieve the country's first Olympic gold medal in London next year.The National Sports Institute (NSI) has brought in 46 sports science specialists under their 'Road to London 2012' programme, Malaysian media reported.The seven sports to

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Brits on notice as athletes get $2.5m to snare medals@The AustralianA $2.5 MILLION war chest has been assembled to help Australian athletes take medals from their British arch-rivals at next year's London Olympics.Federal Sports Minister Mark Arbib has redirected the money from the Australian Sports Commission to launch the Green and Gold Project, which will provide extra funding to shore up

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Search for Olympic stars begins@straits timesThe search to identify athletes for Singapore's 2016 Olympic quest - for which a bold target of six medals has been set - has begun in earnest.Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck recently met up with officials from several major national sports associations (NSAs) to encourage them to send in names of

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Catching the sports momentum@todaySINGAPORE - From the Fifa World Cup to the Olympics, Asian Games and the IAAF World Championships, the Sports Division of Dentsu Incorporated has its tentacles spread deep and wide in the sports world.Started as an advertising agency in 1901, the Japanese company has grown to include 100 offices in 26 countries, and its sports arm was responsible for creating the

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WADA 2011 Prohibited List Now Published@WADANoteworthy changes compared to the 2010 List include:Non-Approved SubstancesA new section – “Non-Approved Substances” – has been added. This “open” section addresses the abuse of pharmacological substances for the purpose of performance enhancement which are not included in other sections of the List and which are not approved by any governmental

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London 2012 Cultural Olympiad events unveiled@sport businessNobel Prize-winning American author Toni Morrison, former Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett are among the big names involved in the 12-week event."Artistic talent from the U.K. and every continent will be part of this once-in-a-lifetime celebration," said LOCOG chairman Sebastien

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Pat Rafter puts his body on the line to help the AIS Pro Tour tennis program@ASCMost people view retirement as a time to put your feet up and reflect on a career gone by, but that’s not the life for two-time US Open winner Pat Rafter.The former world number one, and new Australian Davis Cup Captain, recently gave some of his time, and his body, to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Pro Tour

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SSC Launches First-ever Fundamental Movement Skills Resource Guide To Boost The Development Of Physical Literacy@SSCChildren in Singapore will now receive a holistic education right from preschool with the launch of "FUN Start, MOVE Smart! The FUNdamental MOVEment Skills for Growing Active Learners" developed by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC).2 "FUN Start, MOVE Smart!" is a resource guide

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CDM Low Teo Ping Congratulates Contingent For A Respectable Showing Despite High Level Of Competition In Guangzhou@SSCWith 17 medals in the bag as the 16th Asian Games Guangzhou 2010 comes to a close, Chef-de-Mission Low Teo Ping today congratulated Team Singapore for a respectable showing at the quadrennial event, despite the extremely high standards showed by the competing nations, especially

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Badminton boost@straits timesTHE Singapore Sports School (SSP) has launched a new programme that will help it identify and pick up budding badminton talents aged 10 to 12.By partnering with sports manufacturer Yonex, the school hopes to improve the calibre of athletes entering its badminton academy, which currently has 37 students.The Yonex-Singapore Sports School Junior Excellence Programme,

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TARGET: 30 TO 33 MEDALS FOR TEAM SINGAPORE AT THE 16TH ASIAD IN GUANGZHOU@SSCLargest Contingent To Feature At The Asian Games Will Take Part In 22 Of 42 Sports EventsSingapore, 3 November 2010 - Team Singapore is looking to better its performance by bringing home a total of between 30 to 33 medals at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou. This, if achieved, will be Team Singapore's most successful

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It's all about training smart, says China sports official@Straits TimesIT MAY come as a surprise to some, but China's star hurdler Liu Xiang only trains up to two hours a day.Contrary to popular belief, long training does not equate to good results, a top Chinese sports official said yesterday.'High quantity of training isn't the important thing. What's important is applying science to training,

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Two YOG athletes disqualified for doping@CNASINGAPORE: Two athletes who took part in the Youth Olympics Games in Singapore have been disqualified for doping.The wrestlers, 17 year-olds Nurbek Hakkulov from Uzbekistan and Johnny Pilay from Ecuador, were found with a prohibited substance in their urine samples.Laboratory analyses detected the presence of Furosemide - a banned diuretic, used to

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This is the latest sports science journal update. ---Aug-Oct 10 Long term athlete developmentDevelopment of the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire for Sport. JSSSuccessful talent development in track and field: considering the role of environment. SJMSS Fundamental movement skills among Australian preschool children. JSMSCriterion-related validity of field-based fitness tests in youth:

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There is a PhD position opening in exercise physiology in Lausanne, Switzerland under Prof Gregoire Millet. If you are interested, please let me know so that I can send you more details.

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keeping ahead of the game@EISWhilst you can never rule out all prospects of an injury or illness in sport, the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and UK Sport have been working to identify how best to reduce the risks which could impact upon performance on the international sporting stage.Before the Injury & Illness Prevention Project (IIPP) began, approximately 13% of sports used injury

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ESPRIT WORKSHOPS TO PRESENT WORLD CLASS SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY@EISExperts developing cutting-edge technologies for Britain’s top athletes will congregate at Loughborough University on October 8th for the first ESPRIT Conference, where a unique opportunity to get involved with the groundbreaking project will be revealed.The ESPRIT consortium hope to attract some of Britain’s most innovative minds

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Singapore spent S$387m to host YOG＠CNASINGAPORE: Singapore would still bid for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), even if it knew it would have to spend S$387 million to host it. Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said this in Parliament on Wednesday, in response to questions about the increased spending for the Games. He said the government underestimated the

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12 picked for China camp@Straits TimesIN HIS Winter Olympics dreams, Matthew Mak always saw himself as a figure skater.The 13-year-old Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student is now a step closer to realising his dream of representing Singapore on ice - but as a speed skater instead.He was one of 12 skaters who were selected yesterday to attend an eight-day International Skating Union (ISU)

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6 medals in 2016@Straits TimesTWO years after the breakthrough in Beijing, the country's sports authorities are dreaming big - a clutch of medals at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has set an ambitious target of bringing back six medals of any colour, a notion Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Community Development, Youth and Sports) Teo Ser Luck called 'bold,

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Sports Hub - A watersports centre for all@CNASINGAPORE : One of its main attractions was supposed to be a white-water rafting course but, as plans developed, the consortium awarded the tender to build and operate Singapore's new Sports Hub decided the proposed watersports centre at Kallang would do without it, at least initially. The plan is to build the white-water rafting course a few years

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Athletes big winners in new high performance funding@ASCThe Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board today announced the allocation to national sporting organisations (NSO) of $23.2 million in new high performance sport funding.‘This extra funding is part of the largest package ever allocated to Australian sport,’ the Chair of the ASC Board the Hon Warwick Smith AM said today.Mr Smith welcomed

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AIS high performance sports programs confirmed for 2011@ASCThe Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has announced that the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) will move to support 35 high performance sport programs across 26 sports from 2011 in an effort to ensure the Institute continues to operate as a world class sports training facility.Like all organisations, the AIS has had to find

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Sports Hub to open by April 2014@CNASINGAPORE: After being stalled for nearly two years due to the global financial downturn, the Sports Hub project will finally kick into gear. On Wednesday, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) signed the contract with the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium to design, build, finance and operate the Sports Hub for the next 25 years on a 35-hectare site in Kallang.

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S'pore-Japan sports exchange@Staits TimesSINGAPORE athletes and coaches can look forward to exchange programmes in Japan over the next four years, after the signing of an agreement between the two countries' National Olympic Committees yesterday.Deputy Prime Minister and Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) president Teo Chee Hean and Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda

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Join the Olympic Social Media Club!@IOC Today’s young people have never known life without the internet. They have grown up with a mouse in their hands and the world wide web at their fingertips. In fact, the internet has become such a huge part of their everyday lives that recent figures indicated that the average teen spends as much as 31 hours per week online. It’s little wonder that the IOC

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Six young athletes awarded first Singapore Youth Olympic Scholarships « Red Sports. Always Game@YOG2010Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew presented the first Youth Olympic Games Scholarships today as a legacy of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games, and as part of the country’s commitment to the Olympic Movement.The scholarships aim to seed the pursuit of excellence and the forging of

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Youth Olympic Village ready for YOG athletes and officials@CNASINGAPORE: With about two weeks to the official August 10 opening of the Youth Olympic Village at the campus of Nanyang Technological University, organisers say they are ready to welcome the athletes and officials. The Village Square is where the athletes and officials will rest and relax, and it'll be filled with activities that will

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SPORT SCIENCE & MEDICINE FINDING COMPETITIVE EDGE FOR LONDON@EISIt’s estimated that in the two years leading up to the London 2012 Games, the EIS will have delivered approximately 409,208 hours of sport science and medical support services to Olympic and Paralympic athletes at EIS High Performance Centres across England.

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Online media workroom for YOG launched@CNASINGAPORE: An online media workroom was launched Friday to give media around the world access to information about the inaugural Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Singapore from August 14 to 26. The YOG organising committee says the workroom will enable accredited media to access Games information on-the-go. As a one-stop-shop, it will also

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MOE to set up more Youth Sports Academies@CNASINGAPORE : The Education Ministry will set up more Youth Sports Academies to cater to a wider range of sports, says Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Masagos Zulkifli.Speaking at the launch of the MOE Youth Sports Academies 2010 on Friday, he said that in time to come, Singapore could see up to 10 academies catering to an estimated 1,000

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Olympics: Sunny Singapore heading for the snow slopes@CNASINGAPORE: Tropical Singapore is on track to join the ranks of Winter Olympic nations as efforts to form a sporting authority here charge full steam ahead. Slated to head the national sports association (NSA) is veteran sports administrator Low Teo Ping, who recently stepped down as president of SingaporeSailing. Although there are already

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London 2012 signs Technogym as fitness equipment supplier@London2012The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that Technogym has become the latest Tier Three supplier to London 2012. Technogym will supply and install fitness equipment for athletes in the Athletes’ Village and other training venues, becoming Official Fitness Equipment

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Some popular YOG social media platforms@Straits TimesWhyOhGee community site www.singapore2010.sg/community13,000 registered membersLaunched June 22, this social networking site for the planet's youth allows users to share photographs, videos, tweets and blog posts without hassle.WhyOhGee micro site www.singapore2010.sg/whyohgeeProduced by youth, for youth. A wealth of multimedia content connects

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WADA Launches CoachTrue - New Anti-Doping Learning Tool＠WADAThis new resource, available at no cost to stakeholders, covers a wide range of anti-doping activities and topics in order to cater to the various learning styles and demanding schedules of coaches.CoachTrue contains separate platforms for coaches of elite-level athletes and coaches of young or recreational-level athletes.An evolution of

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Youth Olympic Games to cost $387 million@red sportsIt will cost Singapore $387 million to host the upcoming Youth Olympic Games, three times the original estimate of $122 million.The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) said that money was spent to upgrade existing venues to allow international broadcasting. Also, the number of volunteers have gone from the 7,000 to 20,000.

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This is the latest sports science journal update. ---Jun-Jul10 Long term athlete developmentComparison of Technical and Physiological Characteristics of Prepubescent Soccer Players of Different Ages. JSCR Development of dribbling in talented youth soccer players aged 12-19 years: A longitudinal study. JSS Assessing Muscular Strength in Youth: Usefulness of Standing Long Jump as a General Index of

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Community projects for YOG athletes@CNAAthletes taking part in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games will have the opportunity to be involved in community projects when they participate in the Culture and Education Programme. The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee is working with the National Youth Council and six community partners to deliver the Community Project activities. The six

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Govt Boost for High Performance Sport@SPARCThe Government has today announced a major re-shaping and expansion of high performance sport in New Zealand. Minister for Sport and Recreation, Murray McCully, says the aim is to ensure that New Zealand is consistently one of the most successful sporting nations in the world. Key features of the changes announced today by Prime Minister John Key and

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S'pore will be represented in all 26 sports at upcoming YOG@CNASingapore will be represented in all 26 sports at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games. The selectors said the remaining five slots have been awarded and the republic will field a 130-strong contingent.

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YOG social networking site 'WhyOhGee' launched@CNASINGAPORE: A social networking platform for youths around the world to celebrate the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was launched Tuesday. The WhyOhGee Community (www.singapore2010.sg/community) complements the WhyOhGee microsite (www.singapore2010.sg/whyohgee) that features multimedia content produced by young people for young people,

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From 25th to 28th May 2010, III International Conference of Physical Education and Sports Science 2010 (ICPESS): Youth in Physical Education and Sport was held at National Institute of Education, Singapore.There were more than 1200 participants from over 30 countries. I have presented 2 oral presentations and 2 poster presentations: symposium (Optimization of athletic performance in childhood):

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Govt spending S$2.5m on sports satellite centres for youths@CNAThe government is spending S$2.5 million on new satellite centres for sports development, especially for sports featured in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August. The YOG will be held over two weeks, but organisers hope it will leave a lasting legacy. So the authorities are establishing satellite centres that will feature

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An Inclusive Approach to Physical Education and Sports Development@MOEThe Framework highlights MOE’s inclusive approach to PE and sports development — to develop opportunities for all students to develop their potential to the fullest; to engender a vibrant sports culture and develop talent for the nation. The three-prongs of the framework are as follows:“Mass Participation Programmes” aim to

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BOA LAUNCHES ATHLETE CAREER PROGRAMME@BOAThe programme will be delivered in cooperation with the established networks of Performance Lifestyle in the Home Country Sports Institutes (HCSIs), and the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust (DKH Legacy Trust), which focus on giving athletes the skills and training needed to allow them to take up the employment opportunities available through the networks.The

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This is the latest sports science journal update. ---Mar-May10Long term athlete developmentExpert Performance in Sport and the Dynamics of Talent Development. SMTalent Development in Adolescent Team Sports: A Review. IJSPPThe Role of Psychological Characteristics in Facilitating the Pathway to Elite Performance. Part 1. SP. Part 2. SPDevelopmental changes in cognitive reaction time of children

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Australian Sport: The Pathway to Success@AUS Health GovOn 11 May 2010, the Government released its new sport policy paper entitled Australian Sport: The pathway to success, which includes its response to the Independent Sport Panel Report.The policy seeks to deliver on three key goals for the Australian sport system: increasing participation numbers, strengthening sporting pathways and striving

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Coates welcomes funding boost but warns, work smarter@AOCAOC President John Coates has welcomed the allocation of $195m to sport in the Federal Budget and has urged the Olympic sports to work together to save costs as they plan for the London Olympics in 2012.Coates also backed the Government initiative to provide more money for talent identification.

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Six more Junior Sports Academies launched to develop young sporting talents@CNASINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education (MOE) has announced another six new Junior Sports Academies (JSAs) to develop young sporting talents in Singapore. Two new sports – Artistic Gymnastics and Bowling have been introduced with the new JSAs at Hwa Chong Institute (Artistic Gymnastics), Rosyth School (Badminton),

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$1 million each, for Olympic glory@CNASINGAPORE: The national women's table tennis team ended 48 years of hurt when they won silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In a bid to win Singapore's first individual medal since weightlifter Tan Howe Liang finished second at the Rome Olympics in 1960, the six athletes currently in the Olympic Pathway Programme (OPP) will be funded to the tune of

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Sports Council starts multi-year funding so sports associations can plan for long term@CNASINGAPORE: More than S$50 million will be disbursed to National Sports Associations this year and for the first time, multi-year funding will be introduced so that NSAs can better plan for the long term. 33 NSAs will be given funds for a two to three period starting this fiscal year. They include bowling,

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SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL BEGINS MULTI-YEAR FUNDING TO NATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS@SSCSingapore, 6 April 2010 - As part of its Annual National Sports Association Grant Exercise (ANGE) for Financial Year (FY) 2010, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) announced today that 33 National Sports Associations (NSAs) are given in-principle approval for multi-year grants, ranging between two to three years.

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YOG tickets go on sale Wed@Straits TimesAround 320,000 tickets will be made available for the 200 events across 26 sports with tickets priced at $10 (preliminaries), $15 (quarter-finals/ semi-finals) and $30 (finals).Official YOG website to buy tickets

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YOG moving smoothly@Straits TimesIOC president Jacques Rogge 'We still have a couple of months to fine-tune the preparations but I can say that I am extremely optimistic, I believe this is going to be a great event.'IOC president visits YOG venue and Games Village@CNAIn conjunction with the his visit to Singapore, the IOC on Tuesday launched the Young Ambassador Programme. Under the programme,

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Steven Gerrard launches new £25m facility@LJMUIn 1975, the Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) became the first to recognise sport as a science and is now again leading the field with a £25.5million facility, launched by LFC captain and LJMU Honorary Fellow Steven Gerrard.LJMU chose to name the facility the Tom Reilly Building after the late Professor known as the ‘Father of the Science of

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Youth Olympic Games is more than just winning medals@CNASINGAPORE: The Olympic Games has always been the pinnacle sporting event for athletes wanting to establish themselves as the numero uno sportsman in the world.However, at the coming Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010, it's not just about winning medals, as the inaugural Games has already been labeled as an event that encompasses sport,

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This is the latest sports science journal update. Please note that I have change the categorization from sports science discipline to key terminologies which are relevant to us. Long term athlete development is main focus for Sports School and the some topics include growth and development, youth coaching, and talent ID etc. In Performance enhancement, high performance coaching and new training

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David Suzuki's suggestions for greenhouse gas management at Vancouver 2010 Olympics@David Suzuki.orgTo undertake a carbon neutral program Vancouver Organizing Committeefor the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will require a comprehensive green-house gas management plan. Key elements of this plan would include:• Determining emissions scope• Conducting a greenhouse gas emissions

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Nanjing to host 2014 YOG@Straits TimesVANCOUVER - OLYMPIC chiefs on Wednesday voted for the Chinese city of Nanjing to host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games - the second summer edition of the four-yearly event.The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Vancouver ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics here on Friday, opted for the eastern Chinese city ahead of Poznan in Poland, by 47

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MOE to set up Youth Sports Academies to promote sports excellence@CNASINGAPORE: The Ministry of Education (MOE) is setting up Youth Sports Academies (YSAs) to provide centralised training for talented athletes at the secondary and junior college/centralised institute levels and promote sports excellence.The YSAs will enable graduates of the Junior Sports Academies (JSAs), and other students in

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Running barefoot is gaining ground@PhillyBarefoot runners tend to land on the balls of their feet, rather than smacking the ground heel-first, generating an impact that may be less harmful to the body, a team of researchers is reporting today in the journal Nature.Last month another study found that runners wearing shoes experienced greater torque in the knee and hip. While neither study looked

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Customised sports diploma offered to Singapore Sports School students@CNASINGAPORE : Students at the Singapore Sports School (SSP) will soon be able to take up a customised Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management.The diploma is being offered by Republic Polytechnic, in collaboration with SSP.The target is to have a minimum of 18 to 20 students for the first intake in 2011.Students will be

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Six scholarships for world's young athletes to train & study in S'pore@CNASINGAPORE : Organisers of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on Sunday revealed details of a sports scholarship programme for the world's young athletes. The six scholarships are for study and training at the Singapore Sports School. They will be awarded at every YOG to a deserving young athlete, aged between 13 and 15, from

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Start running and watch your brain grow, say scientists@GuardianNeuroscientists at Cambridge University have shown that running stimulates the brain to grow fresh grey matter and it has a big impact on mental ability.A few days of running led to the growth of hundreds of thousands of new brain cells that improved the ability to recall memories without confusing them, a skill that is crucial for

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S'pore aiming for 11 gold medals at 2010 Asian Games@CNAThe 2001 Committee on Sporting Singapore blueprint set many targets - including becoming a Top 10 sporting nation in Asia by 2010.The benchmark is the Asian Games.In Doha 2006, Singapore finished in 12th spot - with 27 medals, eight of them gold.For November's Asian Games in China, the target is 11 gold medals.Low Teo Ping, Chef de Mission,

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YOG using Friendship Games to try out processes and facilities@CNASINGAPORE: Preparations for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are intensifying as they are just seven months away. As part of the preparations, the Friendship Games will see 600 athletes from 20 National Olympic Committees compete in Singapore from January 7 to 28. The 2010 Commonwealth Youth Wrestling Championships will be one of six

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