Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Social Skills and Help Them Make Friends
By sunny / 29 March, 2021
Making friends and being a sociable person isn’t easy in this day and age, and these are the things tons of adults are struggling with. Luckily, kids generally don’t have problems making friends, regardless of their age and interests. Still, some children might need encouragement to become more friendly and sociable, and that’s where you have to step in and help them do that. If this is something you’re thinking about doing as well, here are a few ideas that could help you enhance your children’....
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Top 5 Sports You Can Introduce To Children With Special Needs
By sunny / 15 February, 2021
More and more parents are introducing sports to their children, especially to the new generation that spends most of their time indoors and on their gadgets. There are so many benefits sports can give to your kids, and it is also important that it is introduced at an early age.....
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Why Is Sports Field Maintenance So Important?
By sunny / 10 February, 2021
No matter where it is, how big it is, how many people are using it, and what sort of sport it’s for – every sports field in the world requires proper maintenance and care. Moreover, this is the only way for sports fields to stay new and preserve their quality in the decades to come, which is why maintenance is crucial. If you’re still not convinced this is the way to go, here are some of the most important reasons why insisting on maintenance might be the best thing for your sports field as well....
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6 Tips on How to Create the Parent – Child Bond in Childhood Sports
By sunny / 15 December, 2020
As we grow older, we meet people that come and go into our lives. We develop casual, intimate, platonic, and deep relationships with special individuals who then make an impact on our lives whether we know it or not. However, the most impactful kind of bond we develop is over the people who raised us. Whether they are related to us by blood or by bond, our parents come into our lives to help us become the independent people we are today.....
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Supporting Your Child’s Sports Career and Being a Great Parent
By 4 / 5 October, 2020
Parents supporting your child's sports career is such a great thing to do.  Being a parent is one of the most wonderful things in the world, but it’s also a huge responsibility. Looking after your child, and every aspect of their life, means involving yourself constantly.  As well as trying to help them as much as you can. This is especially true with children who are gifted and eager to try out different things in their young lives. Those who have an interest in sports are among those requiring....
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Parents, Here’s 5 Ways You Can Workout Without “Working Out”
By sunny / 17 September, 2020
Parents and kids can exercise at home, without even knowing it!  For parents, it would be a great thing to go to a gym three or more days a week, lift weights, and get in some serious calorie burning HIIT workouts to stay fit.  After all, who wouldn’t want to look and feel great, right? But the truth is most parents have neither time nor (let’s all be honest) desire to actually go to the gym.  Especially now, when we are all still encouraged to stay at home due to Covid.....
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Maths Behind the Scenes in Sport
By sunny / 10 September, 2020
When thinking about both team and individual sport, many factors contribute to performance.  However, what you might not know is that Maths and Data Analysis plays a major role in modern Sport.....
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Life Skills Your Child Will Gain With Sports Activities
By sunny / 21 August, 2020
What life skills would you like your child to gain? A life skill is a set of skills someone needs to deal with the challenges of life. For each person, their set of life skills is different. How someone acquires life skills is dependant upon their experiences and activities he or she engaged in throughout life. One activity that teaches many essential life skills is sports activities. Having your child participate in sports, may make teaching life skills to your child easier to prepare them for ....
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Learn Correct Sporting Conduct at Children’s Sports Camps
By Jonathan Smith / 28 November, 2019
Learning correct sporting conduct at a children's sports camp can have great benefits for participants.  Positive attitudes and correct sporting conduct make sport more enjoyable for everyone.  As well as creating the best environment for learning and development.  However, some players can ruin the experience with poor behaviour. Examples of poor behaviours could include harassing others, poor sportsmanship, foul language, bullying, taunting, victimisation, undue pressure and more. Bad condu....
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Learn Footwork Skills in ASC’s Basketball Camps
By Jonathan Smith / 6 November, 2019
Basketball in Australia is the second-most popular organised team sport behind AFL Football. With over 1 million participants in 2019, basketball proves to be a growing national sport for both men and woman of all ages!....
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5 Key Netball Skills You Can Expect to Learn at an ASC Netball Camp
By Australian Sports Camps / 14 October, 2019
Netball is one of the most popular sports played in Australia and worldwide. These days, netball is the biggest team sport in Australia, played by over 1.2 million men, women and children all over the country. Also, it’s the number one participation sport for Australian girls! (Netball Australia 2019, para. 2). Although netball is a non-contact sport, it’s a fast-paced and intensive game, offering multiple physical and mental benefits for players! Such as; improving hand-eye coordination, pro....
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How to Choose the Best Tennis Holiday Camp for Kids?
By Australian Sports Camps / 30 September, 2019
Tennis has long been embedded in Australian sporting culture. As one of the very few sports that you can play for a lifetime, tennis can provide health and lifestyle benefits to Australians of all ages! Furthermore, in terms of sporting development in children, playing tennis is a great option on many levels! It’s equally mental as it is physical, therefore promoting both strong psychological and physiological development. Including but not limited to; promoting teamwork, hand-eye coordination, ....
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5 Key Cricket Skills You Can Expect to Learn at an ASC Cricket Camp
By Australian Sports Camps / 11 September, 2019
Cricket is an extremely popular sport in Australia. Both at international, domestic, and local levels. From parents, juniors to “old faithfuls”, cricket is a game for everyone! With over 1.5 million Australian participants involved in 2017-18, and over 3500 cricket clubs currently throughout Australia (Cricket Australia 2019)! The benefits of Cricket are that it’s a fun, social game to play, that’s easy to learn! Also, boys and girls from as young as 5 years old can enjoy the game! Plus, you’....
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Exciting Things You Should Know About Upcoming Spring Camps 2019
By Australian Sports Camps / 29 August, 2019
Spring school holidays are just around the corner! And places are filling up fast for ASC Spring 2019 programs! For the past 36 years, Australian Sports Camps have been running the best in Sports Coaching Clinics across Australia. Our camps are for kids aged 6 – 16, for all levels & sporting abilities, and provide a structured coaching program for kids over a three-day period.  Our camps are a great way to trial sports to see whether it’s the right sport for your child and before committi....
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10 Useful Tips from Experienced Cricket Players & Coaches
By Australian Sports Camps / 14 August, 2019
The phrase “knowledge is power” is one that you might hear quite regularly throughout your life. The expression relates to how knowledge allows us to find new ways to solve a variety of issues. And additionally, how power is the ability or capability to do something. Ideally, the phrase states that the more information, education, and experience you have in a subject, the more ability you will have at your disposal to affect upon it. ....
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How Have Technological Changes Affected Junior Netball?
By scott / 6 August, 2019
The world of sport is continually evolving.  And, the use of technology is just one aspect that's had an enormous impact on the way we spectate, play and experience the modern sport. The advancements of technology use in the sport over the last 200 years have not only changed professional sport dramatically, but it has also impacted sports at the grassroots level. Junior netball might not have the action replays and GPS tracking technology that is used by the pros. However, the improvements made....
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Bullying in Youth Sports
By Naomi Hardy / 27 February, 2019
Read on to find out more for about bullying in youth sports.  As well as useful ideas and strategies to overcome this potentially harmful issue. In Australia, 1 in 4 students report incidences of bullying.  Unfortunately, many children won’t come forward about their experience for fear of making the bullying worse, meaning the actual number of children who experience bullying may be much higher than statistics indicate.  Bullying comes in many forms and is defined as repeated and intentional ....
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Parent Sideline Behaviour
By Ascha Boag / 27 February, 2019
There's no denying that parents are essential to youth sports. Without the active participation of parents, junior clubs would struggle to find players, coaches, administrators, referees, and spectators. Also, parents make financial, social and work sacrifices to keep their children in junior sport.  This is through paying for memberships, attending games and training sessions.  Unfortunately, some parents behave inappropriately at youth sporting matches.  So, while we all want our children to s....
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