Mia West is 13-years-old, and along with getting ready for Grade 8, she’s also preparing to represent Manitoba at the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Saskatchewan this summer. It was an easy decision to sign Mia up for swimming, said her mother Riley West. When Mia was only a year old, her…
I just wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about how great our Sport Manitoba summer camps were this year! This year we had two different camps—a multi-sport development camp for all kids and a sport performance camp for athletes who are striving to compete at a higher level. This was my second…
I’ve been around basketball for my entire life, and I don’t ever remember this much buzz around the sport. Where to begin? How about our Danny Green camp coming up on July 2nd and 3rd? Fresh off an NBA championship, Green will be here in our building for a basketball skills clinic. It’s already sold…
It’s summer! That means it’s time for camping on the weekends, afternoons by the pool, and finding creative ways to incorporate the outdoors into your exercises. With plenty of sunshine and blue skies, it’s the perfect backdrop for your next workout. Here are our favourite summer exercises you can do without any equipment – perfect…
As you may or may not know, Sport Manitoba is going through a major rebranding, so I thought now would be a good time to update everyone in the community on what exactly is happening inside our building these days. We’ve really seen our organization grow since 1996. What started primarily as an administration and…
By Cassidy Nicholls/Program Coordinator It’s an exciting time to be a part of our Fit Kids Healthy Kids program! Since we joined forces with Doctors Manitoba and launched the program in 2013, we’ve grown in size every year and now have 11 people on our team. This means we’re able to get into more daycares and…
The Manitoba sport scene lost a lifelong builder of athletics and physical fitness when Jim Daly passed away on May 15, 2019. Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 as a builder, Daly was the driving force for the 1967 Pan Am Games held in Winnipeg and a legend at the University of Manitoba…
By Dean Lowrie Coach & Athlete Development Coordinator Plyometrics, also known as jump training or plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in the shortest amount of time with the goal of increasing power. This training focuses on learning to move from a muscle extension to a contraction in a rapid or explosive manner, such as…
Part 2 – Early Specialization vs. Multi-Sport By Jeff Wood, Sport Performance Specialist Now that we know the various stages of the Long Term Athlete Development Model, what activities to focus on at each of those stages, the key physical characteristics to develop and the advantages and disadvantages to early or late growth and…
By Rickie Walkden, BMR (PT) Clinic Director Exciting times in our Sport Medicine Clinic! On Monday, May 6 we added a radiology service, meaning our patients will now be able to have x-rays done on injuries, just as they would at any hospital or clinic in the city. This has been a long time coming….