There are great tips out there for those people who want to be fit and healthy for less. The fitness industry is a billion dollar business. There are never ending ways to spend money on equipment, clothes, supplements, classes and other gadgets when there is really no need. For most people exercise and maintaining a healthy diet is all that is needed. Although relying on your own willpower can be...Read more

Check out the latest SIRC Newsletter - 2009 Sport Canada Research Initiative Conference ! The third annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) conference which was held in Ottawa on November 4, 2009 was a tremendous success. In all over 150 researchers, sport administrators, policy makers and sport enthusiasts attended the conference. The annual conference is a great opportunity to share...Read more

Every two seconds a top-referee and assistant referee makes a game-related decision in a 55-minute professional soccer (football) match. Can referee judgment be learned or is it natural common sense? In the January issue of Referee the debate was discussed considering what the key elements of judgment are, how newer officials are affected, the impact of judgment on veteran officials when rules...Read more

In honour of St. Patrick’s Day, Hurling . No it is not the result of too much Guinness, but an outdoor team sport of Gaelic origin which has been described as lacrosse with sticks or field hockey in the air. The game is played with sticks called Hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. The object of the game is to use the hurleys to hit the sliotar under or over the opponent’s goal crossbar. The...Read more