This week Bayern Munich announced that over the next couple of seasons they will be phasing out the under 9 and under…
The Developing Youth Track and Field Athletes Project started with a conversation with a parent. His 11 year old daughter had recently…
We have had a number of enquiries to the site asking us what is meant by the ‘Relative Age Effect’ and what…
After watching one of our recent meets, where scores of swimmers were setting massive new personal bests and even breaking records which…
Saturday 9 June 2018, the County Ground, Taunton, Somerset. Its 11.06am and I am sitting in a stand with my wife, Sarah,…
Early positive experiences of sport develop healthy, confident individuals. I was reminded of Margaret Talbot’s words when I recently read Mina Samuels…
Bio-banding is the process of matching athletes based on physical attributes and maturity rather than chronological age and is already used by…
The chances of becoming a professional or elite sportsman or women are low, there is no such thing as an U11 World…
This is one of the most common questions we get asked here at WWPIS, with the vast majority of parents concerned that…
Youth sports has experienced a paradigm shift over the past 15 to 20 years. Gone are the days filled with pick-up games…
