Something is getting lost as amateur cycling embraces a macho culture of speed and Strava.
Tag: sports
Slow learners
“Execution and mastery over speed.” A Slow revolution in how we teach hockey (and any other sport) to children.
Less-is-more Parenting
Roger Federer warns against the perils of pushy parenting. Yes, that Roger Federer.
Is golf too slow?
Maybe it’s time for golf to speed up….
In praise of Slow running
A renaissance for the art of plodding?
Ouch
The intensification of youth sports combined with ballooning waistlines is fuelling a spike in serious knee injuries among children.
Fast golf?
Even golf, the mother of all slow sports, is under pressure to speed up now.
Race or Run?
Are you a tortoise or a hare? The pleasures and rewards of Slow Running..
Strong piece on the folly of treating children like mini professional athletes and the need for free play.
Professionalising youth sports
Scott Harper, a Canadian filmmaker, made a wonderful documentary called Lost Adventures of Childhood. It’s about what’s going wrong and right with childrearing today.
I have posted a few short clips from the film. In this one, I talk about how pick-up sports have been squeezed out by their organised equivalent.