Blog posts by Hilary Findlay

Published October 10, 2002 Selection disputes inevitably arise prior to any major games such as an Olympics. Prior to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, some 25 team selection disputes were heard in Canada. In anticipation of the Salt Lake City ...

Published August 10, 2002 Reports of violent sport incidents are becoming startlingly frequent. In 1996, members of the University of Moncton hockey team (including players and an assistant coach) attacked the official over what they percei ...

Published March 22, 2002 Performance appraisal of coaches. We talk about it a great deal, but all too often don't do it. When we do evaluate coaches, we often don't do it well. Coach performance appraisals are critical, as they form the bas ...

Published May 10, 2001 The bully has been around sport for quite some time. While the topics of harassment and abuse have received considerable attention (and are certainly problems about which we need to be vigilant), bullying is a much mo ...

Published February 23, 2001 In the last edition of Coaches Report, we wrote about defamation (Part I); that is, comments or statements that tarnish or destroy a person's reputation in the minds of others. We identified the three elements th ...

Published February 5, 2001 A coach is a coach. Right? Wrong. We often think of coaching as a single job. But in fact, there are many different tasks that can go into the job of being a coach. These tasks might include recruiting athletes, l ...

Published January 5, 2001 Getting that extra edge. Vitamin, mineral, herbal and other nutritional supplements are becoming an increasingly important part of the athlete's quest to achieve peak athletic performance. Yet recently we have witn ...

Published October 17, 2000 Defamation! The threat of libel and slander is being heard more often these days. We may think we know what defamation is and how far we can go in making comments about another person. But sometimes we step over t ...

Published June 12, 2000 Why This Case May Interest You This case involved a settlement reached by the parties in a human rights complaint. The complaint alleged gender discrimination in municipal subsidies to sport and recreation facilities ...

Published May 31, 2000 Another selection matter, and two more coaches are named in a lawsuit. But this one is a bit different. No matter what the outcome of a selection exercise, there is always going to be someone who is somewhat deflated. ...