Send us Fan Mail This bonus episode features Dr. Amanda Stanec and Richard Way, authors of the new book, Protect the Joy - A Positive, Collaborative Approach to Youth Sport. We discuss joy, competition, coaches, parents, developmental goals and all things youthy sporty. Dr. Amanda Stanec was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada where she attended and played soccer for St. Francis Xavier University. Through these years, she developed a strong work ethic to accompany her active lifestyle and positive outlook on life. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University where she attained a Masters of Science with an emphasis in Physical Education Pedagogy and Sport Psychology. Later, Amanda earned a PhD program from the University of Virginia where she was recognized as the outstanding doctoral student in her graduating year. Further achievements include the publication of more than twenty articles as well as co-authoring several book chapters related to physical education, sport, health, and wellness topics. She has served as a Director on Boards of various sport organizations and past clients include the International Olympic Committee, True Sport, and the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation. Amanda and her partner, Jim Stanec, live in St Louis, MO and are the proud parents of three daughters. As a family, they enjoy mountain biking, surfing and snowboarding as a family, and cheering each other on in various sporting events. movelivelearn.com Richard Way is the former CEO of the Sport for Life Society and the Physical Literacy for Life Charity, an architect of the Long-Term Athlete Development Framework, and co-author of the book Long- Term Athlete Development. Way is a founding member of the International Physical Literacy Association and served as director of sport for Vancouver’s successful 2010 Winter Olympic Games bid. He has been a commission member of the International Luge Federation, a Canadian Luge Association board member, and was a founder of the Calgary Luge Club and B.C. Luge. As an athlete, Way represented Canada in nine natural luge world championships and was an All-Canadian West in soccer for the University of Calgary. In 2022, he was inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame. Way is a husband and father of three children, each of which have enjoyed sports at many levels including two who played university sport while the third represented their province at national championships. One daughter now plays soccer professionally in Europe. Long Term Athlete DevelopmentSport for Life CanadaAmerican Development Model - Kids (Richard’s reference to USA Hockey’s materials and evidence)Blog post on the Meaningfulness in Youth Sport projectTrue Competition - by David Light Shields and Brenda Light BredemeierIf you must cut athletes from school sports teams, consider best practices - Research paper (Sulz et al., 2019)YouTube video of Dr. Amanda Visek and “Fun Integration Theory”Thanks to Isaiah (steelandbone1997@gmail.com) for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing! To contact us: dgleddie@ualberta.ca riddick@ualberta.ca
