Norway's Path to Winter Sport Success with Tim Gibbons
Presented by Nordic Northwest's Friday Night Lecture Series. For more events at Nordic Northwest, view our calendar: https://www.nordicnorthwest.org/upcom...
Champions start their journey with a love of sport, fun, and participation.
Norwegian Olympic and World Champions start their journey with a love of sport, fun, and participation. Join us with Tim Gibbons, cross country ski coach, to learn about Norway’s national identity and the importance of sports. Sport culture is a way of life and there are best practices of sport science in Norway. It all starts with the model and Children's Rights in Sports. The coaches and volunteers are highly educated and there is a well-developed pathway that supports large numbers of talented and motivated athletes.
“Imagine a society in which 93 percent of children grow up playing organized sports.” - Tom Farrey, author of Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children
This lecture will cover topics including:
Norway’s national identity and the importance of sport
Sport culture and a way of life
Best practices of sport science
Youth sports model: not for profit system
Children’s Rights in Sports
Highly educated coaches, volunteers
Well defined athlete development pathway, supporting large numbers of talented and motivated athletes
Norway is leader in sport science research
About the speaker, Tim Gibbons:
A native Oregonian, Tim grew up skiing and racing on Mt. Hood and around Bend, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1983 and Northern Michigan University in 1992 with a Master’s in Exercise Science. As a cross country ski coach, he worked at the College of Idaho, Middlebury College, Dartmouth College, Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation, and Redmond High School. As a sport physiologist with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) he tested athletes from 22 Olympic sports and provided training recommendations to athletes and coaches. As the Endurance Training Coordinator at the USOPC he traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe and documented the developmental stages, processes, and systems of endurance athletes capable of achieving international competitive excellence. He co-curated the ski history exhibit, Winter Comes: Oregon’s Nordic Ski History at the Deschutes Historical Museum in Bend, Oregon. Recently he was the Sport Outreach Director for Every Kid Sports a national non-profit organization headquartered in Bend, Oregon which provides financial assistance to low-income children to pay sports registration fees.