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January 25, 2018
Cultivating a team identity
For four years as a player and another six as a coach at Rutgers University, “play all nine innings” was a consistent theme under our hall of fame head coach, Fred Hill. It wouldn’t be until years later, when I had my own clubs as a minor leagu...
January 19, 2018
Ohio coaches suing parents for libel, slander
A group of high school basketball coaches in northern Ohio are suing four parents who they say are spreading lies about the way they run the program. The four members of the Maumee Valley Country Day School boys basketball varsity coaching staff ...
January 16, 2018
Minnesota HS basketball coach resigns over abuse from parents
A Minnesota high school basketball coach this week announced his resignation, saying the abuse from parents has become too much to handle. [caption id="attachment_15685" align="alignright" width="260"] Photo: Kevin Hoffman[/caption] Brainerd Hi...
January 8, 2018
9 effective teaching methods for coaches
Productive coaches spend 75 percent of their time teaching the sport to their players, and the other 25 percent of the time coaching. With younger athletes, this gap increases with teaching becoming more important. The problem is that many coaches...
December 31, 2017
Track, volleyball most popular sports among U.S. high school girls
Nearly 500,000 high school girls participated in track and field during the 2016-17 school year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations' annual survey. ...
December 27, 2017
Football still far and away most popular sport among high school boys
More than one million American boys played high school football in 2016-17. While it is still the most played sport among boys, participation decreased by more than 23,000 players from the previous year. (See chart at bottom of page.) Data compile...
December 20, 2017
LaVar Ball announces new league for high school grads
LaVar Ball, the father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, announced Wednesday his plans to start a new basketball league for high school graduates, something he expects to compete with college basketball. As reported by ESPN, Ball said his J...
December 1, 2017
Wisconsin reverses decision to use shot clock in prep basketball
On second thought, Wisconsin high school basketball won't be using a shot clock anytime soon. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's (WIAA) Board of Control voted today to rescind a decision made earlier this summer to implement a sh...
October 16, 2017
Texas could experiment with shot clock in high school basketball
Texas doesn't plan to mandate the use of a shot clock in high school basketball anytime soon, but it could allow its biggest schools to experiment with it in some capacity. During a legislative council meeting over the weekend, University Intersch...
September 27, 2017
Reports: Rick Pitino, AD out at Louisville
UPDATE: Louisville interim president Greg Postel said during a press conference on Wednesday that coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on "administrative leave" and their employment "would be reviewed at a different date." P...
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Powerline: Returning to action after a layoff
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The strength program has a lot of work to do when athletes return to a...