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Practice with a purpose
Challenging your players to create a competitive atmosphere outside of just games [caption id="attachment_27801" align="aligncenter" width="495"] Photo: Arturo Pardavila III, Flickr[/caption] It’s a hot summer day, and you just finished mowing ...
Geno Auriemma: Coaches today are ‘afraid’ of their players
UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma believes that the sensitivity of today's athletes has made coaches fearful of how they manage the team. [caption id="attachment_11569" align="alignright" width="154"] UConn women's basketball coach Geno...
NFL coach Kliff Kingsbury to allow ‘cellphone breaks’ during team meetings
A major challenge for coaches today is keeping athletes off of their devices. First-year Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury has decided he's not going to fight it — he's embracing it. [caption id="attachment_27788" align="alignright" width=...
Public harassment forces N.Y. prep basketball coach to resign
A New York high school basketball coach, just weeks removed from his team's trip to the state finals, announced he will step down over public harassment. Sal Constantino this week announced his resignation as head coach of the Niagara Falls High ...
Nevada coach wants new rules aimed at bad sports parents
A Nevada high school soccer coach is urging the state athletic association to create consequences for sports parents who cross the line. Ed Partee, the girls soccer coach at Lowry High School in northern Nevada, was involved in an altercation last...
‘Thank You:’ Showing appreciation to your athletes
[caption id="attachment_27747" align="aligncenter" width="489"] "Championship thank you" letters were written on the back of lineup cards and given to each of the team's 49 players in an effort to show every player how they made a difference during t...
Georgia bill would allow home-schoolers on public school teams
Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow home-schooled students to participate in public school athletics. The proposal, also known as the "Tim Tebow Act," would authorize home-study students to participate in extracurricular and...
10 considerations for coaching in the technology era
How many coaches can say they coached the same sport at the same school for 35 years? Steve Kostka can. Kostka started coaching girls track and field at just 22 years old, and things were quite different back then. He came from both high school...
Complaint filed after former Packers coach Mike McCarthy berates high school referees
Wisconsin high school basketball referees have filed a complaint against former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy, claiming he berated them this week following a game. McCarthy was watching his stepson's Notre Dame Academy take on Pulaski Hig...
ACLU takes aim at Wisconsin school over cheerleader ‘awards’
A Wisconsin high school has been put on notice by the ACLU after the organization learned of inappropriate awards that were given to cheerleaders at the team banquet. The ACLU received complaints that Tremper High School cheerleaders were given th...
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