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Between the Lines: Tragedy reminds us the team is family
[caption id="attachment_17245" align="alignleft" width="101"] Kevin Hoffman[/caption] Tragedy comes in many forms, but none is greater than the death of a teammate. In August, Georgia high school football player Zyrees Oliver died from apparent...
Promoting your athletic program to the community
When most athletic directors hear the word marketing, their thoughts probably turn to filling seats and increasing the gate. While there is nothing wrong with this approach, marketing includes much more than simply improving attendance at contests. ...
Arizona hoping to place more ATs in schools
Concern over injuries and their long-term effects has grown in recent years, highlighting the need for athletic trainers at sporting events. The problem is largely funding and, in some cases, a lack of licensed ATs to meet the demand.This issue is ga...
Controlling a large team as a single coach
Jason Adkins, head soccer coach at Smithson Valley High School (Texas), discusses the challenges in running a team with a large number of athletes....
Arizona hoping to address need for athletic trainers
Concern over injuries and their long-term effects has grown in recent years, highlighting the need for athletic trainers at sporting events. The problem is largely funding and, in some cases, a lack of licensed ATs to meet the demand.This issue is ga...
Kansas State coach accuses Auburn of stealing signals
Play signals in sports are becoming more complex — I’m looking at you, Chip Kelly — but that doesn’t mean coaches will rid themselves of the paranoia that someone is stealing them.Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder on Thu...
Coach K’s strategy for motivating USA Basketball
The Wall Street Journal carried a pretty interesting article last week on how USA Basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski motivates his team for international competition. Managing the egos of the games biggest athletes is what most of us would call ...
Adrian Peterson’s HS coach admits using a paddle for punishment
Amid all the Adrian Peterson news today came this report that Peterson’s high school coach used to beat the running back with an 18-inch wooden paddle as part of a “tough love” regime. The article comes from MailOnline, which r...
Chip Kelly’s secret coaches are college professors
Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly is, to say the least, different. And if his breakneck offensive approach isn’t enough to convince you, perhaps this latest story will do it.The Wall Street Journal today published an insightful piece examini...
Understanding the 8 types of team cultures
While every culture is unique and different, we can generally categorize a program’s culture into eight various kinds. These eight cultures are largely defined by how much the leaders and team members of the culture value productivity in ter...