Category: Coaching »
Baseball coach: ‘If we win 14 games, I’ll let you name my kid’
We enjoy highlighting the creative motivational strategies coaches use with their players, but this one might be the most daring. "If we win 14 games, I'll let you name my kid." [caption id="attachment_15706" align="alignright" width="241"] Pl...
Preparing top teams for the postseason
13 strategies to get your team ready when you're the odds-on favorite to win it all [caption id="attachment_25754" align="aligncenter" width="485"] Photo: Sphilbrick, Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Being a “top dog” heading into the postseason m...
Survey results: Should athletes be allowed to transfer penalty-free?
In February, Coach and Athletic Director asked readers whether state associations should allow high school student-athletes to transfer schools without penalty. Similar measures are currently being considered in Florida, and parents have long argued...
Win free airfare to the 2016 Team Sports Conference & Expo
Fly on us! One lucky attendee will fly to Chicago compliments of the Team Sports Conference & Expo. Simply register to attend by March 31, 2016 and be entered to win round-trip airfare* from anywhere in the continental United States. Ar...
Fundraising ideas for struggling athletic programs
Cutbacks mean teams must develop their own revenue streams similar to club sports An athletic program's biggest annual hurdle is raising enough money to pay for travel and apparel, among other costs. It's even more difficult in a sluggish econom...
Shane Battier discusses the necessity of ‘glue guys’
[caption id="attachment_15516" align="alignright" width="300"] Former NBA player Shane Battier was an elite "glue guy" who kept his focus on the ultimate goal — winning. | Photo: Keith Allison, Wikimedia[/caption] "Glue guys" rarely win MVP awar...
Survey: Are sports officials treated unfairly?
In January, Coach and Athletic Director asked readers if they believed that sports officials were treated unfairly. Some states say they're having trouble recruiting new officials as verbal and physical abuse becomes more of a concern among referees...
Prep basketball fights could keep teams, players from postseason
Brawls at high school basketball games in North Carolina and South Carolina could keep the involved players or teams and from participating in the postseason. The first incident comes from South Carolina, where 12 players — six from each team ...
News
Videos
Shop
