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Michigan athletic association wants more influence in middle school sports
The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) wants to become more involved in junior high and middle school sports to create more opportunities for young athletes.The announcement came from the associations executive director, Jack Rob...

Rules for parents of high school athletes
As the father of 3 children and a veteran performance coach, Stronger Team’s Alan Stein has seen the good, the bad and the ugly from parents of high school basketball players. This video shares some constructive guidelines to help moms and dads...
Pa. soccer coaches resign after players taunt opponent with ’Ebloa’ chant
Two Pennsylvania high school soccer coaches have resigned following an incident where players from their team taunted a West African opponent with “Ebola” chants during a match.According to the Allentown Morning Call, the Northampton High...
MHSAA wants to increase involvement in middle school sports
The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) wants to become more involved in junior high and middle school sports to “create more opportunities” for young athletes.The announcement came from the association’s executive dir...
Sayreville football parent discusses details of ’hazing’ incidents
On Tuesday, we posted news about a New Jersey high school that cancelled its entire football season over hazing allegations. Some questioned why it was necessary to go to such an extreme, but now we may know why.NJ.com posted a story Wednesday aftern...

Techniques to get your athletes talking (Part 2)
* This is the second of a two-part feature on athlete communication. Part one can be found here. In part one of our feature on athlete communication, we looked at some of the reasons athletes fail to talk during games along with the first five of ...

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. ...








