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September 5, 2013

Keeping Rockford High School’s winning tradition alive

Athletic Director Tim Erickson and coaches share what makes the program so special The term "extracurricular" is frowned upon at Rockford High School. To some, there is nothing "extra" about them. They're treated every bit as valuable as classro...


August 21, 2013

Finding Space for Every Sport

Sponsored By:Finding Space for Every SportTom Truttschel, head girls lacrosse coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), says that finding practice space in a program as large as Arrowhead’s presents challenges and discusses how they mana...


August 21, 2013

Opinion: Government intervention in sports is necessary

As the fight for smaller government rages on, we’re often reminded that Big Brother still has its place. Sometimes, that includes high school sports. In May, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill preventing school boards from using parent com...


August 21, 2013

Stay Involved While Injured

Sponsored By:Getting Student-Athletes to Stay Involved While InjuredThe Overlake School (Redmond, Wash.) works with athletes while they are injured to keep them involved, as junior Devin Daher (two-sport athlete) relates from his experience....


August 7, 2013

Defining Your Mission as a Coach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887mK17otQ4Sponsored By:Defining Your Mission as a CoachJinelle Siergiej, head girls hockey coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), explains what she sees as her mission as a coach—to create better young ind...


August 7, 2013

Ways to Open Communication With Parents

Sponsored By:Ways to Open Communication With ParentsSt. Anthony Village (Minneapolis, Minn.) football coach and dean of students Todd Niklaus believes in honest and open communication with parents, and tells us ways in which he goes about keeping tho...


July 25, 2013

Passion for Athletics and Academics

Sponsored By:Passion for Academics and AthleticsSt. Anthony Village (Minneapolis) athletics and activities assistant Summer Minnich believes the high grade point averages among student-athletes can be attributed to their passion for athletics transla...


July 25, 2013

Creating more consistent athletes

Four keys to eliminating the peaks and valleys in player performance One of the telltale signs of being a truly great athlete is consistency. Some athletes occasionally may have a good game every now and then, but the truly great athletes perfor...