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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...

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...

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...

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....

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 coachto create better young ind...

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...

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...

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...








