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June 4, 2025
Promoting transformational coaching in your athletic programs
Research has indicated that a coach can have a significant impact on an athlete’s life. It did on mine, and yet the National Alliance for Youth Sports indicates that 70 percent of youth athletes quit sports by age 13 or 14. Surely, there are sev...
April 22, 2025
NFHS approve use of backstroke ledges in swimming
State high school associations may adopt rules permitting the use of backstroke ledges during swimming competitions starting in the 2025-26 school year. Rule 2-7-3 was approved by the NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules Committee during its annual meet...
April 22, 2025
Studies show social media use inhibits performance
From sleep deprivation to social isolation to attention fragmentation, social media use for youth and high school students is harmful. The academic literature suggests it is the cause of the mental health crisis we face today in our country. What ...
April 22, 2025
Schools pursuing naming rights for athletic facilities
Soon after Aaron Zupka took over as athletic director at Milford High School, he knew his department would need to produce creative fundraising ideas. Two months after he started his new position, local voters in his school’s eastern Cincinnati cou...
April 22, 2025
High-ranking high school player turns down $750K NIL deal
One of the top high school football prospects in the nation recently turned down a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal that would have paid the sophomore $750,000. Cameron Pritchett, from Thompson High School in Alabama, turned down the NIL deal ...
April 7, 2025
Detroit track coaches save student-athlete who suffered cardiac arrest
Two Detroit track coaches' quick thinking helped save a student-athlete who was suffering a cardiac arrest. On March 12, a 14-year-old student-athlete was warming up during a track practice at Allen Park High School when the event occurred. The tw...
April 3, 2025
Texas HS student-athlete died during altercation at track meet
A Texas student-athlete is facing a murder charge for fatally stabbing a stand-out student-athlete from another school during a track meet earlier this week. Austin Metcalf, 17, of Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, was stabbed in the chest by...
April 1, 2025
New Jersey street hockey youth tournament results in brawl
New Jersey local police investigated a brawl involving players, coaches, and adults at a youth street hockey tournament that took place over the weekend. The two teams who participated in the sanctioned street hockey tournament in Egg Harbor Towns...
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