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July 18, 2022

UIL, THSCA Await State Legislation Before Approving NIL Opportunities

The Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) movement has already spread from the NCAA institutions to the high school ranks. And, yet, the UIL and the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) — as well as Texas state officials — have yet to decid...


July 14, 2022

Jump Stops, Pivots, and V-Cuts

Having coached basketball at every level since 1970, including 21 years in the NBA, I always started with stops, starts, pivots, and v-cuts with every team I worked with.  In presenting at coaches and player clinics since retiring from the NBA, I...


June 28, 2022

SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Football Coach’s On-Field Prayers

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights of a Christian high school football coach who was suspended for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games. The jus...


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June 16, 2022

Poll Says 30% of Americans Believe Transgender Women Should Play Female Sports

According to a new poll from the Washington Post and the University of Maryland, roughly three in 10 Americans believe transgender women and girls should be allowed to participate in female sports. This comes a week after Louisiana became the 18th...


June 14, 2022

UHSAA Puts Boys Soccer on 3-Year Probation Due to Rising Ejections

High school boys soccer in Utah will be played under tighter rules in the coming years. The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) put the entire sport on probation for the next three years, resulting in fewer games per season and the spo...


June 2, 2022

How Do We Evaluate Growth in Coaches

An athletic director's role is one of the most challenging and rewarding opportunities a person can have. Duties include scheduling, field maintenance, hiring coaches, managing facilities, upholding athletic codes, academic eligibility, budgets, trav...


June 1, 2022

Psych Safety — The Number One Area Coaches Need to Develop

by Bill Eckstrom, CEO & Founder of Ecsell Sports

If a coach only looks at their team through their own eyes, they may as well be wearing a blindfold. A coach’s vision alone will never provide the most important view. That comes through the eyes of the student-athletes — it has to. Only they ca...


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June 1, 2022

Coaches Gain Professional Development by Transitioning to Referees

When Kevin Leising retired at age 55 after a successful 33-year career coaching high school basketball in Indiana, officiating was not in his plans. “Never. Not in a million years,” he says. He was ready to slow down and spend more time with his ...