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10 Observations of a Successful Coach
What makes a successful coach? While the answers may differ depending on who you ask, they will all undoubtedly agree there is no single way to be successful. Through my years of working within athletics, I have made many observations about what i...
Q-Collar Corrals Next Step in Concussion Safety Tech
With all of the increased attention paid to concussions in all sports — particularly at the high school level — and the rate of concussions during gameplay continues to rise. That’s, at least, according to a November 2019 study published i...
The relationship between vision & sports performance
With more than 80 percent of perceptual input coming from the eyes, vision plays a significant role in an athlete’s performance. Every decision an athlete makes can be broken down into visual, perceptual, cognitive, and motor responses. We are ...
Iron Sharpens Iron: Put Your Name On It
Put Your Name On It — Making good decisions in critical moments of choice is a quality that all coaches want their athletes to master. Unfortunately, it isn’t always that easy. Youngsters in the age groups we work with tend to make hasty decisi...
Sports Under 40: Using Social Media to Promote Student-Athletes
An important component of education-based athletics is recognizing achievement and growth. This can typically be seen through the coach-athlete relationship and the praise a coach provides to an athlete, as well as through the praise between athletes...
A.D.ministration: Developing a Pragmatic Mindset
There are countless responsibilities and tasks which athletic administrators have to perform that are essential to keep their program operating at the highest level. This means that in order to become more effective and efficient, you have to look to...
Florida Transgender Athlete Bill May Be Off Table For 2021
Florida lawmakers said this week that a bill to ban transgender females from girls' and womens' high school and college sports may have hit a roadblock this week. According to a recent report from The Orlando Sentinel, a key senator noted there wa...
Wisconsin Lawmakers Push Back on Proposed Referee Harassment Bill
Wisconsin lawmakers are balking at the idea of passing an anti-harassment bill against referees and umpires at high school and youth sports games. Rep. Alex Dallman is a co-sponsor of the bill and said, according to APG-WI.com, that while the stat...
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