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April 30, 2018

Coach certification is vital to schools

In most professions, individuals must meet high standards and earn a certification or license. This includes lawyers, medical doctors, plumbers and truck drivers. In education, teachers have to earn an instructional certificate in their subject ma...


April 27, 2018

29 of 32 NFL Draft first-round picks played multiple sports

An overwhelming number of players taken Thursday in the first round of the NFL Draft played multiple sports in high school, according to TrackingFootball.com. The NFL Draft kicked off in Texas with the Cleveland Browns taking Oklahoma quarterback ...


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April 24, 2018

Coaches need to give and guide

Coaches need to give and guide, not command and correct. This weekend, one of my coaches shared a great article with me written by Tim Elmore concerning one of my favorite topics: coaching style. [caption id="attachment_26141" align="alignleft"...


April 24, 2018

Preparing for the Season: Recruiting and Retaining Coaches

{Sponsored} Losing members of the coaching staff is a challenge every head coach faces. It may happen in waves, or perhaps just one coordinator leaves; when this happens, the whole staff is impacted. Dynamics change; assistants or coordinators take o...


April 19, 2018

NSGA participation study shows decline in youth team sports

Participation in team sports by children age 7 to 17 showed a 5.8 percent decline in 2017 according to the latest data released by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA). The 2018 edition of Sports Participation in the U.S. revealed a s...


April 12, 2018

Making the most of the offseason

Athletes and coaches need a balance of work and rest to succeed in their sports The high school sports season generally starts with a great amount of excitement and energy and usually ends — with the exception of state champions — with a col...


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April 9, 2018

Complaint asks Oregon to ban gender-specific mascots

A complaint submitted to the Oregon Department of Education has asked that the state implement policies to ban gender-specific mascots, monikers and team names at public schools. The Register-Guard reports that a Eugene resident filed a formal co...


April 5, 2018

Rapid-fire coaching lessons from Jon Gruden

Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden was among the featured speakers at the 2017 USA Football National Conference. During his talk, he offered coaches everywhere some quick lessons that he’s learned throughout his career. Here are 10 of his top sugg...


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April 2, 2018

How to implement and enforce team rules

In this interview with sports psychologist Jack Stark, who formerly worked with the University of Nebraska athletic department, he addresses the best ways to organize and implement team rules. How are team rules best structured?  First, all p...


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March 29, 2018

Coaches share locker room motivation methods

When former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr got ready to address his team one final time, the one thing he avoided was saying anything about himself: "I think the real challenge is that we’ve got to keep all the nostalgia and those type of things unt...