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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
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...
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 ...
June 1, 2022
A.D.ministration: Dealing with Wayward Fans
Overall, most fans are supportive, and cooperative, and pose no concern. In some settings, however, there may be a small bunch that demonstrates poor sportsmanship, cause assorted problems, and maybe disruptive. The question arises, how do you deal w...
May 25, 2022
THSCA Partners with Eccker Sports to Help Understand NIL
The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) has announced a partnership with Eccker Sports, an information company for high school athletics, to provide educational services and resources to help high school coaches, administrators, student-ath...
May 23, 2022
Steve Spurrier Weighs in on Saban-Fisher Drama
Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher got in quite a spat late last week. It started when Saban accused Fisher of buying his whole recruiting class and Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders of paying his top recruit ...
May 19, 2022
CIF Boys Golf Team Stripped of State Title for Rules Violation
Earlier this week the Palm Beach Aztecs forfeited the Division 1 golf team regional title they won a day earlier in Chino Hills because of a violation of CIF-Southern Section rules on team activities the day before a competition. The school self-repo...
May 17, 2022
How to Better Connect With Your Athletes
What is coaching? Is it mentoring, instructing, and showing hungry athletes the best way to achieve their goals or is it allowing them to find their own way, offering guidance and support? It’s a combination of all these things and more. It’s a w...
May 16, 2022
GHSA Strips Girls Soccer Team of State Title Over Violations
A Georgia high school girls soccer team will be stripped of its state and regional titles by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) due to violations of the organization's bylaws. Chamblee High School's girls soccer team lost its 2022 state an...
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While the bill does not specifically mention prayers, it comes as the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments in May in a battle between the athletic association and Tampa’s Cambridge Christian School.
New Proposal Would Allow Prayers before FHSAA Events
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After the matter reached national levels, one Florida senator proposed...