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Banner flown over HS baseball game calls for coaches’ firing
Critics of the Briarcliff High School (N.Y.) baseball team's coaching staff found an inventive way to voice their displeasure this week by paying for a large banner to fly over the team's playoff game. The banner, which read “Fire Coaches Schrad...
Michigan adopts tougher rules for student-athlete transfers
Michigan's athletic association announced this week it adopted stricter rules for student-athletes who transfer high schools to play sports. Transfers previously were required to sit out one semester, but the Michigan High School Athletic Associat...
Sport specialization: Risks, benefits and how coaches can guide athletes
Sport specialization has become a hot topic. At a time when professional athletes are idolized and college scholarships are coveted, some consider it the best way to gain proficiency in a single sport. All coaches should understand the benefits, r...
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...
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 ...
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"...
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...
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...
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