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Mask Mandates Updated in Oregon After Runner Collapses
The Oregon Health Authority updated its mask guidance recently for non-contact sports following a high school runner collapsing during the home stretch of a race in Bend, OR. As part of the updated guidelines, those participating in non-contact sp...

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 well...

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...

New UMass Degree Option Provides Another Path for Exercise Science Students
A new UMass Lowell course of study for students interested in pursuing a career in fitness and sports management is already proving to be a popular option. Students enrolled in UMass Lowell’s Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences as exercise sci...

NH High School Student-Athletes & Parents Push to End Mask-Use During Sports
Since a New Hampshire high school track and field coach left his position due to not making his student-athletes wear masks during competition, local student-athletes and parents and coming to his side, according to recent reports. Brad Keyes was ...

BU to Study Brain of Former NFL Player Who Killed Himself & 5 People
Boston University, in coordination with the Medical University of South Carolina, to study and analyze the brain of the former NFL player, Phillip Adams, who killed five people and himself last week. Adams spent six seasons in the NFL and the doct...

California High School Football Player Dies after Collapsing on Field
On an evening where high school football, by and large, returned to the state of California, tragedy struck the football community. Last Friday, according to a report from the Sacramento Bee, a Kennedy (CA) High School senior lineman collapsed on ...

NCAA Survey: Mental Health, More Impacted by Pandemic
As a follow-up to the NCAA Student-Athlete COVID-19 Well-Being Survey conducted in spring 2020, a similar survey conducted in the fall showed student-athletes continue to face heightened mental health concerns and barriers to sport particip...

NFHS Revises Guidance on COVID-19 Transmission During High School Sports
After evaluating experiences of schools participating in high school sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) has revised its May 2020 guidance do...

No-Contact Hydration System Reaches Super Bowl
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indiana-based business Wheelin’ Water, LLC, recently developed a new sports hydration system that requires no physical contact for users to operate it. The Wheelin’ Water No Contact, Hands-Free System, whi...