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September 17, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: The Benefits Of Turf
Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.) athletic director Bob Diefenderfer and head football coach Grant Gower discuss the benefits of installing a turf field and why they decided on turf during their field renovation....
September 17, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: A.D. Advice For Renovating
Bob Diefenderfer, athletic director at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), stresses communication, planning and patience when it comes to renovating your facilities....
September 14, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: The “DC” Logo As Continuity Between Sports
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), discusses the importance of keeping the "DC" logo consistent throughout the facilities. The continuity is a symbol of unification for all student-athletes, no matter what spo...
September 14, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: Eight Seniors Get First Look At Facilities (Raw Footage)
Eight Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.) seniors from the football team get the first look at some of the new facilities and upgrades in this raw footage shot by Coach And Athletic Director’s Editor-In-Chief Michael Austin....
September 14, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: Program Growth At Deer Creek
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), talks about the growth Deer Creek has experienced and how positive it has been for their program....
September 14, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: Inside Look At Training/Conditioning (Raw Footage)
This raw footage was taken by Coach And Athletic Director’s Editor-In-Chief, Michael Austin, during his recent visit to Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.). The school recently underwent a renovation of their athletic facilities. Here, student-a...
September 14, 2012
Deer Creek Renovation: Storage A Critical Part Of Facility Upgrades
Grant Gower, head football coach at Deer Creek High School (Edmond, Okla.), tells us why more storage was such a critical factor in the recent renovation of the athletic facilities....
September 5, 2012
Powerline: Exploring neck-up response training
First step explosion, instinctive change of direction (COD) and swift response to visual and pressure cues are vital athletic attributes sought after by coaches of all sports. The approaches, equipment and protocols implemented for training these com...
August 22, 2012
Sherry Moseler: Create Meetings To Discuss Conditioning
Sherry Moseler,Girls Volleyball Conditioning programs are important for successful sports teams. While Arrowhead is a fairly large school, there are still athletes who play in multiple sports. To make sure student...
June 27, 2012
Seven things necessary to take athletes to the next level
Standing on the sideline at a recent game, I took time to think back about the outstanding athletes I've had the chance to work with and their development as athletes. That weekend, I worked a speed camp for high school athletes. During the Q&...
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Teach kids to pay attention to their bodies and their own thirst, and to “drink to thirst”—that is, drink enough water so that the thirst recedes. Rehydrate between sports events/practices.
The telltale signs of heat-related illness in student-athletes
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Each year, an estimated 240 people die from heat-related illnesses, an...