athletes
January 14, 2016
The importance of trust between coaches and athletes
Because trust is such a critical component of peak performance, coaches and athletes must continually look to build and maintain it. Trust is the ultimate goal of all peak performance training. Whether it’s an individual athlete attempting to pe...
July 13, 2015
10 strategies to help coaches and athletes defeat adversity
It’s frustrating for athletes when they’re running on fumes, feeling like they have nothing more to give and that no matter what they do there is nothing left to push past a seemingly insurmountable wall. They can feel hopelessness, discouragemen...
May 21, 2015
Survey: 46% of readers support athletes bypassing college for pros
In April, Coach and Athletic Director asked readers whether they believed that high school athletes should be allowed to bypass college for the pros. Most agreed they should, but here are the complete results along with some of the responses. •...
April 28, 2015
Grant funds research on how concussions affect females
A $60,000 grant will help fund research into the way concussions affect young female athletes. Researches at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the UT Medical Branch and Transitional Learning Center in Galveston, Texas, w...
April 17, 2015
Texas close to requiring EKG screenings for athletes
Texas is on the verge of becoming the first state to require electrocardiogram heart screenings for high school student-athletes. [caption id="attachment_11766" align="alignright" width="259"] Texas may soon require EKG screenings for high school...
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The value of student-athlete evaluations
Jason Adkins, head soccer coach at Smithson Valley High School (Texas), talks about why coaches should provide players with written evaluations....
October 22, 2014
Arizona approves participation by transgender student-athlete
The Arizona Interscholastic Association this week approved the state’s first transgender student-athlete to play a sport.This is significant progress for the transgender community, as The Arizona Republic reports that several cases have been re...
October 8, 2014
Sayreville football parent discusses details of ’hazing’ incidents
On Tuesday, we posted news about a New Jersey high school that cancelled its entire football season over hazing allegations. Some questioned why it was necessary to go to such an extreme, but now we may know why.NJ.com posted a story Wednesday aftern...
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