athletes

Encouraging Open Dialogue
Sponsored By: Encouraging Open Dialogue St. Anthony Village High School (Minneapolis, Minn.) athletics and activities assistant Summer Minnich says open dialogue between coaches, parents and athletes promotes a healthy relationship and so...

The Positive Impact of School Connectedness
Sponsored By:The Positive Impact of School ConnectednessSt. Anthony Village High School (Minneapolis, Minn.) athletics and activities director Troy Urdahl says that keeping students connected to the school through sports and activities helps create a...

Extra Assistants Give Attention Where it’s Needed
Sponsored By: Extra Assistants Give Attention Where it’s Needed Chris Herriot, head boys track coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), relies on the help of assistant coaches to make sure all team members receive attention. ...

Stay Involved While Injured
Sponsored By:Getting Student-Athletes to Stay Involved While InjuredThe Overlake School (Redmond, Wash.) works with athletes while they are injured to keep them involved, as junior Devin Daher (two-sport athlete) relates from his experience....

Putting the media to work for athletes
Athletes spend most of their lives training for the chance to play professional sports. They buy the best equipment, hire the best trainers and spend a lot of money on nutrition. But what they sometimes forget is what you do off the field is j...

No-Cut Policy Gets More Students Involved in Athletics
Sponsored By:No-Cut Policy Gets More Students InvolvedThe Overlake School (Redmond, Wash.) has an "Inclusion Policy" (a.k.a. "No-Cut Policy"), which baseball coach Mike Davidson feels gets more students involved in athletics, both in increased partic...

Kentucky High Schools Receive $33K in Royalties
http://khsaa.org/7113-khsaa-distributes-royalties-to-member-schools-khsaa-participation-numbers-released-khsaa-officials-appointed-to-national-committees-summer-dead-period-ends-july-9/KHSAA member schools benefitted in the third year of a royalty pr...

Coaching athletes to keep calm under pressure
Does your team have a tendency to self-destruct during late-game, high-pressure situations? Do you have athletes who mentally short-circuit under pressure? Does your game plan and the things you worked on all week in practice go out the window ...