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May 20, 2021
Former Louisville Basketball Coach Charged with Extortion
Former University of Louisville assistant men's basketball coach has been federally charged with an attempt to extort money from the Cardinals program, according to court documents and various media reports. After the Cardinals missed out on this ...
May 19, 2021
Ecore Offers CEU on Solving Secondhand Noise with Savvy Flooring Specification
The noise of clanging, banging, footfall, voices, and machinery coming from fitness facilities can be pervasive and seemingly uncontrollable – not to mention, the impacts and sounds may be too disruptive for adjacent neighbors in residential or bus...
May 18, 2021
Masks No Longer Necessary for MA High School Spring Sports
Masks are no longer necessary for high school outdoor athletics in Massachusetts as of May 18. After nine months of enforcing mask mandates for athletes across the Bay State amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic As...
May 17, 2021
7 Tips to Refine Your Communication Skills
Skilled coaches are always looking for ways to improve themselves. This can be done in many ways, including developing better communication skills. Here are seven ways that coaches can use communication in developing team success. Establish ...
May 14, 2021
Flagship Set To Serve Razorback Student-Athletes In NIL Era
Flagship is the University of Arkansas’s all-encompassing solution to enable Arkansas student-athletes to fully capitalize on the upcoming Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation set to go into law in the Natural State on January 1, 2022. Le...
May 14, 2021
Umpire Makes High School Softball Player Cut Hair
An umpire in a North Carolina softball game gave a high school player an ultimatum recently: remove the beads from her hair or not participate in the game. The player, Nicole Pyles, decided to have her teammates cut the beads out of her hair to pa...
May 13, 2021
Shot Clock Adoption Approved for High Schools in 2022-23
Beginning with the 2022-23 season, a 35-second shot clock will be permitted in high school basketball games by state association adoption. A proposal for a national rule mandating a shot clock was not approved. A shot clock was among the topics d...
May 12, 2021
10 Observations of a Successful Coach
What makes a successful coach? While the answers may differ depending on who you ask, they will all undoubtedly agree there is no single way to be successful. Through my years of working within athletics, I have made many observations about what i...
Girls who play sports report 5 times higher levels of meaning and purpose compared to those who never played.
Study: Sports play critical role in promoting girls’ mental health
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A new study on mental health by the Women's Sports Foundation found gi...