coaching
Coaching a Sport that You Have Never Played
Rockford High School (Rockford, Mich.) boys water polo coach Dave McWatters talks about the approach coaches must take when leading a sport you have never played yourself. ...
D.C. Area Athletic-Based Transfers Becoming an Alarming Trend
Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/in-district-high-schools-athletic-based-transfers-are-becoming-an-alarming-trend/2013/12/03/629a192a-5af3-11e3-801f-1f90bf692c9b_story.htmlThe District’s high school football champ...
Challenges in Getting Athletes Involved in Multiple Sports
Rockford High School (Rockford, Mich.) girls track coach Randy Vanderveen discusses the challenges in getting athletes to participate in multiple sports. ...
Column: NFL bullying raises questions about locker room culture
It’s not often Coach & Athletic Director focuses on professional sports, but the story of Richie Incognito and the alleged bullying of his Miami Dolphins teammate Jonathan Martin is worth your attention. This could happen in any locker room. ...
Involving your athletes in team discipline
Struggling with some discipline issues on your team? Seems like every team has at least a couple of athletes who love to push the envelope when it comes to team rules. Some athletes are notoriously late, others have too “active” of a social li...
Preparing Your Underdogs for the Postseason
Find yourself with an underdog team as you prepare for the postseason? Let’s take a moment to assess your situation in terms of disadvantages of and advantages.Disadvantages: Insufficient talent; pessimistic players and parents; likely playing ...
Eight sure-fire strategies for building a thriving program
Transforming a declining or problematic program into a rising program is definitely a challenge. There will be many weeks when it feels like you are taking two steps forward and sometimes just as many backward as the negative gravity of the situation...
16 lessons for guiding non-teacher coaches
As more faculty members age and teachers give up coaching responsibilities, athletic administrators are faced with a staff comprised of fewer coaches from within the building. The exodus of teachers from coaching may also be influenced and exacerbate...