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Creating player contracts for your team
Jason Adkins, head soccer coach at Smithson Valley High School (Texas), breaks down his player contracts and how they can help your program....
July 1, 2014
Study: High School Athletes Better at Landing Competitive Jobs
From MedicalDaily.comIn high school, athletes tend to be popular, and new research is showing that after high school, those kids from the in crowd are also more likely to get the best jobs. The study, published in the Journal...
June 4, 2014
NFL Joins NATA to put Athletic Trainers in High Schools
From the Associated PressNFL teams and the league’s foundation will fund trainers in underserved high schools nationwide in a $1 million program.An announcement was made last month as part of a White House summit on youth sports safet...
May 27, 2014
Montana Officials Worried About Participation Decline in Girls Sports
From DesertNews.comNine years ago at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls, Montana, the girls’ track team from Anaconda High School clinched a state championship as four athletes combined to win both the 400 and 1600 relays.Simply assembling a fours...
April 21, 2014
Supporters Urge Washington to Sanction High School Lacrosse
From HeraldNet.comOver the past decade, the sport of lacrosse has experienced tremendous growth in popularity. Especially in the Pacific Northwest."The growth nationally continues to be pretty strong," said Dave Low, president of the Washington State...
April 2, 2014
Trapshooting is Minnesota’s Fastest Growing High School Sport
From PRNewswire.comThe Minnesota State High School Clay Target League (MSHSCTL) will host 6,100 student athletes representing 185 high school teams in the sport of trapshooting for the 2014 spring season. Led by the support of their schools and more ...
April 1, 2014
Athletes at Closing Indiana HS Can Transfer Without Penalty
From Greene County Daily WorldAccording to the commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, student-athletes at Union High School (Ind.) are free to find another place to play next year.IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox told the Greene Co...
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...