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November 13, 2012

Nominate Coaches For A National Award

Let’s face it. Coaching youth basketball requires a huge commitment of time, energy and emotion. Of course, there also can be tremendous personal reward in the satisfaction that you are helping develop our nation’s youth. At Positive Coaching Allia...


November 5, 2012

Lessiter Publications’ Team Sports Division Expands Sales Team

BROOKFIELD, Wis. – (November 5, 2012) The Team Sports Division of Lessiter Publications has appointed Fox Associates as its advertising sales consultants for Coach And Athletic Director, Winning Hoops and The Real AAU magazines and its related ...


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The Myth Of Selfish Teenagers In Athletics

Sponsored By:The Myth Of Selfish Teenagers In AthleticsThe Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.) football team is averaging 47 points per game and just advanced to the state quarterfinals. Sporting a 10-0 record this year, head coach Greg Malling&rs...


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Building Team Camaraderie In Individual Sports

Sponsored By:Building Team Camaraderie In Individual SportsAccording to Chris Herriot, Head Boys Track Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), building team camaraderie in an individual sport like track and field can be a challenge. The coac...


October 10, 2012

How to refuel during competition

The pros and cons of sports drinks, energy gels, liquid food supplements and energy bars The myriad sport-specific fueling options available to athletes today means it's much easier to refuel while on the move. You, and your athletes, are not alone,...


October 2, 2012

Leaked football scouting reports raise ethical concerns

"Winning isn't everything — it's the only thing." That's a quote coaches love to use, and while we all appreciate its tenacious message, we’ve come to accept it’s not entirely true. Coaches teach and serve as role models. They also use sport...


October 2, 2012

Fundraising $587K in four-and-a-half months

Last year, Duval County (Jacksonville, Fla.) Public Schools faced a $90 million deficit and athletic director Jon Fox had the unenviable task of having to cut sports for budgeting purposes. A 40-year industry veteran who has spent the last 14 as Duva...


September 19, 2012

Nutritional Value: Explaining the Female Athlete Triad

In 1997, The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) issued its original position on the Female Athlete Triad. The triad, a trio of troublesome health concerns occurring in females that exercise, had been noted for more than 30 years. [caption ...