student-athletes

Illustrating the perils of social media
Athletes are told on a regular basis that their actions on social media could cost them dearly, but few understand that fact until it actually happens. Gannett recently published an interesting piece illustrating the perils of social media, and th...

The value of student-athlete evaluations
Jason Adkins, head soccer coach at Smithson Valley High School (Texas), talks about why coaches should provide players with written evaluations....

Arizona approves participation by transgender student-athlete
The Arizona Interscholastic Association this week approved the state’s first transgender student-athlete to play a sport.This is significant progress for the transgender community, as The Arizona Republic reports that several cases have been re...

Sayreville football parent discusses details of ’hazing’ incidents
On Tuesday, we posted news about a New Jersey high school that cancelled its entire football season over hazing allegations. Some questioned why it was necessary to go to such an extreme, but now we may know why.NJ.com posted a story Wednesday aftern...

Techniques to get your athletes talking (Part 2)
* This is the second of a two-part feature on athlete communication. Part one can be found here. In part one of our feature on athlete communication, we looked at some of the reasons athletes fail to talk during games along with the first five of ...

Controlling a large team as a single coach
Jason Adkins, head soccer coach at Smithson Valley High School (Texas), discusses the challenges in running a team with a large number of athletes....

Arizona hoping to address need for athletic trainers
Concern over injuries and their long-term effects has grown in recent years, highlighting the need for athletic trainers at sporting events. The problem is largely funding and, in some cases, a lack of licensed ATs to meet the demand.This issue is ga...

Kentucky bill would allow home-schooled students to play sports
We’ve seen a few states over the last couple years move toward allowing home-schooled students to play sports at their local high schools. Now Kentucky is among them.A Kentucky legislator is moving a bill that would allow home-schooled students...