women’s sports
Coaching Boys and Girls in the Same Sport
Rockford High School (Rockford, Mich.) boys and girls soccer coach Steve Thomas offers his thoughts on coaching two varsity teams and how he manages his time....
Title IX has unfinished business
The general perception is that girls today have it as good as boys when it comes to sports, but it’s just not true. Many base this assumption on the successes of Title IX. The landmark ruling calls for equal opportunity amongst male and female a...
Managing Parents; Placing The Athletes First
Sponsored By:A Strategy For Managing ParentsJinelle Siergiej, head girls hockey coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), shares her policy for communicating with parents. It’s a policy many athletic directors and coaches should look int...
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 ...
Siergiej: Building Up The Girls Hockey Team
Jinelle Siergiej, Head Girls Hockey Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about the challenges that come along with trying to grow the size of a high school athletics program....
Siergiej: Mission As A Coach
Jinelle Siergiej, Head Girls Hockey Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), explains what she sees as her mission as a coach—to create better young individuals on and off the ice....
Siergiej: A Strategy For Managing Parents
Jinelle Siergiej, Head Girls Hockey Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), shares her policy for communicating with parents....
Siergiej: Prioritizing Workouts And Practice Time
Jinelle Siergiej, Head Girls Hockey Coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), talks about how details like ice time versus off-ice workouts make a big difference....
