women’s sports

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...


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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....


June 13, 2013

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...


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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...


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 ...


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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....


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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....


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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....