Creating a ‘Captains Club’ at your school

Looking to develop your athletes into more responsible and respected leaders? A Captain”s Club (or Council) is an innovative trend catching on at several colleges and high schools across the nation and paying big dividends.

The power of mental training

If the old saying is true that athletics are 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical, an athlete must do what they can to increase attention and focus. That can be accomplished through goal setting and imagery.

Coach Throwback: All I really need to know, I learned in football

This article, illustrating the power of football, was written by David Kroeker and appeared in our January 1994 issue. At the time, Kroeker coached football at Dundy County High School in Benkelman, Nebraska. He was inspired by a poster in his home room, titled “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”