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The Balance Of Pressure And Support In Raising Youth Athletes

The Balance Of Pressure And Support In Raising Youth Athletes

The Balance Of Pressure And Support In Raising Youth Athletes Dr. Jon Coles is the Associate Athletic Director at Ferris State University, a former Division 1 tennis player and father of two young sons playing five sports. He recently interviewed student athletes, playing different sports and from different socioeconomic backgrounds. He wanted to find out […] The post The Balance Of Pressure And ...

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One Sport Athletes

One Sport Athletes

In my time as a multi-sport coach and AD at various sized schools, I’ve often heard kids who are dropping one sport in order to “focus” on another. My response to all of those kids is simple. When college coaches speak to high school coaches, one of the first questions often asked is, “What other sports does he/she play?” I can remember college football coaches coming to high school basketball games to see our kids play, and there are often college coaches at high school track meets watching kids compete.

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Your Drills Should Be Uglier

Your Drills Should Be Uglier

When Trevor Ragan, motor learning advocate and founder of Championship Basketball School, talks to coaches or athletes about how they train and about how they learn, he often starts with a story about two tigers. One tiger is a zoo tiger. This tiger grew up in an enclosure, fenced off from the outside world. Every day, his food is brought to him. If it rains, he can walk into the warmth of a pre-built shelter. If it’s hot, he can bathe in the meticulously cared for pool. Life is easy because he is taken care of. The other tiger is a jungle tiger. This tiger grew up in the wilderness, hunting and tracking for each meal, walking long distances to find food and shelter. Each day brings something new and he must always be on guard lest he fall into a trap or become the prey of a hunter himself.

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Avoiding The Pitfalls

One of Marianne Werdel’s top priorities for her three boys and their sports is to avoid the pitfalls she saw too many young athletes around her fall prey to over the years. Werdel grew up playing a variety of sports. She ran cross country, played volleyball, basketball, did ballet and tennis through 8th grade, but her […] The post Avoiding The Pitfalls appeared first on I Love to Watch You Play.

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Success is in the Preperation – Brad Stevens

Success is in the Preperation – Brad Stevens

The coach reaches into his suit pocket for the neatly folded paper, opens it, scans it, before folding it up and returning it to its place. He repeats this process every few minutes, every game, until eventually the freshly printed sheet looks like something forgotten at the bottom of a suitcase. Crib sheets are not uncommon among NBA coaches, though few consult them as often as Celtics coach Brad Stevens. Defensive keys, offensive keys, 10-15 plays written, Stevens says, “in my own jargon,” meticulous preparation boiled down to one page.

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How crazy are youth sports these days? Ask college athletes

How crazy are youth sports these days? Ask college athletes

A major survey of NCAA student athletes released this week revealswhat critics of youth sports have been saying for years: The system is reallywhacked.

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What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business

What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business

“Blue and claret blowing in the wind. One valiant cry. We’ve got a name that everyone knows: Barça, Barça, Baaarça!” So runs the battle hymn ofFC Barcelona(aka Barça), the Catalan soccer club that won the UEFA Champions League — the world’s most prestigious inter-club soccer championship — earlier this month, defeating Italy’s Juventus 3-1. With 23 Spanish League championships, 27 Copa Del Rey titles, and, after this last victory, as many as five Champions League trophies under its belt, Barca has earned a unique place in the annals of soccer. It’s also a successful business: the team’s net worth, according toForbes, was $3.16 billion, making it the world’s second most valuable sports team, while its revenues touched $657 million, the fourth highest among soccer clubs (after Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich) in 2014.

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The Tactical/Technical Connection

You may not have noticed, but technique is the favorite topic of most people involved in tennis. Players talk about it (just listen to any post match conversation), coaches talk about it, parents, TV commentators, the list goes on. The majority of lessons people take emphasize technique. Just look at tennis videos, magazines and websites, and see what’s talked about most. Technique seems to be the big fixation.

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Why It is Critical For Girls To Play Sports

Why It is Critical For Girls To Play Sports As the mother of 14-year-old and 12-year-old girls, you dont have to tell me that the middle school and high school years are tough on young women (and their mothers). In my household, sometimes a meltdown can be caused because my daughter doesnt like what we […] The post Why It is Critical For Girls To Play Sports appeared first on I Love to Watch You ...

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UConn Sees Lone Loss as Turning Point in a Championship Season

UConn Sees Lone Loss as Turning Point in a Championship Season

Had the Connecticut women’s basketball team initially listened to Coach Geno Auriemma when practices began in October, the Huskies may have very well ended this season on an 84-game winning streak dating to 2013. Instead, they took the hard road and finished with only 37 straight victories.

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The Seven Leadership Secrets of Great Team Captains

The leaders of history’s most dominant sports teams took risks, engaged in dissent, embraced grunt work and hated giving speeches. An excerpt from ‘The Captain Class’

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High performance program works to develop leaders

High performance program works to develop leaders

Leadership was a problem at times for the 2013 UK football team, but an innovative part of the high performance program aims to make sure that problem is fixed moving forward

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