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Girls Sports vs Pinkification
by CPS8910
posted September 1, 2011 at 1:55pm

jocks. Now days, when little girls first start their sports, you can find all sorts of little girly pink items that help identify them as girl athletes. How many of you have seen things like pink baseball bats, pink soccer balls, pink basketballs, pink b...more

Linked runners will attempt to set Guinness World Record, raise money for Jenny Crain at Lakefront Marathon
by anngaff
posted August 29, 2011 at 12:35am

Credit: Matthew Stockman /Allsport Jenny Crain was an elite, world-class runner who was severely injured in 2007, at the age of 39, when hit by a car while training for the trials prior to the Beijing Olympics. From Runner's World: Walkers, bikers,...more

Wrestling sisters in Oklahoma take down hit-and-run suspect
by Pretty Tough
posted August 28, 2011 at 10:27am

Wow. These girls are pretty tough. A pair of wrestling sisters used their grappling skills to take down an alleged hit-and-run driver in Oklahoma. Brittany and Brienna Delgado, members of the Oklahoma City University wrestling team, then held the susp...more

Signs to Prevent Athlete Suicide
by Loren Fogelman
posted August 27, 2011 at 6:27pm

Any time an athlete commits suicide is a tragedy. The sporting community is mourning the loss of four gifted athletes....more

Thought for the day: If I knew I could not fail ….
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 23, 2011 at 10:54pm

Last night, I went looking through some of my favorite books for an inspirational quote. It’s not something I do often, but I was in the mood for a bit of motivation from outside myself. But I failed to find anything that spoke to me. So I turned on an ...more

Catching up with Kara Lang
by All White Kit
posted August 22, 2011 at 9:52am

On August 20, soccer players of all skill levels gathered at Allan Lamport Stadium to compete in Athletes for Africa’s third annual Rock the Pitch Celebrity Soccer Tournament. The top eight fundraising teams had the opportunity to go head-to-head agai...more

Alison Starnes: Compartmentalizing and Filling the Small Spaces.
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted August 22, 2011 at 2:40am

Small Spaces. I like to compartmentalize things. Keep things in their orderly place and space. The lines are clearly drawn, and the borders are not threatened. I personally like to color coordinate my closet, and organize my flour and sugar container...more

Ring of Honor Retrospective: Rebecca Lobo
by Swish Appeal
posted August 18, 2011 at 3:22pm

This is not the retrospective I was expecting to write, and I'm not sure what that says about me, about us, about her, or about them. But that's the end of the story, and we should be beginning at the beginning. It begins in New York, and it begins w...more

Passion and Daydreams: The final weeks of summer
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 17, 2011 at 4:17pm

Back when Trevor Ruffin was growing up in Buffalo, no one had to knock on his door and ask him to go play basketball. No one had to call to remind him that they were playing hoops at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. It was a story he related to a collection o...more

Four Habits Of Highly Ineffective Teams
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 12, 2011 at 8:46pm

source How’s your season looking? Are you excited about the possibilities? Well, keep your eye out for these four characteristics that could derail a successful season if left unchecked. If your players do these things, they need to stop now! Un...more

Adventures of a Bad Coach: Variations on a Theme
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 10, 2011 at 7:48pm

source I can’t imagine you’d take the time to read this blog if you weren’t fired up about being a coach. I’m sure you are a fabulous coach who knows how to motivate your players to excel. Then there are the other coaches. The *whispers cons...more

Does Your Team Have The X-Factor?
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 8, 2011 at 1:08pm

source What’s the X-factor? It’s the ability to handle adversity (to get knocked down only to get up again), to embrace challenges, and to motivate others to do the same. In one word, it’s resilience. In a great article I read on bnet.com, the a...more

Defining fearless: A lesson in swimming
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 6, 2011 at 1:06pm

The question was rather innocuous. On Twitter, the feed for elite swimmer Diana Nyad asked: “What’s the longest distance you ever swam? It can be in a pool or open-water swimming.” And so to take part in the social aspect of social media, I answer...more

Pacing myself
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 5, 2011 at 4:25pm

I was pushing back the puke factor after the warmup. Not because the warmup was hard or because the weather conditions were brutal or because of illness. Nope. The puke factor was rearing its head early on because I was scared. Scared of the track. I coul...more

Desiree Davila Marathon Running Beyond the Wall
by Loren Fogelman
posted August 5, 2011 at 1:44pm

The most successful athletes are innovative, highly creative individuals. When they grasp onto an idea, they stick with it taking the necessary steps to make it happen. Tenacity is a virtue....more

How to create and maintain high functioning teams
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted July 28, 2011 at 2:34am

source Recruiting. Most coaches have a strong reaction to that word. It’s either something like, “Yippee!!” or an expletive that can’t be written in this blog. I tend toward the yippee crowd, because I understand what recruiting is…but be...more

Diana Nyad Prepares to Swim Among the Sharks
by Loren Fogelman
posted July 27, 2011 at 1:48pm

Xtreme Dream. The mission Diana Nyad has undertaken. At 61y/o she has a BIG challenge ahead of her....more

Ask Lauren: How Can I Keep Running for Myself, and Keep Outside Expectations from Ruining it.
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted July 26, 2011 at 2:38pm

Q: Hi Lauren, I have been struggling with getting back the competitive edge that I had in high school. I came from a small team and had an amazing relationship with my coach. Running gave me a great outlet to be competitive and have fun with teamm...more

In sports, as in life, there are no guarantees
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted July 26, 2011 at 1:51am

In sports, nothing is certain. Just ask the United States Women’s National Soccer Team, fresh off losing the Women’s World Cup (or winning the silver medal, take your half of glass). Or just ask the Brazilian Women’s National Soccer Team, who lost t...more

Lize Brittin: Calgon - take me away?
by Lize Brittin: Training on Empty
posted July 25, 2011 at 5:43pm

I'm tired, but I can't sleep lately. Last week was crazy. I had too much to do. Somehow, I managed to get through it, but I feel like I'm a zombie, checking things off my "to do" lists daily, and the lists keep getting longer. Actually, I don't think zom...more

Believing And Achieving: How Groups Accomplish Goals
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted July 25, 2011 at 12:51pm

source It’s almost a cliché for a coach to talk about setting goals. It’s how we’re wired. We want people to be successful…and how can you be successful if you don’t have a goal in mind, right? Helping people achieve things that they did...more

Obstacles the Japanese Soccer Team Endure
by Loren Fogelman
posted July 22, 2011 at 3:04pm

“A warrior…feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul. ~David Gemmell...more

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