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Women Coaching Sports: A New Educational Series
by One Sport Voice
posted July 8, 2009 at 9:03pm

Currently I am working on developing the first Women Coaching Sports workshop. Research shows female athletes who have never been coached by a female often believe that male coaches are more competent than female coaches. In the absence of female coache...more

A Good Built Environment Increases Children’s Physical Activity
by One Sport Voice
posted July 3, 2009 at 1:08pm

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released a policy statement about the role of the built environment on children’s health. The built environment is overall structure of the physical environment of a child’s community (e.g., safe sidewalks...more

Dads: Important role models for female athletes
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted June 21, 2009 at 7:35pm

This post tells readers the importance of fathers in the lives of female athletes....more

Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
by Fair Game News
posted June 16, 2009 at 1:54pm

By Lauren Taylor It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...more

Intersections of gender, race, and youth sport
by After Atalanta
posted June 15, 2009 at 11:00pm

This past weekend the NYT published a very good article on the access urban girls have to sport. The Title IX Blog has given some more of the details of the article itself (and provides a link), but I want to, especially in light of Golf Channel commentat...more

First fruits of a beautiful labor: Andre Agassi Prepatory Academy graduates inaugural class
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted June 14, 2009 at 12:12pm

Andre Agassi and one of the first graduates from the Andre Agassi Prepatory Academy on Saturday, June 13, during the graduation ceremony.(All Photos by Wireimage)by Kyle Hansen for the Las Vegas SuncontactLas Vegas, Saturday, June 13 -- The first class of...more

Iraqi girls live the dream at Lady Vols’ basketball camp
by Pretty Tough
posted June 14, 2009 at 12:06am

An Iraqi girls’ basketball team took part in a Tennessee Lady Vols basketball camp last week as part of a program promoting peace and cultural understanding through sports. Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantl...more

National Center for Sports Safety
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 10, 2009 at 12:33pm

I recently found out about the National Center for Sports Safety (NCSS), which was founded to promote the importance of injury prevention and safety on all levels of youth sports through education and research. The NCSS focuses on decreasing the number an...more

Summer sports and storms
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 5, 2009 at 12:10pm

Summer swim season, baseball and softball leagues, golf and outdoor summer sports camps are in full swing around the country. But, so are summer storms. We had a tragic event happen in our community this week. One boy was killed and another was gravely i...more

Win a scholarship to Windells Action Sports Camp!
by Pretty Tough
posted June 5, 2009 at 11:47am

A lot of students are assigned a “personal essay” as the final English assignment of the year. For some kids, the paper morphs into the essay they submit as part of their college application. Others embark on a period of journaling as a road to pers...more

How far are you willing to drive for sports practices?
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 4, 2009 at 12:18pm

Yesterday we got some soul crushing news, the ice rink that my son has been playing hockey at every week for 6 years is shutting its doors. It wasn’t until that moment that I realized how good I have had it as a sports parent. Up until now, all three o...more

What if the athletes were boys, not girls?
by One Sport Voice
posted June 2, 2009 at 5:39pm

In a previous blog, I wrote about a male soccer coach in Minnesota who had his U12 elite girls’ team throw a game to the U13 girls’ team in the same club (Minnesota Thunder Academy). A great MN female youth soccer coach I emailed with has a great p...more

Kick Like a Girl to air on HBO tonight
by Pretty Tough
posted May 28, 2009 at 2:38pm

I screened a short documentary called “Kick Like a Girl” a couple months ago and was delighted to find out that HBO is airing it tonight (6:00 ET). Anyone who sometimes feels jaded by the state of sports these days needs to tune in to the adventure...more

Eight things to look for in a youth basketball program
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 27, 2009 at 12:15pm

Guest post by Tanya Krause of Breakthrough Basketball Choosing the right program for your child is more important and more difficult now more than it ever has been before. When I was a kid, youth basketball teams were practically unheard of and the few ...more

How Not to Coach Soccer: A Lesson From Minnesota
by One Sport Voice
posted May 25, 2009 at 12:08pm

When I’m not writing about gender, the other part of my research, teaching and outreach pertains to youth sport—mainly studying and trying to improve sport parent sideline behavior, and helping coaches be more effective. When a story broke last week...more

What's going on with MacArthur Park?: from la cancha to "synthetic meadow"
by From A Left Wing
posted May 23, 2009 at 3:32pm

In fall 2008, the city broke ground on the "MacArthur Park Improvement Project." More specifically, the city fenced off and dug into the dry ground pictured here - the two fields marked out on the packed dirt served a range of leagues, including a large...more

Field Trip: Adidas Track Classic
by Laura Landgreen
posted May 22, 2009 at 12:28am

Who wants it? Los Angeles 4th graders compete for a chance to watch their track heroes run!...more

Mackenzie Brown tells why girls who love baseball should ignore critics — and what she was thinking when she threw out the first pitch at a Mets game
by Fair Game News
posted May 19, 2009 at 7:12pm

On April 21, Bayone, N.J. Little Leaguer Mackenzie Brown pitched a perfect game, retiring all 18 boys who got up to bat; she was invited to throw out the first pitch a Met’s game a few days later. By Mackenzie Brown I started playing baseball for ...more

Kids Bowl Free This Summer
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 18, 2009 at 2:48pm

Summer vacation is right around the corner and participating bowling centers across the US are offering a special Kids Bowl Free promotion beginning this month. Through the KidsBowlFree program, kids can bowl 2 games free each every day this summer. They ...more

State: a fastpitch feature film
by Pretty Tough
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:14am

If you thought winning a State Championship was hard, try getting a feature film made. The biggest challenge for any movie is to raise the necessary production funds. That’s exactly the challenge facing a group of Louisiana filmmakers. Their dream is...more

Three Games, Three Lessons
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 3, 2009 at 12:48am

Today was our first official outing of the season. We went 1-2 for the day. There was a fair bit of nervousness, rust, and lack of cohesion on the field during the first two games. We certainly didn't play up to our potential in the first two games mak...more

What Makes Sport Parents “Angry”?
by One Sport Voice
posted May 2, 2009 at 10:50am

Today I spent the day finishing up (well almost) a paper on what makes sport parents angry during their child’s sport events. I alluded in my last blog that snacks cause a fair amount of parent anger…now to the main finding. What percentage of sport...more

adidas Track Classic and Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix Looking for LA’s Fastest 5-Year-Old
by anngaff
posted April 30, 2009 at 12:52pm

Winner will be Crowned “L.A.’s Fastest Five-Year Old” during Premier Track and Field Event at The Home Depot Center....more

Snacks & Youth Sport: What message does this send youth athletes?
by One Sport Voice
posted April 30, 2009 at 1:11am

I’ve been thinking about snacks at youth sport events since last summer. Why?—primarily because when I asked youth sport parents what made them “angry” at their child’s sport events, snacks came up with some frequency. We thought, “Snacks? A...more

Classic Nike Ad: If You Let Me Play
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 28, 2009 at 11:35am

This classic Nike ad from 1995 is great still to this day as it really helps hit home the benefits of girls playing sports! Getting girls active and involved in sports is one of the best things we can do for them. Sports teaches so many life lessons an...more

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