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How To Play Your Playoff Role
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 18, 2011 at 9:49am

Every girls hockey player wants to be the one the coach calls upon to win the big game in the playoffs. Every goalie wants to be in for the games that “matter”. Every forward wants to score the game-winner and every defenseman wants to be out there ...more

Multiple voices: improving participation of Muslim girls in physical education and school sport
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 18, 2011 at 1:02am

Authors: Symeon Dagkasa; Tansin Benna; Haifaa JawadbAbstractThis study reports on data from a larger-scale research project in one city in the West Midlands, England. The study was commissioned by the local education authority because of the rising inc...more

Girls Competing Against Boys: Part II
by One Sport Voice
posted February 17, 2011 at 5:41pm

I’ve been thinking more about 12 year-old MN female Ingrid Neel who will play on the High School boy’s tennis team this spring. I can see both sides of this issue. I’ve gotten some interesting emails offline and my students this morning had some tho...more

Girls Sports – Might She Be Trying TOO Hard?
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted February 17, 2011 at 2:01pm

I’ll venture to bet that at some point, while watching a young kids’ sporting event or lesson, your attention has been drawn to one participant. Interestingly, this time it’s not because she is dominating or incredibly talented. Nor is it a behavior...more

Title IX: Montana goes with prong three
by Title IX Blog
posted February 16, 2011 at 1:58pm

A piece out of a local news outlet in Missoula, Montana focuses on how the University of Montana is choosing to comply with prong three of Title IX. Montana's Senior Associate Athletic Director Jean Gee said Montana has vowed not to cut sports, but must a...more

FIT Project (New Orleans) part one
by Sarah Stanley Inspired
posted February 16, 2011 at 1:14am

Welcome to the Big Easy! Where you are a sweetie to everyone. I dig it. The FIT Project took me to New Orleans, Louisiana. I was really excited to be able to visit this city and state. This state is currently ranked No. 8 on the obesity charts. While I ...more

Coaches these days
by After Atalanta
posted February 15, 2011 at 2:43pm

Or maybe the more appropriate title is "youth basketball these days."Let me first state my general lack of expertise in youth sports: I am not an expert in youth sports. I've done the requisite reading but do not have an in-depth knowledge of the workings...more

MN female to play on boys’ tennis team
by One Sport Voice
posted February 15, 2011 at 1:06pm

Rochester Minnesota native Ingrid Neel will play on the Mayo High School boy’s tennis team this spring. Neel is a highly ranked player and won both the Girls 12s singles and doubles championship at the 2010 “Little Mo” International Junior Open at ...more

Agosta becomes NCAA all-time leading scorer in hockey
by The First Line
posted February 9, 2011 at 3:23pm

Why did this not get more attention? Or maybe I just didn’t see that it did. Anyhow, with her hat trick and assist in Friday’s game against Wayne State, Meghan Agosta scored her 286th career point, breaking Julie Chu’s NCAA record. She also pu...more

CSC and Pacific Legal fight complaints
by Title IX Blog
posted February 9, 2011 at 12:33pm

The College Sports Council, a group advocating for Title IX reform, and the Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative legal group, are challenging the Title IX complaints filed by the National Women's Law Center last fall in 12 of the nation's schools dist...more

Sara Ensrud Vaughn: The Student-Athlete Wonder Woman
by JozDalt
posted February 9, 2011 at 10:31am

Sara Vaughn opens up about what it was like to stand tall in her running shoes as a pregnant student-athlete despite expectations to have an abortion....more

Our Tiger life: 15 minutes of recess in 7 hours of kindergarten. What’s happening to play?
by Fair Game News
posted February 8, 2011 at 6:57pm

By Katie Culver Yes, “Tiger Mom” has us roaring about the ruthless strategies she utilized to seek “success” for her daughters at endeavors she herself was pushing. So success, but at what expense? And yet, many critiquing Amy Chua’s approach ...more

Girls Sports – Top 10 sports lessons for young athletes
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted February 7, 2011 at 4:40pm

After informally surveying approximately 50 individuals, including athletic parents, collegiate athletes and coaches from all different sports and levels, these were the top 10 lessons to emphasize and pass down to our young athletes. 1) Do your best...more

What athlete’s wish their parents would do (and not do)
by Sports Girls Play
posted February 4, 2011 at 8:16pm

As parents we often get pretty wrapped up in our athlete’s performances – whether in practice or competition – and while our comments are often well meaning, that’s not always what our athletes take away from it! I just read an article on USA Swim...more

More on homophobic recruiting
by HoopFeed.com
posted February 4, 2011 at 12:01pm

ESPN looks at changing negative recruiting from the top:"As far as negative recruiting, I can tell you, [from] working with coaches, that it very much does exist, and it's very harsh," Slater says. "It is probably more prevalent in some sports than others...more

Soccer signings: Notre Dame, UC Irvine also vying for our attention
by All White Kit
posted February 4, 2011 at 1:54am

In yet more irrefutable proof that our shameless pandering can work at times, we were forwarded signing info for two of 2010′s best teams, Notre Dame and UC Irvine. -If you need evidence of just how valuable the contributions of freshmen can be on a ...more

TCNJ Basketball. Don't stop believing
by Eat. Play. Love.
posted February 3, 2011 at 7:09pm

Last night I stayed up with my computer in bed; my eyes locked on the TCNJ Women’s Basketball ‘live stat’ screen, as my alma mater defeated the second-ranked team in the nation. Watching live stats is really difficult. I would have much rather bee...more

Four tips for coaching kids sports
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 3, 2011 at 5:49pm

Many of us here at Draft Day Suit are not just snarky writers, we’re also parents. We are parents with kids in sports, and some of us coach. So to all you parents/coaches/volunteers out there, here are the things you need to know about coaching younger ...more

NCAA Signing Day - Notable soccer signings
by All White Kit
posted February 3, 2011 at 9:19am

The annual Kabuki Theatre that is NCAA Signing Day doesn’t exactly make me feel warm and fuzzy inside, especially with from most accounts more treachery than usual involved this season. The big winners this season would seem to be UCLA (a potential a...more

Natasha Hastings visits Dreher HS for National Signing Day and National Girls & Women in Sports Day #Rally4Girls
by Natasha Hastings
posted February 3, 2011 at 9:11am

“National Girls and Women in Sports” Well…late as usual, but at least tonight I have a few great things to share with you guys. Let’s start off with my performance last week at the 104th Millrose Games held at Madison Square Garden. Again, an e...more

The top ten traits shared by losers…and feared by coaches
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted February 2, 2011 at 4:36pm

source This was a popular post when I first put it up a few months ago and it has since found a new life over at Coach and Athletic Director magazine. Here it is, if you’d like to read it! Now here’s a teaser so that you know what’s in store for...more

Curley Center chat to address issues in covering recruiting
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 2, 2011 at 4:05pm

Sports fans across the country often follow the recruiting of potential college student-athletes as closely as any on-field action, and that coverage of high school students about to make major life decisions comes with many challenges for sports journali...more

Has youth soccer in America left behind the inner city?
by Chris Wimmer
posted February 2, 2011 at 2:40pm

I recently had the opportunity to attend a happy hour/fundraising event hosted by local soccer non-profit group, DC SCORES. DC SCORES aims to empower students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. During ...more

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