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LaVoi’s 3C’s of Effective Coaching
by One Sport Voice
posted October 17, 2009 at 9:39pm

If there is one theoretical framework that can easily be applied to helping coaches be more effective, it is the motivational framework of the Self-Determination Theory (SDT). SDT posits that human beings have 3 essential needs: the need for relatedness...more

Scenes from Midnight Madness 2009
by Swish Appeal
posted October 17, 2009 at 9:02pm

UConn Men's/Women's Basketball - Tina Charles dunks (via WTNH) Syracuse Women's Basketball UMBC Women's Basketball < p>Eastern Michigan University Virginia Tech ...more

The cheerleading debate continues
by After Atalanta
posted October 17, 2009 at 6:52pm

I am a little bit tired of talking about cheerleading but I have acquired a critical mass of stories (i.e. three) about cheerleading so it seemed to indicate that a blog post was in order.USA Today ran a point/counterpoint editorial on the merits of cheer...more

It’s just one meet – Making the decision to compete or not
by Sports Girls Play
posted October 17, 2009 at 12:57pm

In the world of youth sports it is so easy to get caught up in the emotion and get into the mindset that every competition, game, or match is the most important event. What if the athlete is injured, sick or physically unprepared for the competition? How ...more

Former High School Player of the Year Elena Della Donne returns to basketball at Delaware
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 17, 2009 at 12:23pm

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Health & Nutrition: Pretty Tough Podcasts
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted October 16, 2009 at 7:24pm

Know teen athletes? Listen to my latest podcast on meals and meal timing with @PrettyTough http://ping.fm/qMetv I’m recording dozens of podcasts with Pretty Tough on sports nutrition. This is so important because female athletes have important nutrit...more

Women's wrestling coming to Texas
by Title IX Blog
posted October 16, 2009 at 6:43pm

High school wrestling in Texas may not be as big as football but 7,000 high schoolers compete in the sport. But there are no intercollegiate wrestling programs in the state.Wayland Baptist University in Plainview is changing that. The university will add ...more

Why Can’t DIII Football Be Co-Ed?
by Fair Game News
posted October 16, 2009 at 12:29pm

Lebanon Valley College photo By Laura Pappano The phrase “college football” evokes testosterone-charged pre-U.S. Marine-style intensity and mammoth bodies colliding at ridiculously odd angles and high speeds. That may accurately describe DI teams...more

What do online college coach biographies tell us about inclusivity?
by One Sport Voice
posted October 16, 2009 at 11:51am

See a guest column I wrote with graduate student Austin Stair Calhoun for the Women’s Sports Foundation, It Takes a Team newsletter titled: What Can Online Intercollegiate Coach Biographies Tell Us About Inclusivity and Tolerance of Diverse Sexual Ori...more

Lacrosse Coach Jaime Sellers Part II
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 15, 2009 at 5:58pm

Remember we talked to Jaime Sellers, Stanford Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach. We recently heard from Jaime and she had some more to say. Previously we asked her how she got a paying coaching job right out of college and Jaime wanted to talk more about...more

Settlement ends Title IX suit against FHSAA
by Title IX Blog
posted October 15, 2009 at 12:10pm

The controversy in Florida that resulted when the state's athletic association that proposed a cost-saving schedule reduction for every sport except football and cheer was largely resolved over the summer, when the FHSAA rescinded the proposal in response...more

Tales from the Tee – Better than a Barbie
by Sports Girls Play
posted October 14, 2009 at 1:54pm

I just had to chuckle when I read the latest entry at Women on Course’s Tales from the Tee blog. Author Carolyn Luepkes talks about how she got her 6 year old granddaughter hooked on playing golf – and how well her granddaughter picked it up. I just ...more

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
by Sport Management Education
posted October 12, 2009 at 11:37am

Final Four Leadership One of the unique aspects of sports is the degree of publicity athletes generate in the mass media. Unfortunately, many star athletes have gained notoriety based upon negative attention in the news. I am happy to report that many ...more

WCC #1 Fan?
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 9, 2009 at 9:46pm

C and R got an email from the University of San Francisco Athletics Department. They wanted to let us know about their new ad campaign to attract more fans to their women’s basketball games and wanted our help to get the word out. Then a week later we g...more

Throwing it back: 12 year old girl sues over milestone baseball
by Pretty Tough
posted October 9, 2009 at 7:38pm

A 12-year-old Florida girl who grabbed a historic home run ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard over the summer has her prize back after suing the team for its return. According to the AP, the July home run against the Florida Marlins ...more

NCAA career development program for women
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted October 9, 2009 at 1:29pm

University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com The NCAA is holding a career development program that’s targeting women, announced today. It’s going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the ...more

Washington forward Liz Lay among healthy returnees
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 8, 2009 at 9:23pm

Washington hoops were almost a vision of every coach's dream - healthy players filing onto the practice court for offseason training. But then coach Tia Jackson was delayed to the session, stuck in the training room due to an apparent injury to C Regina R...more

The current climate for LBGT athletes
by After Atalanta
posted October 8, 2009 at 12:34pm

I attended a panel the other night of LGBT student-athletes and other athletic department personnel.Here's what I came away with: things are not good but people think they are getting better.And I guess they are if you look at from a certain point of view...more

Lacrosse Anyone?
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 8, 2009 at 12:04pm

This is R. C has taken the lead in writing our blogs and this is my first solo blog in years - although, C will edit it, post it to our website, probably do some formatting, and maybe even spray a little Windex on it…and, well, did I say I was doing th...more

College ticket prices: Why they reveal a post Title IX problem
by Fair Game News
posted October 7, 2009 at 4:32pm

By Laura Pappano Reporter Libby Sander’s short piece in yesterday’s Chronicle of Higher Education (click here to read it), highlighted our Wellesley Centers for Women study with a simple headline: “Even at Elite Programs, Ticket Prices for Women’...more

New research addresses discrimination in ticket prices
by Title IX Blog
posted October 7, 2009 at 1:29pm

A new report by researchers at the Wellesley Centers for Women examines the gender gap in ticket prices for Division I college basketball. Significantly, the report explains that ticket prices are set by athletic departments' own judgments of the value o...more

How NOT to get noticed in girls hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted October 6, 2009 at 5:42pm

I was at the Under-15 Team Ontario tryouts this past weekend in Ottawa, sharing off-ice training, nutrition and mental performance strategies with the 80+ girls hockey players at the camp. Every player there wanted to stand out and make the team and I we...more

Cal's Tierra Rogers
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 3, 2009 at 7:17pm

Being a blog about Stanford women’s basketball, we love to make fun of Cal. This year, Cal has recruited an excellent class of freshmen and C and R are already thinking Stanford is going to really have their hands full. We are sorry to hear about Cal fr...more

Former UW center Heidi McNeill playing overseas
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted October 2, 2009 at 8:00pm

Former Washington center Heidi McNeill signed to play in Austria, appearing in her first game on Saturday. It's not the most competitive league overseas, but even some Storm players are having trouble securing jobs, so McNeill is fortunate. "It's the eco...more

HS sports: 'one of the next great markets'
by Sports, Media & Society
posted October 2, 2009 at 7:34pm

According to rankings, the biggest high school football game in the country tonight will be played in South Florida tonight and will -- courtesy of ESPN -- be aired for the nation to watch. Marketers from Nike and other major brands will be watching becau...more

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