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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

NCAA Softball: Arizona schools travel to Northern California and Big 10 action coming up
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 1, 2009 at 3:44pm

The Arizona schools travel to play their northern California counterparts this weekend. More specifically, the scheduling gives U-of-A two games with Stanford and one with Cal. A look at the top of the current standings shows the importance of the Wildc...more

Ultimate Frisbee takes off for women
by Pretty Tough
posted April 30, 2009 at 4:55pm

In the last 10 years, Ultimate Frisbee has become one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. It is played in more than 42 countries. Ultimate’s success at the college level, attracting traditional athletes from other sports like soccer and football to...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

Mental Training Tips - Are Pre-Game Jitters Good or Bad?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 30, 2009 at 10:42am

Yesterday, the younger daughter of my assistant coach was playing her first game of the season on a her travel team. He told me she was all excited but nervous at the same time. She had pre-game jitters. The girls on my team are feeling the same way ab...more

Countdown to Senior Night: The Gilroy Tribute You Have All Been Waiting For
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted April 30, 2009 at 1:15am

Sports Girl Kat’s note: Due to a number of factors, I was unable to post all of the Countdown to Senior Night pieces I had desired when I launched the series. They are no longer timely, and so will never see the light of day. However, I did receive one ...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

Pac-10 Softball Update
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 29, 2009 at 1:53pm

The Pac 10 offers some important midweek games today, as UCLA travels to Washington, and Arizona visits ASU. In Tempe, it will be a double-header of sorts, as the teams will first finish a rain-suspended game from earlier in the season (with U-of-A in th...more

Delaware State cuts wrestling
by Title IX Blog
posted April 29, 2009 at 1:52pm

DSU announced yesterday that it is cutting its wrestling team due to economic issues, gender equity concerns, and issues around the team's academic performance.The last is a problem plaguing several DSU teams and will likely result in some NCAA sanctions....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

UConn women’s basketball champions visit White House
by Pretty Tough
posted April 27, 2009 at 7:41pm

The benefits of being the best. Win a national championship and you, too, could go to the White House. A championship ceremony at the White House is standard for many national sports teams. But shooting hoops with the president, now that’s something e...more

Maine cuts two sports
by Title IX Blog
posted April 27, 2009 at 5:39pm

The University of Maine is cutting two varsity sports this year: women's volleyball and men's soccer. Economic woes are behind the cuts. Losing these two programs will save the department, which is being required to participate in its share of the school'...more

Getting Over Getting Cut in Girls Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 27, 2009 at 2:28pm

We just finished our first round of girls hockey tryouts for next year’s teams here in Toronto, which means that there are some players with broken hearts out there. I’ve been cut my fair share of times in my hockey career and I know how much it suc...more

College Softball: Weekend Wrap 4/26/09
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 27, 2009 at 12:25am

With a two-game sweep at Missouri this weekend, Oklahoma has clinched the Big 12 title for this year.UCLA added a Saturday-Sunday sweep over ASU (now 7-6 in the conference), to its Friday night win over U-of-A, to round out its swing through Arizona. The...more

MIT cutting 8 sports
by Title IX Blog
posted April 25, 2009 at 1:07pm

MIT announced yesterday that it will cut eight varsity sports from what was once the largest (tied with Harvard at 41 sports) roster of intercollegiate sports in the country.Citing current and forthcoming budget issues (the institution as a whole is looki...more

Women “On the Field”: Strategies for Increasing Female Youth Sport Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 24, 2009 at 1:43pm

Given that less than 20% of youth coaches are female, which I wrote about in my last blog I wanted to post some strategies that developed from the voices of mother-coaches that I inerviewed with colleague Sarah Leberman (Massey U, NZ). The women identif...more

College softball "Watch List"
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 24, 2009 at 12:57pm

Ultimate College Softball has put up its Watch List (to be updated daily) of all NCAA Division I teams' prospects of making the 64-team national tournament field. Take a look to see whether your favorite team is already projected to be "In" on the basis ...more

Sand Volleyball: Flip-flops, Part II
by Title IX Blog
posted April 24, 2009 at 10:31am

The news that the NCAA has named sand volleyball has created some discussion--and concerns. With the economy in the toilet and so many athletic departments struggling, some are wondering how sand volleyball is going to get started. And it's true that disc...more

A Journey from One Uniform to Another
by anngaff
posted April 24, 2009 at 1:45am

I grew up a soccer player. The baggier the uniform, the better. My teammates and I were always coming up with new and creative ways to make a baggy uniform look cool...tie the sleeves up with pre-wrap, roll the shorts, tuck in only the front of the sh...more

Athlete-Coach Communication Is Key
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 23, 2009 at 3:33pm

My 7 year old is a competitive swimmer, but she is also a very intense and literal child (like most kids are). Last night at practice she found out that one of her good friends had been moved up to the next training group. The first words out of her mouth...more

Final awards for Stanford women
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 22, 2009 at 2:04am

Stanford had its end of the year banquet on April 15th and C and R were busy filing their taxes. Here’s what they missed. Lots of awards were given out. Let's Start with the individuals:Senior guard/forward Jillian Harmon brought her memorable Stanford...more

Youth Sport Needs More Female Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 21, 2009 at 1:19pm

A lot of my research is done in youth sport contexts, including examining the barriers that prevent females from entering into youth sport coaching. While the under representation of female coaches at the collegiate level is given attention (See Acosta ...more

Read On: Pretty Tough Book Club
by Pretty Tough
posted April 19, 2009 at 12:33pm

Last month I received a note from a teacher at Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida who is a huge fan of ”Pretty Tough” by Liz Tigelaar, the first book in our young adult sporty fiction series. JoJo says, “I loved it as a teacher who sees s...more

Big 12 leader Missouri completea a 12-0 run-rule shellacking of Texas Tech
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 18, 2009 at 7:40pm

Just a couple hours ago, Big 12 leader Missouri completed a 12-0 run-rule shellacking of Texas Tech here in Lubbock (article). As noted in the ESPN.com article I cited in yesterday's posting, Mizzou relies on both aggressive baserunning and powerful hitt...more

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