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3 Ways To Keep Your Studs Studly
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 16, 2011 at 7:39pm

source Coaches rarely talk about these players, perhaps for fear of stating the obvious. But all of us have a player on our team that is good enough to carry the lion’s share of points. The opponents know it, they game plan for her. Our teams kno...more

Softball Tips - The Pre-Game Pep Talk
by Softball Performance Blog
posted August 16, 2011 at 4:14pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog If the movies have taught us anything, it's the importance of the pre-game pep talk. Whether it's Knute Rockne telling the boys to win one for the Gipper (played by former President Ronald R...more

“Build for today”: An Interview With Emma Hayes
by All White Kit
posted August 16, 2011 at 1:47pm

Emma Hayes has been involved in WPS since the league’s inception in 2009. The former Arsenal Ladies assistant coach helmed the Chicago Red Stars in 2009 and midway through 2010 before taking the role of Technical Director with the Washington Freedom ...more

NACWAA to Collaborate With NCAA Committee on Athletics Certification
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted August 16, 2011 at 1:36am

NACWAA has had recent conversations with several members of the NCAA staff and leadership regarding plans for overall modifications and improvements in the Division I Athletics Certification process. Currently there is a moratorium on any member institu...more

Temeka Johnson blogs about overcoming defeat
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 15, 2011 at 5:25pm

The following comes from the blog "Meek's Moments" written by one of my student-athletes and current starting point guard of the Phoenix Mercury, Temeka Johnson. Meek basically uses her blog to help promote her HOPE Foundation. She has took her profe...more

Tara VanDerveer and Teresa Edwards Join Basketball Royalty in the Naismith Hall of Fame
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2011 at 9:55am

Two of women's basketball's mavens were enshrined into the finest of all the basketball halls - in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball. I've walked those halls, reading about the ancestry of the game, the men and women who shaped th...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

Tara-isms: Words of Wisdom From a Hall of Fame Bound Coach
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 12, 2011 at 1:48pm

Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday, August 12th. She is currently only one of seven women to be inducted into that hallowed Hall, so that makes it even more special. You ca...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

Six Feet of Girl and No Candy - Basketball Practice in 1898
by LostCentury
posted August 9, 2011 at 11:56am

March 25, 1898 article from San Francisco Call describes training methods and practice for women's basketball team....more

Tara VanDerveer going to the Basketball Hall of Fame!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 9, 2011 at 1:03am

Sorry it has been awhile since we wrote a blog (apologies to good friend P). Just, we’re on summer vacation and Twitter is so much easier to blurt out somethin’ short and silly. Or just retweet what others say so we don’t have to think of anything...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

3 Steps Innovative Leaders Take With Their Teams
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 6, 2011 at 1:07pm

source I’m sure most of us understand that athletics teach more than the individual skills required to perform a particular sport. We’re teaching team chemistry, how to win and lose with grace, and leadership…among other things. This post will ...more

Another Reason to Love Pia Sundhage
by From A Left Wing
posted August 4, 2011 at 12:32am

I wish I could take credit for finding this video of Pia Sundhage playing the guitar and singing a Swedish Joan Armatrading-ish track. My archive isn't that deep, however. So we owe a big thank you to Jen O'Neil of She Kicks (via twitter @SheKicksdotnet) ...more

An Interview With Oregon State University Head Soccer Coach Linus Rhode
by All White Kit
posted August 3, 2011 at 2:47am

So today may be August 2 but that won’t stop us from declaring August AWK’s months of interviews. We aim to deliver an exclusive interview with notable players and coaches from WPS, the Women’s World Cup, and more each and every day this month. A...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

Carolina Morace resigns as head coach of Canadian women's team
by Bench Warmer
posted July 26, 2011 at 2:09pm

The happy marriage gone sour between Carolina Morace and the CSA has ended in an unexpected divorce. Wednesday afternoon during the CSA's formal debriefing, Morace announced she'll no longer coach the women's program. "We planned the debrief and we were...more

Assistant coaching symposium sets date and site for 2012
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 26, 2011 at 11:58am

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 25, 2011) – Felicia Hall Allen & Associates announced today that the city of Dallas (Texas) has been selected as the site for the 2012 Assistant Basketball Coaches Symposium, A STEP UP (Athletic Symposium to Elevate & Uplif...more

Morace resigns as Canadian Head Coach following disastrous WWC
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2011 at 2:25am

Good news? Bad news? Head coach Carolina Morace and her staff, including assistant coach and former Canadian national team midfielder Andrea Neil, resigned Wednesday, July 20 during the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 debriefing and analysis meeting with ...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

The Joys Of Coaching Female Athletes
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted July 22, 2011 at 6:56pm

source Usually, when I tell someone that I love coaching female athletes, the person I’m talking to starts giggling. Granted, I’m a pretty funny lady, but that’s one topic I don’t joke about. During “I Love Coaching” month, I’ve been ta...more

Washington basketball coach Kevin McGuff completes starting five
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted July 21, 2011 at 2:01am

First-year UW coach Kevin McGuff welcomed his fifth child into the world on Tuesday, a daughter named Lily Elizabeth Marrissa. She was born at 1:50 p.m., giving the McGuffs four girls and one boy -- a complete starting lineup for basketball. But wife Let...more

In an Unexpected Move, Teresa Edwards Adds Kathy McConnell-Miller to Tulsa Shock Staff
by Swish Appeal
posted July 21, 2011 at 1:59am

The Tulsa Shock have a new addition to the bench to help interim head coach Teresa Edwards finish the season. Kathy McConnell-Miller joins the organization and will take her place alongside Edwards after the all-star break, on July 26 against the Atlanta...more

Sherri Murrell: Pioneer and Role Model
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted July 20, 2011 at 3:44pm

Here is a great article about Sherri Murrell, the openly lesbian women's basketball coach at Portland State University. The emails that she receives from closeted coaches are particularly moving. ...more

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