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[Video] Meet Jessie Banks - women's basketball pioneer
by jschonb
posted April 17, 2011 at 2:28pm

Jessie Banks is a retired women's basketball coach we had the pleasure of meeting at the WBCA Convention earlier this month in Indianapolis. She's a charter member of the WBCA and her love of the game is still evident after all this time. A coach for 1...more

Seven things successful coaches do
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 16, 2011 at 3:05am

source Coaches love to talk about success…it’s what we do! I came across a great article on the Harvard Business Review’s blog that I’m sure you’ll love. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently was written by a motivational psychologis...more

Registration open for NCAA Black Coaches & Administrators ACE Program
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted April 14, 2011 at 7:39pm

Registration is now open for the 2011 NCAA Black Coaches & Administrators Achieving Coaching Excellence Program (ACE), which provides professional development opportunities for current NCAA collegiate men’s and women’s basketball coaches. The 2011...more

Stanford’s Kelsey to Wisconsin
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 14, 2011 at 12:06am

Congratulations to former Stanford assistant coach Bobbie Kelsey, who was hired as the new head coach of Wisconsin’s women basketball. We are sorry to see her go, but at least she won’t be coaching in the PAC-10 against Stanford.What are Kelsey’s qu...more

How knowing your personality type will help you manage your team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 13, 2011 at 7:37pm

source I think personality assessment should be a must for every team. Why? Because I think the cause of most conflict is expecting others to act like you do. I’d written before about the DiSC assessment I use, focusing on your team’s interacti...more

Kudos, news and new NACWAA members
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted April 13, 2011 at 7:21pm

Dr. Donna C. Heinel has been promoted to Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator at the University of Southern California. She currently served as Assistant Athletic Director at USC. Jessica Huntley was named Director of Division III ...more

Tweener seasons, catch up with women's basketball news
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 13, 2011 at 7:15pm

New coaches:Wisconsin's new coach is none other than longtime Stanford assistant Bobbie Kelsey.Chantelle Anderson is now an assistant coach at Virginia Tech.Recruiting and club ball news:Bria Smith, who decommitted from Virginia after Debbie Ryan's depart...more

Tara VanDerveer: “You ARE On the Team”
by Mariah Burton Nelson: BEYOND WORKOUTS - Think of Yourself as an Athlete
posted April 13, 2011 at 1:30pm

A week before the WNBA draft I am at the Final Four. Tara VanDerveer has just been named Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. I tell her that I really appreciate the two receptions Stanford held for former players this year:...more

A chance to listen: I’m not just a coach, I’m a female coach
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted April 12, 2011 at 12:36pm

Maya Hamilton is an Assistant Swim Coach at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Blog written by Kinesiology graduate student Maya Hamilton. Sometimes the research on the lack of females in coaching and the issues they face seems like a broke...more

Three ways effective leaders build confidence within each team member
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 11, 2011 at 6:43pm

source Remember the movie Inception from last summer? I wrote a post about it back then wondering aloud what would happen if we could create confident athletes. Check it out and then come back and read this post because it’s the next step. The fi...more

Cal recruits making decisions amid coaching changes
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 11, 2011 at 2:18am

Erika Johnson doesn't know yet if she wants to stay or go. Reshanda Gray is staying. No word from Brittany Boyd.There's also been nothing from any of the UCLA recruits, who are in the same boat. Does that mean they're all staying? Are they waiting to see ...more

Congratulations Are in Order, Stanford
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 10, 2011 at 10:24am

Congratulations Stanford Head Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer for being named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. (Note, this is not the “Women’s” hall of fame, which Tara was elected to in 2002, but the “basketball�...more

Boyle leaves Cal for Virginia
by Left Coast Hoops
posted April 9, 2011 at 3:43pm

Joanne Boyle has accepted the head coaching job at the University of Virginia, leaving Cal after six seasons marked by the renewal of a program and a number of painful setbacks. Boyle leaves Cal with a 137-64 record. She led the Bears for four straight N...more

5 Reasons Why Nerds Will Take Over The Coaching World
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 9, 2011 at 10:28am

source I’ve got this idea in my head that we coaches are all insane about our sports. We work crazy hours, drive all over looking for new players, and we’re (hopefully) always trying to learn and get better. The first time I wrote about coaching ...more

Getting to know new Washington coach Kevin McGuff
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 8, 2011 at 8:28pm

Excuse the McGuff's if they're a little excited about Notre Dame playing for the NCAA championship on Tuesday in Indiana. Both have strong ties to the Irish, mostly it being the school where Kevin McGuff and his wife Letitia met. The couple traveled to S...more

Would more women in MMA cause mainstream shift?
by Cheryl Ragsdale
posted April 8, 2011 at 3:39pm

How do you take MMA - a fringe sport - mainstream? Jonny Bones Jones, the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, is pulling MMA fighters in front of mainstream audiences by appearing with Kirstie Alley and Jay Leno on the Tonight Show. Much is expected...more

Wrapping up the 2010-2011 NCAA women's basketball season
by Left Coast Hoops
posted April 8, 2011 at 3:11am

Wrapping this season up with a bow and saying thank you to everybody for all of your support. Special thanks to Deb Gumbley, who provided me with photos, a bottle of wine and kind words whenever I needed them. More news to come in the next few days, no ...more

Student-Athletes inspired by women of experience
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted April 7, 2011 at 6:13pm

University of Indianapolis student-athletes Shanese McGregor, Kristin Turner and Nicole Duncan are now primed to carry the torch for women in athletics. Lee Morrison, NACWAA member and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, sponsored the three women to...more

Joanne Boyle named Virginia coach
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 7, 2011 at 5:47pm

Cal Coach Joanne Boyle stated the other night that she "is not the Virginia coach." But she is now, according to CBS19:The University of Virginia has its next women's basketball coach. CBS19 has confirmed that Joanne Boyle, who spent the last six years as...more

Softball Tips - How to avoid injuries and poor performance
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 7, 2011 at 2:07pm

Don't Skimp on the Warm-ups Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog You would think that this week's rant topic would be pretty self-evident. Yet apparently it's not. I keep hearing stories about coaches (many of them HS coaches ...more

Division I women's basketball coaching vacancies
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 7, 2011 at 12:35am

Lots of these, unfortunately:A Change At The TopSchool Former Coach New Coach Fordham - Cathy Andruzzi, Stephanie Gaitley High Point - Tooey Loy UIC - Lisa Ryckbosch LSU - Van Chancellor, Nikki Caldwell Maine - Cindy Blodgett Monmouth - Stephanie Gait...more

Three lessons your team can learn from the movie Hoosiers
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 6, 2011 at 12:48pm

source In Effective Use of Films For Goal Setting, I talked about the movie Hoosiers and how it can be used to challenge your team to blow past preconceived notions of how good they can be. I haven’t used the movie as a rah-rah “let’s beat the do...more

Joanne Boyle says she's not leaving Cal
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 6, 2011 at 10:39am

There's a rumor going around that Joanne Boyle is taking the Virginia job. Not so, says Boyle.Stay tuned. ...more

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