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When coaches bully (Part 2)
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 10, 2011 at 7:58pm

On December 22 I briefly noted a lawsuit in Kilgore, TX in which the mother of a lesbian high school softball player (identified as S.W. in the lawsuit) is suing the Kilgore Independent School District, the athletic director, the head softball coach and t...more

The top 5 qualities to look for in team leaders
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted January 10, 2011 at 1:15pm

source < p> Great leaders . Everyone’s looking for them. Check out this list for a good start at creating the type of leaders that will put your team on the road to success. 5 things that coaches look for in captains and team leaders 1. �...more

More on USC-UCLA women's basketball game
by They're Playing Basketball
posted January 9, 2011 at 3:03pm

IM in OC - a huge USC fan - sat behind the Trojan bench yesterday and provided these great photos.USC Coach Michael Cooper diagrams a play at a timeout.Len'Nique Brown at the free throw line in the second half.USC's new athletic director, Pat Haden, takes...more

Skill Development: It’s Easy As 1-2-3
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted January 7, 2011 at 12:07pm

source < p> “People don’t know how ordinary success is.” –Olympic gold-medalist swimmer, Mary T. Meagher Outstanding. Elite. Excellent. Success. Those are words that we use to describe what we want for our athletes. We want the be...more

April Heinrichs, Bob Gansler, and fingerspitzengefühl!
by Soccer Science
posted January 7, 2011 at 9:56am

Above, NSCAA coaches watch a high school boy’s team for our Match Analysis session on Tuesday night. The times are a-changin’ Even though we’ve been crazy busy at the NSCAA Premier Diploma course in Ft. Lauderdale, it’s important to note that...more

Video: Pat Summitt honored on new Riverwalk of Fame in Knoxville
by HoopFeed.com
posted January 6, 2011 at 9:15am

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To Yell Or Not To Yell, That Is The Question
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted January 5, 2011 at 1:41pm

source I’m not a yeller. I’ve been coached by yellers and I’ve worked alongside yellers, but I’ve decided to take a different path for myself. Saying that though, I have nothing against coaches who yell at their players at the collegiate leve...more

NSCAA Premier Diploma Day 2, with MLS Coach of the Year Schellas Hyndman
by Soccer Science
posted January 5, 2011 at 9:38am

It’s not every day you get to learn from the 2010 MLS Coach of the Year. But today was my day. The one and only Schellas Hyndman took center stage this morning, and it was awesome. 4-4-2 in the Classroom The day started in the classroom, where ...more

NSCAA Premier Diploma – Day 1 in the Books
by Soccer Science
posted January 4, 2011 at 8:52am

Arrival in Florida I knew it was going to be an amazing week when I walked in the hotel door today because NSCAA Director of Coaching Education and Development, Jeff Tipping, and NSCAA Vice President of Education, Paul Payne, were sitting in the lobby...more

Can you sum up your coaching philosophy in 8 words or less?
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted January 3, 2011 at 8:26pm

source What do you believe? What’s important to you? What do you value? Those are all questions that go into creating your own personal coaching philosophy. I’ve gone through Franklin Covey courses where we’re asked to create our own missio...more

Who will my instructor be for the NSCAA Premier Diploma?
by Soccer Science
posted January 3, 2011 at 10:04am

From January 3-9, I’ll be in Ft. Lauderdale taking the NSCAA Premier Diploma. Check in throughout the week as I’ll be blogging from the course and as always, tweeting at @vandey01. On the eve of the course, I’m excited to to learn who my staff i...more

Former Golden Bear Lauren Greif discusses coaching at Stanford against Cal
by Left Coast Hoops
posted January 3, 2011 at 10:02am

Lauren Greif is sitting on the Stanford bench and not looking all that comfortable. That shouldn’t be a surprise. Greif spent four years as a starting guard at Cal and now she works as an intern on Tara VanDerveer’s staff at Stanford. Greif took a fe...more

Fave Friday!: My Favorite Five From Coach Dawn Writes
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 31, 2010 at 3:46pm

source Everywhere you look today, you’re going to see Top 10 lists for this or that. But I know that you’ve got big plans for the evening and don’t have time to sit around reading about my favorite ten posts from Coach Dawn Writes. So in the in...more

Wooden: Make Better People Not Better Players
by Hoop Thoughts
posted December 30, 2010 at 10:13am

Received this today from Coach Dale Brown:Coach John Wooden said, "A coach's primary function should not be to make better players but to make better people. Lift others even with your critical analysis. This is still the best method to get the best out o...more

Eight Is Great: Coach Dawn writes’ 8 most popular articles
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 29, 2010 at 1:57pm

source < p> Are you on winter break from work and looking for something to do? Well, it’s your lucky day, because I’ve got the top posts from Coach Dawn Writes ready for you…right here at your finger tips! I based the list on how many times ...more

Lessons of my team's 2010 season
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 28, 2010 at 8:43pm

I coach high school cross country. Or rather, I did. Facing a $39 million budget shortfall, last spring our school district cut four sports, cross country among them. I offered to work for free, but in a large 60-school bureaucracy such things don't...more

7 Websites That Will Make You A Better Coach
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:13pm

source It’s that time of the year, where everywhere you go you’re hearing about the “top ten” this and the “best of” that…so I figured I’d hop on the bandwagon. I am admitted addicted to all things electronic and social media, so I’...more

St. Vincent’s coach Kristen Zawacki dies of apparent heart attack on Christmas
by HoopFeed.com
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:12pm

From Saint Vincent College Athletics: It is with great sadness that I share with you the tragic news of the death of Kristen Zawacki, associate athletic director and the first and only head coach of the Lady Bearcats. She died of natural causes due ...more

Softball Tips: Enjoy It While You Can
by Softball Performance Blog
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:10pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Maybe it's the impending holidays (especially the coming New Year) that has me thinking this way. Or maybe it's that I was just going through ASA's cumbersome online registration process. In an...more

Feliz Navidad: 5 gifts Santa can drop off for coaches
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 24, 2010 at 2:13pm

source < p> If you’re out shopping today, then you’ve missed the fun part of shopping…where everyone’s happy and smiling and singing carols. Now people are stressed, desperate, and not quite as friendly. But don’t you worry, I sent my ...more

VanDerveer gets win 800, beating USF 100-45
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted December 23, 2010 at 5:39pm

The day dawned glorious before us: we had tickets to the exclusive, only-museum-in North-America hosting the post-impressionists from Paris (yes, we have other interests beside basketball, too), dinner in SF and a Stanford basketball game where head coach...more

The other women’s basketball milestone: 800 wins
by Byline to Finish Line
posted December 23, 2010 at 12:38pm

Lost amid the power of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team and the debate over how to compare men’s and women’s and sports, Tara VanDerveer quietly earned her 800th career coaching victory at Stanford. It doesn’t seem like much ...more

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