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Coach's Corner: 4 sure-fire reasons loyalty is vital to your team’s success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 4, 2010 at 6:18pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both t...more

Donna Orender to leave WNBA
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 3, 2010 at 7:45pm

Donna Orender, the president of the WNBA (and fellow twin mom) has announced she will be leaving the WNBA on December 31st so start her own marketing company. Orender has been running the Women’s National Basketball League since April of 2005 and she h...more

Longwood suspends head coach Kristin Caruso for an indefinite period of time
by HoopFeed.com
posted December 3, 2010 at 5:41pm

From the Longwood University Athletic Department: Longwood University Director of Athletics Troy Austin has announced the indefinite suspension of women’s basketball head coach Kristin Caruso pending resolution of a personnel matter. Austin indicated...more

Coach Janice Richard - An amazing compettitor
by Hoop Thoughts
posted December 3, 2010 at 3:11pm

I was very saddened today to learn of the passing of Coach Janice Richard, the women's basketball coach at Louisiana College. Coach Richard died yesterday following a five-year battle with breast cancer. I got to know Coach Richard through efforts to ...more

Softball Hitting Tips - Learning to Start with the Hips
by Softball Performance Blog
posted December 1, 2010 at 11:46pm

These days you’ll get little debate regarding the importance of starting the swing with the hips (or core muscles) rather than the upper body. It’s at least one thing that is fairly universal among hitting instructors and those who are students of h...more

BFF’s: Why friendship is important to your team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:53pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both th...more

Coach's Corner: The art of how to treat people
by Hoop Thoughts
posted December 1, 2010 at 1:09pm

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, andyou help them to become what they are capable of being."–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...more

No BS Softball Pitching Tips
by Softball Performance Blog
posted November 30, 2010 at 9:19pm

I recently received an inquiry via e-mail from a concerned softball mom regarding some softball training information for pitchers that was passed along to her. Apparently someone she knew went to a pitching clinic and was told… If you train for str...more

A funny video about youth soccer parents
by One Sport Voice
posted November 29, 2010 at 8:40pm

A colleague sent me this Xtranormal video today about a youth soccer mom’s advice to the coach. I had to share it. ...more

Get Fired Up! 3 Reasons Why Enthusiasm Will Make You A Better Coach
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 29, 2010 at 7:30pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both the...more

Geno Auriemma gets personal
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 28, 2010 at 5:07pm

UConn Coach Geno Auriemma took shots at one of his players, and at Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt, in a post-game press conference tonight.Here's the Stefanie Dolson insult:“I just thought Samarie’s been working at a real high level in practice,’’ he...more

Whether motivation or sarcasm, Auriemma takes comments too far
by Same Size Balls
posted November 28, 2010 at 1:06pm

After UConn’s 81-38 win on Saturday over Lehigh University, head coach Geno Auriemma ripped into the recent play of freshman center, Stefanie Dolson. According to Rich Elliott of the Connecticut Post, Auriemma made some arguably demeaning shots at Dols...more

Why Anne Donovan went to Seton Hall
by Swish Appeal
posted November 27, 2010 at 10:08am

"By 2007, her fourth year in Seattle, the job had become a grind, her relationships with management and her players growing stale. She had tired of working with them, and it seemed they had tired of working with her." An article by Mike Sielski in the W...more

Coach as puzzle solver: The joys and challenges of figuring out your team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 23, 2010 at 12:50am

source < p> I sometimes think folks think this coaching gig is a walk in the park. Learn about your sport, tell the team what to do, and sit down and let the magic happen. But as we all know, our teams are like one giant if/then clause: you know...more

Riding The Pine: When To Bench A Player
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 20, 2010 at 10:11am

source “The bench screams.” –Ron Wilson, Head Coach, Toronto Maple Leafs My general philosophy in life is to say what you mean and mean what you say. But how long is too long to keep saying the same thing to a player? You’ve told her for an ...more

From Russia to the Midwest, Pokey Chatman expects nothing less than success
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 19, 2010 at 1:17am

College coaches who make the career transition to leading a team on the professional level do not always meet with success. Faced with the reality of more fragile job security and owners who seek fast results of underperforming teams, many coaches pr...more

Softball Coaching Tips - Are You a Manager or a Coach?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted November 18, 2010 at 11:02pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Right now we're in kind of a lull period for fastpitch softball. Fall ball is over, and so many teams have either shut down completely for the holidays, or have at least dialed back on what ...more

What can coaches use besides punishment?
by One Sport Voice
posted November 18, 2010 at 1:08pm

In my last blog A Word About the Use of Punishment in Youth Sport I wrote about some of the potential negative consequences of using punishment. Punishment from a sport psychology perspective is adding something an athlete perceives as negative or avers...more

Believing And Achieving: 3 Ways To Encourage Belief In Ourselves And Our Athletes
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 18, 2010 at 11:14am

source “Don’t be controlled by fear, but by belief.” –Jerry Angelo, General Manager, Chicago Bears If the only thing to fear is fear itself (thanks FDR!), is the only thing to believe belief itself? Let’s look at three ways belief plays a ro...more

Tara talks Utah, UConn and other topics…
by Left Coast Hoops
posted November 18, 2010 at 1:02am

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer did a conference call Wednesday morning in advance of her team’s first road trip of the season, a two-game sojourn to Utah and Gonzaga. VanDerveer addressed a number of topics, including last night’s Connecticut-Baylor ...more

Coach's Corner: TEAM
by Hoop Thoughts
posted November 16, 2010 at 2:46pm

Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.Philippians 2:3-4 ...more

A word about the use of punishment in youth sport
by One Sport Voice
posted November 15, 2010 at 6:39pm

I get many calls and questions from coaches about the use of punishment in youth sport. Punishment from a sport psychology perspective is adding something an athlete perceives as negative or aversive. Examples of commonly used punishments yelling, exerci...more

Softball Confidence - You Can Build It or Destroy It
by Softball Performance Blog
posted November 15, 2010 at 12:43pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog I have to say that my favorite compliment to receive as a coach isn't about how much better a kid hits, pitches, plays third base, etc. It's when a parent says, "You've given my daughter so ...more

Five Preseason Questions: What makes Azzi a 'natural' coach? How will that help her at USF?
by Swish Appeal
posted November 13, 2010 at 4:15pm

If you were wondering how much University of San Francisco players know about first-year coach Jennfier Azzi, you're not alone. "These guys? Not so much," said Azzi's former Stanford teammate and current USF assistant Katy Steding. "I think they kno...more

Good Is The Enemy Of Great: How Perfectionism Is Killing Your Team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 13, 2010 at 1:04pm

source It’s amazing that people admit to being perfectionists. To me, it’s a disorder, not unlike obsessive-compulsive disorder. And like obsessive-compulsive disorder, perfectionism messes you up. It also messes up the people around you, because per...more

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