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April Fools
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 1, 2010 at 11:39pm

Okay, C and R, at the risk of being big April Fools, want to comment on Baylor’s 6’8” center Brittney Griner and to be even more foolish, give her coaching advice, because we have no national titles or conference titles or any pedigree in college co...more

Static Stretching in Softball Warm-Ups - More Wrong Than Ever
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 1, 2010 at 5:25pm

Static stretching in warm-ups - DO NOT! This morning, like I do every month, I was perusing the latest edition of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. It's the gold standard when it comes to stay on top of the latest scientific advance...more

12 Simple Yet Significant Daily To Do's For Leaders
by Hoop Thoughts
posted April 1, 2010 at 12:35pm

Special thanks to Coach Steve Smiley for his list of daily do's for leaders. And while I'm at it -- Happy Birthday Steve!1. Be the hardest worker at practice today.Without fail, one of the quickest ways to impact a team is with your own work ethic. Choos...more

Try To Develop Your Hindsight Early
by Softball Performance Blog
posted March 31, 2010 at 11:42pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Last week I was out watching a high school game. During the game I wound up chatting with the father of a girl I used to coach. She was actually a year younger than most of the girls on the te...more

Avoid This Costly Softball Coaching Mistake
by Softball Performance Blog
posted March 31, 2010 at 6:40pm

One of the "givens" about coaching softball is that you'll always have people that grumble, complain, and criticize what you do. While it may seem like your season will go smoother and be less stressful if you try to make or keep everyone happy, this...more

Hockey Coach Goes Ape Shit (VIDEO!)
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 30, 2010 at 10:41pm

Jim Playfair, the coach of the Abbotsford Heat (an AHL team) totally lost his shit during a game against the Hamilton Bulldogs after one of his players was kicked out of the game. I have very little to add, but this is some good television – or interne...more

Anne Donovan leaving New York Liberty to coach Seton Hall
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 29, 2010 at 3:19pm

Hall of Famer Anne Donovan, coach of the WNBA New York Liberty, is set to take over at Seton Hall. The hiring was first reported by The Record of Hackensack on its website Sunday night. Just a few hours after the news spread via Twitter, NJ.com/The Star...more

Anne Donovan to Seton Hall; Libs screwed (again)?
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted March 29, 2010 at 11:55am

According to the good people at RebKell, it looks like Anne Donovan - the head coach of the New York Liberty after Pat Coyle was fired in mid-season - is going to take the job at Seton Hall University. It would be her first college coaching job.From Nort...more

Thoughts on point guard play
by Hoop Thoughts
posted March 24, 2010 at 10:02pm

The following are some notes that our Tae Tae LeBlanc (a Lady Tiger point guard) took at Don Meyer's Perimeter Camp in 2005. The experience for Tae Tae was excellent and made a huge difference in her approach and made her a bigger player:2 Kinds of point ...more

Coaching Softball: Tips for coaching Generation Y
by Softball Performance Blog
posted March 24, 2010 at 5:55pm

TIPS FOR COACHING GENERATION Y Coaching can be a difficult task, especially when you consider all the planning, nurturing, and guiding that comes with the position. What can make your job even more challenging is the process of building a good rapport ...more

Sherri Murrell: Coming out and winning
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 22, 2010 at 8:47pm

Sherri Murrell is the head coach of the Portland State Women’s basketball team. They just concluded a successful season winning the Big Sky tournament and scoring a spot in the NCAA tournament. Facing number 2 seed, Texas A&M;, the 15th seeded Vikings h...more

Nebraska coach Connie Yori honored
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 22, 2010 at 8:31pm

Perhaps you read our piece on Seattle sub-regional coaches Gary Blair of Texas A&M;and Kelly Graves of Gonzaga in this morning's newspaper. They are part of the legion of talented leaders North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell said is improving the women's ...more

One boy’s perspective about youth sports
by One Sport Voice
posted March 20, 2010 at 12:17pm

A colleague sent me this video of a young Canadian hockey player describing his “magic hockey helmet”. I thought I’d pass it along…enjoy! Speaking of helmets…. stay tuned to this blog for upcoming information on the first-ever Mayo Clinic Ice H...more

In the Win Column: Natalie Randolph named head coach of high school football team
by Womenstake
posted March 17, 2010 at 10:19pm

by Rio Romero, Program Assistant,National Women's Law Center You may have already come across the Twitter tweets, Facebook status updates, or sensed a flurry of excitement from old college friends that the Super Bowl of college basketball is just around...more

The Bubble Watch: O'Bannon, Keller, Hart and the Business of College Athletics
by amber2jewel
posted March 17, 2010 at 10:07pm

Professional amateurs - has the bubble burst?...more

Former National Women's Football Association player named high school football head coach
by Women Undefined
posted March 13, 2010 at 1:57pm

My dad's girl friend emailed this link to me today stating "you probably already saw this, but here you go" . Well, as a matter of fact I have NOT heard about the first female coach to head up a high school football team, but thanks for inquiring! Ameri...more

Preseason: The rubber meets the road for WPS coaches
by Soccer Science
posted March 13, 2010 at 1:47pm

This was originally posted as a forum discussion on the WPS Fan Corner. Pop on over there to weigh in :-) So you guys may know this about me, but for those that don’t, in a addition to being a total web geek, I’m also a soccer coach. And because ...more

A female head high school football coach!
by One Sport Voice
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:27pm

Yeah! Natalie Randolph was named the head high school football coach for the Coolidge High School in Northwest Washington DC. Randolph comes to the position as an accomplished athlete with a great deal of “athletic capital”. She was a sprinter at the ...more

Coach's Corner: Off-season work sets the stage
by Hoop Thoughts
posted March 11, 2010 at 11:45am

This comes from an article by Jon Nyatawa, Special for USA TODAY:A year ago, Nebraska ended a season of disappointment with maybe its most frustrating display. The 'Huskers lost a second-round WNIT game at New Mexico 54-43, making 11 shots and committing ...more

“If we appreciate each other, then we have a chance for something great.”
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 5, 2010 at 8:38pm

This is a quote from an interview this week with Jim Tressel, the Ohio State football coach whose team won the Rose Bowl this year. Tressel agreed to do the interview with Outlook Columbus, a local GLBT magazine. I am not sure of this, but I am betting ...more

Grambling State opens Eddie Robinson Museum
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 5, 2010 at 10:13am

My first recollection of the Grambling State University campus in 1990 was how run down it looked compared to the other state school just a few miles down the road. Louisiana Tech in Ruston represented itself to the world with manicured lawns, freshly...more

Drama over (maybe) in Brazil; Paulo Bassul out as Brazilian Coach
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted March 4, 2010 at 10:02am

It has been confirmed by Hortencia Marcari, the women's basketball director of the Brazilian Basketball Foundation and by former head coach Paulo Bassul that there will be a new head coach of the Brazilian women's basketball team.Carlos Colina will be the...more

Effective behaviors for coaches regardless of athlete gender
by One Sport Voice
posted March 3, 2010 at 6:31pm

Is coaching boys and girls different? I’m putting together a presentation on “Differences Coaching Boys and Girls: The Facts and the Myths”. Given my position as the Associate Director in The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport...more

What makes for a quality girls sports program?
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted February 28, 2010 at 7:02pm

You have heard me time and time again advocate for the creation of more developmental sports opportunities for girls as young as four-years-old. For various reasons, in stark contrast to opportunities for boys, there is the tendency to avoid the sport s...more

The San Antonio Silvers announce Sandy Brondello as new head coach, Dan Hughes becomes GM
by HoopFeed.com
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:59pm

The San Antonio Silvers shuffled their coaches with the announcement of former assistant Sandy Brondello as their new head coach. Former coach Dan Hughes moves to the general manager position and Brondello’s husband Olaf Lange becomes the associate coa...more

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