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Coaches Corner: Thoughts on self-respect
by Hoop Thoughts
posted May 26, 2009 at 10:24am

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."-Abraham Heschel-"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."-Aldous Huxley-"Self-respect i...more

Coaches Corner: Leaders lead when the coaches aren't around
by Hoop Thoughts
posted May 25, 2009 at 9:01pm

Coach Musselman found an article with Nick Saban talking on the importance of leadership in the off-season -- when coaches aren't around. It is a valuable lesson that I learned from coaching Temeka Johnson, now with the Phoenix Mercury. Make no mistake, M...more

How Not to Coach Soccer: A Lesson From Minnesota
by One Sport Voice
posted May 25, 2009 at 12:08pm

When I’m not writing about gender, the other part of my research, teaching and outreach pertains to youth sport—mainly studying and trying to improve sport parent sideline behavior, and helping coaches be more effective. When a story broke last week...more

Sky Blue FC General Manager and Head Coach Ian Sawyers suspended indefinitely
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 23, 2009 at 8:34pm

Ian Sawyers has been suspended from his duties as the head coach and GM of the New Jersey/New York Sky Blue FC . Assistant Coach Kelly Lindsey took over as interim head coach for the match against the Washington Freedom on Saturday in which Sky Blue lost ...more

Mailbag: Checking in on the Washington Huskies
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted May 20, 2009 at 6:31pm

Despite the WNBA season finally picking up, a few of you want to know how the Washington Huskies are doing in preparation for turning around one of its worst seasons in program history. Well, Coach Tia Jackson has a Twitter account (@Coach_Jackson), where...more

Track & Field: Athlete or Coach
by JHayes
posted May 12, 2009 at 7:10pm

As I prepared to take my team to CIF Prelims I asked myself this question: Am I an athlete or am I a coach? I believe I have been an athlete all of my life. Have I been a coach all of my life, or have I just become a coach??...more

Why Mothers Coach
by One Sport Voice
posted May 10, 2009 at 8:57pm

In a study where we interviewed mothers who were also youth sport coaches, we wanted to know why they were coaching. A majority of the time the primary focus, including my recent posts on female youth sport coaches, is on the barriers that limit or prev...more

College Softball: It doesn't hurt to ask
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 3, 2009 at 12:11pm

I was watching college softball on Saturday night since that's what I do on Saturday nights. Texas and Texas A&M were scoreless in the fourth inning with Texas at bat. With runners on first and second, a line drive was hit to short stop Marcie Morrow....more

Three Games, Three Lessons
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 3, 2009 at 12:48am

Today was our first official outing of the season. We went 1-2 for the day. There was a fair bit of nervousness, rust, and lack of cohesion on the field during the first two games. We certainly didn't play up to our potential in the first two games mak...more

Mental Training Tips - Are Pre-Game Jitters Good or Bad?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 30, 2009 at 10:42am

Yesterday, the younger daughter of my assistant coach was playing her first game of the season on a her travel team. He told me she was all excited but nervous at the same time. She had pre-game jitters. The girls on my team are feeling the same way ab...more

Equal Pay Day…not for female youth sport coaches!
by One Sport Voice
posted April 29, 2009 at 10:23am

The following information is taken from the National Women’s Law Center’s Campaign for Fair Pay. April 28, Equal Pay Day, marks the day in 2009 when the average woman’s wages will finally catch up with those paid to the average man in 2008. In the...more

Female Coaches in Youth Sport: You Gotta Be Tough
by One Sport Voice
posted April 28, 2009 at 6:18pm

I thought a triad of blogs about female coaches in youth sport was appropriate given the amount of emails I received and blogs written in response to this topic. It seems like there is a need to continue the conversation. To that end, the video of Mic...more

Fair pay and athletics: The gender disparities continue to loom
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted April 28, 2009 at 4:45pm

This post is part of an initiative by the National Women’s Law Center in honor of Equal Pay Day — “voices are rising up across the web in support of fair pay for women.” All day, they’ll be promoting blog posts about fair pay and tweets with the...more

Mailbag: Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma revisited
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 27, 2009 at 2:53pm

Remember Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma's "soft" comments during the NCAA tournament? After posting a link to the full answer he gave a reporter and giving some reaction, a few of you sent links for me to read to understand Auriemma. I did, but since r...more

Coaching Youth Softball - My Experience Coaching a 16U Team
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 27, 2009 at 12:44am

Next week, we are officially starting our 2009 summer season with our first tournament. I can tell you I am really excited and the girls are too. It's my first season with this 16U team. Last time I coached at this level was almost 11 years ago. I've s...more

How To Shoot A Better Wrist Shot
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 24, 2009 at 4:22pm

Now that the off-season is officially here and the weather is starting to get nice outside, many girls hockey players are going to be heading into the driveway to work on their shot. The truth is they are going to focus most of their time and effort on t...more

Women “On the Field”: Strategies for Increasing Female Youth Sport Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 24, 2009 at 1:43pm

Given that less than 20% of youth coaches are female, which I wrote about in my last blog I wanted to post some strategies that developed from the voices of mother-coaches that I inerviewed with colleague Sarah Leberman (Massey U, NZ). The women identif...more

Athlete-Coach Communication Is Key
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 23, 2009 at 3:33pm

My 7 year old is a competitive swimmer, but she is also a very intense and literal child (like most kids are). Last night at practice she found out that one of her good friends had been moved up to the next training group. The first words out of her mouth...more

10 Types of Sports Parents
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 23, 2009 at 1:04pm

Here are the different types of sports parents that I would identify – both good and bad: • The model parent • The competitive parent • The blasé parent • The ‘living through your kids’ parent • The outspoke...more

7 Softball Hitting Drills to Spice Up Your Practices
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 22, 2009 at 1:20pm

Coaches use softball hitting drills at almost every practice. However, humans are creatures of habits and we do the same thing the same way all the time. Coaches are no different; we tend to use the same drills over and over. That's especially true wi...more

Youth Sport Needs More Female Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 21, 2009 at 1:19pm

A lot of my research is done in youth sport contexts, including examining the barriers that prevent females from entering into youth sport coaching. While the under representation of female coaches at the collegiate level is given attention (See Acosta ...more

What do online biographies of NCAA coaches tell us?
by One Sport Voice
posted April 17, 2009 at 12:00pm

I’m posting some information on a research project poster that a graduate student, myself and a colleague developed for the Sport, Sexuality, & Culture Symposium held March 18-20, 2009 at Ithaca College. Examining Online Intercollegiate Head Coaches�...more

Sue Bird's thoughts on new Olympic coach Geno Auriemma
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 15, 2009 at 6:06pm

While it is interesting to pick a coach with little international experience to head the U.S. Olympic team, when that coach groomed the lead point guard -- the head of the team on the court -- what will it matter? Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma was offic...more

Auriemma to be named U.S. Women’s Basketball Coach
by Pretty Tough
posted April 14, 2009 at 4:11pm

The NCAA championships are over, the WNBA Draft is done and just when you thought there might be a lull in women’s basketball comes major breaking news. UConn’s Geno Auriemma, 55, will be named coach of the U.S women’s basketball team through the 2...more

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