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Photographer Camilla Stoddard in World Open final
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted November 20, 2012 at 6:35pm

Camilla Stoddart, a sports/action photographer whose work often features on this blog, is a finalist in the 2012 World Open Of Photography. Some incredible shots from everyone in this contest, but the Scotswoman's shots always speak to me. Follo...more

Mitigating the Pain of Overtraining
by Performance Nutrition
posted November 20, 2012 at 8:26am

In college our cross country coach would often tell us to run an easy 60 minutes on Sundays after our Saturday races. The temptation to run further, just to see how long I could go, was too much and I’d often be out there for 2 hours (not to mention...more

Pink Whistle: Afternoon at Franklin Township
by Swish Appeal
posted November 20, 2012 at 8:16am

Franklin Township, NJ - Not far from the campus of Rutgers University, is the site of an officiating assignment from the past Saturday. The schedule calls for a girls travel game followed by a boy's contest. The focus here is on the former game, a seve...more

Dame Kelly Holmes in the abstract
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:50pm

What do you make of this?Thanks to Maria for sending this, she said: '(sending you ) a data visualisation about Dame Kelly Holmes we have just released. In conjunction with Planet K2, London studio Accept & Proceed took Dame Kelly Holmes&rsq...;more

Why Personality Assessments Could Be The Key To Your Team’s Success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:42pm

source As coaches, I think we all know that we’ve got different personality types on our team and I’m sure we’re all pretty conscious about how those personalities will interact.  When we bring recruits on to campus and we sit down...more

You Can’t Teach This
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:40pm

As a coach who works with players both on and off the ice, I spend a lot of time teaching different skills and helping girls hockey players develop the athleticism necessary to take their game to the highest level possible.  But there is one thing th...more

An Open Letter To NBC
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:27pm

Marie has been an Formula 1 fan for 30 years – ever since she fell in love with the sport watching the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix (won by Keke Rosberg).  Her favorite race commentators have to be Murray Walker and Sir Jackie Stewart.  She...more

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - "Business as usual"
by The Rabbit Hole
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:52am

For people to finally rise up and object people have to know, they have to be aware of the magnitude of the lies they are being fed.  And the lies are comforting lies. People are not going to want to give up these lies.  They are comforting. Bre...more

It's Never Just One Thing
by Softball Performance Blog
posted November 17, 2012 at 8:36pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog I've written on this topic in fastpitch softball before, but with what's been happening in both the MLB playoffs, college football and the NFL the last few weeks it bears repeating. H...more

"Title IX" Cuts at Towson Reconsidered
by Title IX Blog
posted November 17, 2012 at 8:35pm

Often we read about colleges and universities cutting men's teams, ostensibly to comply with Title IX.  I usually object to this framing, which makes it sounds like the law requires universities to equalize athletic opportunities in this manner and d...more

Opportunities, interest and what else Title IX covers
by Title IX Blog
posted November 16, 2012 at 6:26pm

Last week I attended the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and will blog in a few days about the Title IX panel held. But in light of the release of a new study in the field of psychology about female interest in sport, I thought it more i...more

Creating A “No Excuses” Culture On Our Teams
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 16, 2012 at 6:25pm

source During the summer, I work lots of camps, which generally means working with middle and high school aged girls.  As I get to know them, I usually ask them about their teams and how they think they’ll do in their conference.  Inevita...more

More hot messes
by After Atalanta
posted November 16, 2012 at 8:18am

It's never great to be outed. It's probably worse to be outed because you have been arrested for aggravated assault against your ex-girlfriend.That is the situation former WNBA and Tennessee Vols player Chamique Holdsclaw finds herself in this week. An ar...more

Member Promotions & Advancement News (@NACWAA blog)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted November 16, 2012 at 8:12am

Author:  NACWAA Drug Free Sport announced the recent promotions of Dr. Kathy Turpin and Erika Kuhr. Kathy has been promoted to Senior Director of the Sport Drug Testing Department and Erika to Director of the Sport...more

Study Uses Athletic Participation to Judge Women's "Predisposition" to Sport
by Title IX Blog
posted November 15, 2012 at 7:59pm

A new study in the journal PLOS ONE cites lower rates of athletic participation among women as evidence that men have stronger predisposition to sports than women.   Richard Deaner, a psychologist from Grand Valley State, and his coauthors concl...more

When women's magazines make you fat
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted November 15, 2012 at 7:52pm

When I lived in Sydney my favourite sports mag was 'Women's Health'.  So when I moved back to Ireland, it was sorely missed.The buzz when I saw a new UK edition launched recently was mighty as they say in Ireland, only mighty ... until I opened it.Mo...more

The empowerment potential of sport for women? N of 1
by After Atalanta
posted November 14, 2012 at 8:32pm

I'm pretty sure there was something I was supposed to blog about in the wake of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) annual meeting in New Orleans last night. But I can't remember what it is. So instead thanks to one of my NOLA ro...more

How Coaches Can Fight Burnout
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 14, 2012 at 8:28pm

source Are you getting ‘er done…or just burned out?  Do you know when you’ve hit the wall and just can’t go hard anymore?  I was over at Bnet.com (a business website) and read a great article called “Is Your Compa...more

Good News, Proceed With Caution
by The First Line
posted November 14, 2012 at 8:24pm

Since I have long been calling for more (or any) NHL support for the CWHL, you’d think I’d be over the moon about the news that it was finally happening in what seems like a big way.  I am certainly guardedly optimistic, as the politicos ...more

Practicing at the Edge of Your Ability
by Softball Performance Blog
posted November 14, 2012 at 8:20pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Recently I read Daniel Coyle's Little Book of Talent (LBOT), the companion book to his best seller The Talent Code. Both are worth a read if you're serious about developing players to be the bes...more

Foot Locker Scholar Athletes Opportunity
by Sports Girls Play
posted November 13, 2012 at 6:37pm

Are you a student athlete who wants to win $20,000 towards your college education? Or are you a coach or official that knows a student athlete who deserves to be rewarded? Visit the Foot Locker Scholar Athlete page at DoSomething.org for details.  ...more

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