Coach and Athletic Director back issues from September 2007:
Remember the "only thing"?...(HERE BELOW)(winning a game)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Thomas Edison once said, "I have never failed. I've just found the 10,000 words that tell me it won't work." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was easy after that. Word 10,001 got the job done. It's quite ...
Good guy Eddie ...(HERE BELOW)(Eddie Robinson)(In memoriam)
Sep 01, 2007; ... It's hard to believe that an All-American good guy like Eddie Robinson who sent more than 200 football players to the NFL when he coached at Grambling State had survived for 57 of his 88 years as the second winningest college football coach. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Hired ...(HERE BELOW)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Hired by the New York Jets on May 17, 2001, Head Coach Herman Edwards: "My philosophy is to do less strategically and become more fundamentally sound. I'm not smart enough to think I know everything, but I am smart enough to ask questions whenever I don't know how to handle a ...
Spartan "300" training.(POWERLINE)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Long before the release of Warner Brother's blockbuster movie, 300, I came across an article chronicling the extremely challenging and brutally intense training regimen the actors endured prior to filming. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Through six months of workout sessions ...
The three most important AD qualities.(A.D.MINISTRATION)(athletic director)
Sep 01, 2007; ... When people ask me to specify the three most important qualities needed by an athletic director, I tend to respond off the top of my head, especially when I do not have the time to sort out all of the possibilities. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To be successful and ...
Continuous offense: secondary fastbreaks; Transition into a half-court zone offense (Part V).(BASKETBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Much has been written on how our basketball coaches use their primary and secondary fastbreaks to attack the various phases of transition defenses. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The basic fact that emerges from all these concepts is that as ...
The spread offense: four receivers Pt.2.(FOOTBALL)(Excerpt)
Sep 01, 2007; ... To throw the football effectively in the spread offense, a team must plan what exactly it wants to accomplish. We want to make sure that our passing game complements our running game. Whether we run or pass, we want to play fast tempo. We achieve this with a passing system that consists of ...
Urban baseball: boosting the young player's performance.(BASEBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... "I haven't had a problem filling out a roster, but I have had a problem filling it with quality players. We can always find two or three players who can play with anybody, but getting a solid nine is hard for us." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That is Coach Jim Holified of ...
How sport and business connect.(COACHING)
Sep 01, 2007; ... At some point in our lives we have all been coached through something--an athletic event, the birth of a child, coping with the loss of a loved one, shaving for the first time, or learning how to type. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All of these activities require some form ...
Why every football player should be put on hill sprints.(FOOTBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Football coaches who are always looking for ways to get an edge on the competition or are curious about the kind of training that will make their players faster and stronger are invited to investigate the possibilities of hill sprints and running the bleachers and stairs. ...
Word keys in basketball coaching.(BASKETBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Many years ago on the way to my doctorate, I encountered two technical terms from the realm of statistics. Little did I know at the time that these terms held the key to the teaching of many skills in basketball and several other team and individual sports. [ILLUSTRATION ...
Priorities in hitting.(BASEBALL/SOFTBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... As we go through the basics of hitting, we have to keep reminding ourselves and our players that our first goal is simply to hit the ball. It is neither to hit a home run nor even to get on base. And all we may need to win a game sometimes is a ground ball to the right side. ...
Checking up on the health of the athletic program.(A.D.MINISTRATION)
Sep 01, 2007; ... For years we have looked at athletic programs on every level and measured success by wins and losses. We preach to our coaches and our coaches preach to their athletes: that winning and losing has no bearing on the success of our programs. Sound confusing? After all, when does ...
Big-time camping in a mini-camp setting.(BASEBALL)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Many head coaches will begin to prepare for their upcoming season by attending a clinic--local, regional, or maybe even national. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The off-season clinics offer substantial benefits--breakdowns of an entire sport or just facets of it, ...
Chip off the old block: John Thompson III may be a legacy at Georgetown, but he's proven after three seasons that he's no daddy's boy.(PERSON TO PERSON)(Interview)
Sep 01, 2007; ... COACH: You grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and played basketball for Gonzaga College High School, where in 1984 you were named first team All-Metro by the Washington Post. Talk about your childhood growing up as the son of a highly successful college coach? What kind of athlete were ...
How cool and clean is your locker room? What you need to have and maintain a winning facility.(FACILITY FOCUS)
Sep 01, 2007; ... To some people, the vision of a team locker room is a dank, dirty, smelly place with uniforms, sports equipment, and towels piled high in the corner. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In some segments of the country that's not too far off. With yearly budgets forcing athletic ...
Winning the "game" against learning disabilities.(ATHLETICS)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Most athletes on the high school level have aspirations to continue their careers into college and then the professionals. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However, less than 5% of high school athletes' transition to the collegiate level and fewer than 2% become professionals. ...
Cho-Pat bicep/triceps cuff.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Affords protection from overuse injuries for individuals performing repetitive lifting in activities such as weight training. The patent-pending device applies pressure to the upper and lower portions of the bicep and triceps' muscles particularly at the tendon attachments to spread out ...
The sweet smell of fundraising success.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Dutch Mill Bulbs is a profit machine! Devoted to fundraising since 1960, we have applied our 45 years of experience and feedback from our most successful customers to fine-tune this amazing program. You'll earn 50% on every item ...
Fair-Play Scoreboards shot/game timer.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Want the total package to go along with your gymnasium's new scoreboard? Your team will hit the hardwood running with a complete inventory of indoor accessories from Fair-Play Scoreboards. Shot and game ...
FieldTurf.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... FieldTurf is fundamentally different from all others. Stable, firm not spongy, non-abrasive and uniform in traction, FieldTurf is engineered to play and feel like good natural grass. On FieldTurf, players perform with ...
Portable equipment storage.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Sport Cart[TM] complements a larger Gearboss[TM] equipment-storage system or functions as a stand-alone solution. The compact size is ideal for smaller storage spaces or sports with less equipment. Heavy-duty swivel casters provide easy mobility, and the Sport Cart will fit ...
Low rise poly softball pant.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... This low rise pant (N5300) offers soil release heavy duty poly double knit. It has a 2-inch elastic waistband with drawcord for amazing comfort. Waistband closes with two snap front buttons and heavy duty brass zipper. With its athletic cut, it's ready for ...
T-card challenge ladder.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A simple system to keep track of all participating members' names, phone numbers and position on the ladder. Write info on colored T-cards. Scan and organize cards as required to keep up to date accurate records after every match. Ideal for badminton, tennis, squash, handball, racquetball, ...
Indoor Locker Room Clocks.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Indoor Locker Room Clock (Model 9515) * Displays same time as scoreboard timer * Install in Home, Visitor and Officials locker rooms * Light-weight for easy mounting * Operate in ...
Porta Phone wireless communication.(COACH SHOWCASE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Porta Phone is the leading supplier of full duplex simultaneous wireless headsets. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Digicom digital wireless is a full duplex system that affords coaches a hands-free, ...
To those who really matter.(COACHING)
Sep 01, 2007; ... The coaching profession is an emotional collage of excitement, challenges, surging highs, deep lows, physically and mentally draining work, and the constant anticipation for what lies ahead. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] And as all of us know, the suffocating time commitment ...
Coaches' corner.
Sep 01, 2007 ... BUM PHILLIPS, on his philosophy of football coaching: "It's all right to be called stupid. Just don't go around proving it." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ERIC MANGINI, New York Jets' head coach, on how well offensive tackle D'Brickshaw Ferguson played at the teams' annual ...