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Monthly Archive: January 2012
Jan 16
Simple Observations of A Div 1 Women’s Basketball Coach
We often drive into Boston to watch sporting events at Boston College, my wife’s alma mater. We like to watch the female sports with our teen daughter as a way of reinforcing in her mind that it is okay to be physically active. So this past Sunday, we caught BC Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia Tech. As …
Jan 15
Mentoring Assistant Coaches
I recently came across a nice article by Dina Gentile regarding the mentoring of assistant coaches in youth soccer programs. Dr. Gentile is a Professor of Sport Management at Endicott College. A volunteer youth coach herself, Dr. Gentile understands from both practical and theoretical experience what happens on the soccer field. Mentoring of sport coaches has …
Jan 08
Kids play sports for fun
As the new year begins, we take this opportunity to relook at a Mark Hyman article in the NY Times from Jan 2011. Mark discovered a high school sophomore in Connecticut researching why kids play sports using a survey from the Institute for Youth Sports @ Michigan State Univ. His findings? Kids play sports to have …
Jan 07
Jan 2012 — Resource of the Month
If you are interested in learning more about sports nutrition–one of the secrets to athletic success–then I suggest you check out the published research at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. Obviously, Gatorade has a business interest in the hydration component of sports nutrition but the studies available were conducted at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute or at …
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