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Gabby Douglas
‘They Never Give Up’: How Team USA Gymnasts are Inspiring Girls as Young as 2
June 2, 2023
The 2016 U.S. Olympic team shined in the summer games, but may be making a bigger impact what their doing while not competing for medals.
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The Landing Paradox: Training Volleyball Players to Jump and Land
June 2, 2023
The first lesson coaches and athletes should understand is that most volleyball players do not land, they fall, and if the ground was not there they would just continue falling. Simplifying the task to allow for the athlete to learn to land safely and effectively is important, but doing so reduces the challenge and does […]
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‘Angie from Affton’ keeps organization humming
June 2, 2023
St. Louis area’s Angie Bigogno is do-it-all office manager with flair for registrations Webmaster of the Week: June 12-18 Name Angie Bigogno Site Affton Americans Hockey Position Office manager Use of platform Registration, Sitebuilder Background Bigogno split time between Washington D.C. and the St. Louis area growing up, when for her hockey was mostly an […]
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How Would You Spend $100 Million to Improve Your Favorite Sport? My Advice for US Soccer
June 2, 2023
What would you do with $100 million to improve the sport you love?
A Level Playing Field: Why the USA is so Strong in Women’s Soccer
June 2, 2023
The United States won its third Women’s World Cup on Sunday night, extending its quarter-century run of dominance in women’s soccer. The national team has never finished worse than third in the competition and has consistently ranked near the top of the worldwide rankings since FIFA started keeping such records in 2003. Four Olympic gold medals in […]
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The Winning Loser
June 2, 2023
Winning. It’s what we play the games for. it’s the root of one’s competitive fire. And it’s something that is much bigger than sport- life is a competition, with people constantly trying to better than the person next to them. “Just win, baby.” “You play to win the game.” “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only […]
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College Football’s First Female Defensive Back Says: ‘Never Play Scared’
June 2, 2023
Shelby Osborne is a high schooler with a big dream that just came true: She has been tapped as the first-ever female defensive back in college football history. The Lafayette, Indiana, girl has played just about every sport there is, but she found that football is her real passion. “It has to do with the […]
MSR Rule: “Our Team is Only as Good as Our Weakest Link”
June 2, 2023
Skylar Diggins stars for her team, but her dad teaches her an important lesson As a six-year-old, Skylar plays co-ed basketball. That means boys and girls play on the same team.  On her team, she is the only girl, and her teammates do not pass her the ball in the first game. But Skylar hustles, […]
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Mom goes from hockey novice to expert
June 2, 2023
St. Louis area’s Christine Raye pulls double duty for Kirkwood youth and high school programs Webmaster of the Week: May 22-28 Name: Christine Raye Sites: Kirkwood Pioneer Hockey, Kirkwood Youth Hockey Association Position: Communications director/Webmaster Use of platform: Dibs, Registration, Sitebuilder, PowerPay Background: It’s hard to believe given the amount of hours she devotes to […]
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How to Defend the 4v3 Fast Break
June 2, 2023
Today I want to cover how to defend a common defensive scenario: the 4 on 3 fast break. By now you should understand that a lacrosse goalie is the field general on defense. Therefore, every lax goalie must understand how his/her defense should defend a fast break so he/she can direct them accordingly. The fast break […]
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