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Fastpitch Skills: Like Riding A Bike
June 2, 2023
I bring these sometimes painful yet exhilarating memories up because learning fastpitch softball skills is no different. You would probably be hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn’t heard the expression “It’s like riding a bike – once you learn how you never forget.” This expression is often used to refer to going back to something […]
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Creative Coaches : Create, Innovate, Implement and Win.
June 2, 2023
There are no secrets in sport. There are no more secret sets or special practice sessions that you and you alone know. Everyone knows what you know. Creativity – along with the ability to inspire change through emotional connection – is a coach’s most powerful tool. Now that coaches all over the world can get anything […]
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Florida Baseball Coach’s Tweet to Rival Is a How-To in Sportsmanship
June 2, 2023
“So many great games against one another, as a coach and a fan of the game, I found it appropriate to congratulate the VBHS players and their coaching staff on a tremendous job.” As a sports reporter, scrolling through my Twitter feed usually means looking at a predictable collection of highlights, scholarship offers and teenage […]
Swimmers
Freestyle With Dolphin Kick
June 2, 2023
When done correctly, you should feel an extra bit of propulsion from the kick getting into the catch, something that is more subtle (but still important) with flutter kick. This week’s tip combines elements of two strokes, freestyle and butterfly, to work on coordination, body awareness, and overall body connection to improve the catch in […]
Volleyball Blocking Drills – How to Improve Blocking?
June 2, 2023
It is extremly important to practice against spikers who approach and get a set from the setter – as soon as the arm/hands position and footwork have been learned Drills are excellent for the beginning players to get the correct feel for the blocking – but also work very well for more experienced players who […]
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Playing Time Matters in Youth Sports
June 2, 2023
Getting stuck at the end of the bench does not foster participation. And we all know greater participation is sorely needed in youth sports. Under which condition is it “fair” to use equal playing time and under which condition is it “fair” to use unequal playing time? That’s one of the questions asked in a […]
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Fun at Bat Youth Program Launches in Mexico
June 2, 2023
“This about developing character and how sports teach us values that create good citizens that know how to follow rules, compete, and how to win and lose with dignity.” The new president of Mexico has made one thing very clear in his first six months in office: He wants to see more baseball played south […]
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More Mental-Health Treatment Sought for Children
June 2, 2023
Florida has an estimated 400,000 children who need behavioral-health services, but 55 percent of them don’t get any treatment, members of a health-care panel were told Thursday. That translates to 220,000 children across the state, or about one child in every classroom, health official Jeffrey Brosco told members of the Florida Healthy Kids Corp. Board of […]
What Swimmers Can Do to Be More Focused at Practice
June 2, 2023
No matter how much we try to settle our focus, it wants to explore, think about other stuff, and generally not hang out with us and our goals. The challenges presented to the enterprising swimmer with golden goals on their mind are very real. The hurdles come in hot and chlorinated: The daily sharpening of […]
Female Hockey Players
USA Select Camp Numbers Show Female Hockey Growth, Dominance in Minnesota
June 2, 2023
On the 40 NCAA Division I women’s college hockey rosters last season, there were 157 Minnesotans, which led the country by a considerable margin. Massachusetts was second with 106. While the Minnesota Gophers women’s hockey team fell one game short of bringing another NCAA title to Minnesota in March, the overall state of hockey for […]
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