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The transition from high school to college can be a big adjustment. It’s up to you to show up for class, study for finals, eat healthy and do laundry. For student-athletes, the jump can be even more significant. Here are five major differences between high school and college sports. Being a college athlete is like […]

Design for development, meeting each athlete’s needs based on who they are and where they are on their journey. Video game designers invest sizable portions of their budgets into studying what players want. They take those findings and cater to their audience. How else could a game like FIFA Soccer be on its’ 19th release […]

“A winners-play-on/losers-go-home model is appropriate for professional and adult beach volleyball, but, at the developmental stages we need as many kids as possible playing as much as possible” Similar to indoor, collegiate beach volleyball is a team game, and it is the fastest growing NCAA sport over the last five years in Division I. And […]

As his health club empire approaches its third decade, Bahram Akradi’s latest Life Time endeavor is more about sense than cents, more an homage to his past than a fixation on his future. He wants kids in the United States to enjoy pickup soccer the way he did throughout his childhood in Iran. “In every neighborhood, […]

Continue to learn and grow. Our experiences shape who we are as teachers, as leaders, as mentors. Continue to embrace challenges and find ways to learn and grow from those challenges. GREAT coaches are leaving the coaching world. Not because they’re ready to retire after a long, polished career. GREAT coaches are quitting. GREAT coaches […]

When setters use these techniques, hitters are able to get their feet to the ball and take their eyes off the set, which improves their court vision and helps them put the ball down. Micah Christenson Setter, U.S. Men’s Indoor National Team “The most important job of a setter is to set a hittable ball. […]