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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 […]
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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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You Need a Growth Mindset – Learn How From NBA Star Steph Curry
June 2, 2023
Team cohesion is essential to every sport, including individual sports. “Believing that your qualities are carved in stone – which is part of having a fixed mindset – discourages risk-taking and revision. People with a fixed mindset avoid challenging situations that might lead to failure because success depends upon protecting and promoting their set of […]
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How Hockey Players Can Reduce Muscle Soreness
June 2, 2023
Naturally, hockey players don’t exactly like to have crappy workouts or perform like crap in their next game, so, muscle soreness is a major problem. Why Do Hockey Players Get Sore? Although it’s common knowledge that soreness is something that goes hand-in-hand with difficult physical activity such a working out or playing a hard hockey […]
My Son Has ADHD: What I Want Parents, Coaches and Officials to Understand
June 2, 2023
At the heart of ADHD is a difficulty in achieving focus, which is why ADHD used to be known simply as “Attention Deficit Disorder” or “ADD”. My son, a goalkeeper, then age 9, had completed his first year of travel soccer.  He’d had an irregular season, sometimes doing outstanding, sometimes doing poorly.  We were looking […]
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I Think My Child Should Move Up…
June 2, 2023
Dear Swim Mom, I feel like my 12-year-old daughter is ready to be moved up. She’s mature for her age and faster than the other kids in her group. She’ll be turning 13 in a couple months. I mentioned it to her coach after practice and I didn’t get much of an answer. I think […]
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